About

Gender

Male


Location

wigtownshire


About Me:

just an old RC bodger who arrived into this hobby later in years


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Own a 3DR Pixhawk, APM 2.6 and DJI Naza Lite


Hometown:

Lochans


Activity Feed

David Garrett replied to Abhirami's discussion PX4 compatibility with different ESCs
"I am sure the HK escs will do just fine, the link I posted in my last post was to the ESC's that I am using at present and have had no issues with them.
I have never used BLheli esc's , so i'm unable to comment further on them"
Sep 12, 2018
David Garrett replied to Abhirami's discussion PX4 compatibility with different ESCs
"I am sure i read somewhere there was an issue with Blheli ESCs.....I could be wrong as it may have been with DJI Naza FC.
I use these ones with my Pixhawk and have had no issues...…"
Sep 10, 2018
David Garrett replied to Andreas Puchl's discussion Stabilize mode doesn't work, but Alt Hold mode works just fine, why?
"Yeah I know that the DJI esc's can't be calibrated... but what I did do was to alter the CH3 MIN to 1120, and that made the esc's and motors more responsive and in synch with one another..

But glad that your system is all working as it should...…"
Jul 30, 2016
David Garrett replied to Andreas Puchl's discussion Stabilize mode doesn't work, but Alt Hold mode works just fine, why?
"just been told that because I am using DJI E300 esc's that I needed to adjust a setting in the FULL PARAMTER TREE..

I have attached a screenshot.... I was having probs with motors not all spinning up in sync... I adjusted the RC3 MIN to 1120 and…"
Jul 30, 2016
David Garrett replied to David Garrett's discussion Loss of altitude on 2nd flight
"Many Thanks Brian for your time and patience...

I have the hexa on the workbench ready to strip down and rebuild....and to double check everything over again..."
Jul 30, 2016
David Garrett replied to Andreas Puchl's discussion Stabilize mode doesn't work, but Alt Hold mode works just fine, why?
"no worries, hope you get things sorted out soon...."
Jul 29, 2016
David Garrett replied to Andreas Puchl's discussion Stabilize mode doesn't work, but Alt Hold mode works just fine, why?
"I use the DJI  E300 on my Hexacopter... but I still performed an ESC calibration.... not saying that it will make any difference... but it can't hurt to try.. ;-)"
Jul 29, 2016
David Garrett replied to David Garrett's discussion Loss of altitude on 2nd flight
"do you mean autotune?, I tried that on my last APM board and it made for a very twitchy and erratic craft... (which was flying fine with default pids)"
Jul 29, 2016
David Garrett replied to David Garrett's discussion Loss of altitude on 2nd flight
"nope, no one at all????"
Jul 29, 2016
David Garrett replied to Andreas Puchl's discussion Stabilize mode doesn't work, but Alt Hold mode works just fine, why?
"you said you calibrated everything... did you perform the ESC calibration as well???"
Jul 29, 2016
David Garrett posted a discussion
https://vimeo.com/1762899224Had the hexa out last night for it's maiden flight since updating to 3.3.3 Firmware.. 1st flight went well.. take off in STAB mode and then I checked flight modes were working... and they were...I threw the RTL switch…
Jul 28, 2016