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Gender

Male


Location

Glasgow


About Me:

32 from glasgow, drive coaches for living, like djing, music usual stuff


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Having had a walkera x350, I realised how crap it was and decided to build my own... Bringing me here


Hometown:

Glasgow


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Derek Somerville posted a discussion
Hi thereSo my port for putting the Safety Switch in to has broken away from the circuit board!!!Help anyone, Any suggestions to fix, get flying again...Also on a side not, it has been frying the power module to pixhawk wires.That was on my hexa i…
Apr 9, 2014
Derek Somerville replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.1 released!
"So i posted this elsewhere but no-one seems to have seen it... So i thought i would post here see if anyone can help

Hi folks

So i took the pixhawk out for a flight, everything working ok.
Flying beautifully, attempted the auto tune but too much…"
Feb 6, 2014
Derek Somerville replied to Derek Somerville's discussion Pixhawk Arducopter 3.1
"Any thoughts?"
Feb 3, 2014
Derek Somerville posted a discussion
Hi folksSo i took the pixhawk out for a flight, everything working ok.Flying beautifully, attempted the auto tune but too much of a breeze to keep it in the one place.So i keep flying it, no problems, then out of the blue it just flips and crashes…
Feb 2, 2014
Derek Somerville posted a discussion
Hi thereSo I have just got my pixhawk running 3.1.1.I received it built it onto the board, connected everything loaded firmware went to check thrust and there is very little, even at full throttle.I'm flying a dji f550 frame, with the dji 2212…
Jan 31, 2014
Derek Somerville commented on Simon Kerr's blog post Concerns about lack of UAV regulation in New Zealand - complete with sensationalist headline.
"But yeah some points are valid... you do need to know what youre doing... happy flying"
Jan 30, 2014
Derek Somerville commented on Simon Kerr's blog post Concerns about lack of UAV regulation in New Zealand - complete with sensationalist headline.
"Global Meltdown... haha
And TV remotes use wifi? Hmmm mines is infrared im sure.
Also, the Blade QX, in video, uses 2.4ghz and he has the GOPRO wifi remote on his TX. Doesnt this control run 2.4ghz too? So any flyaway away issue may be caused by…"
Jan 30, 2014
Derek Somerville posted a discussion
So i rather stupidly inverted the polarity on the battery connection.Blew my PM and also the APM board...I dont know to what extend the board blew though, its still powers through usb?Is it an easy fix?I have bought a new APM, so if anyone wants to…
Dec 16, 2013