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About
About Me:
42 yr old Englishman living in NC. I drive a truck for a living, but am an absolute nerd and maker. I love making, breaking, repairing and figuring stuff out. Not new to the R/C world, but new to Multirotors and drones.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
My wife bought me a UDI R/C on my birthday and I loved it. I fly it every day. I've now made an x-alien F450 and recently updated it with a Pixhawk and GPS. Still working this drone stuff out and loving the adventure!!!
Hometown:
Raleigh NC
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" A 2% error on the multimeter or MP?
And, ya, it's definitely possible the MM could be off whack too."
And, ya, it's definitely possible the MM could be off whack too."
I've looked through the documentation and can't find specifics on this.My landing gear runs fine. Does everything it's supposed to do. It operates fine in Land mode and will deploy (really cool btw) and I can retract or deploy manually from my…
" Ok, never used a PPM encoder, so this may not help....but, do you have multiple outs on your encoder? Or...on your rx, are you using a single out or one for each channel?
I ask, because I had the same issue with my setup. My tx/rx supports PPM, but…"
I ask, because I had the same issue with my setup. My tx/rx supports PPM, but…"
As you work on things or change things you will frequently have to disconnect a lot of cables. It can be confusing or a pain to remember exactly where everything connects back in.Get yourself a pot of nail polish, brightly colored and a pack of…
"Setting up my flight mode switches, the very first thing I did was set a panic switch with RTL because my very first (non-autonomous) drone resulted in me having to ask my 18 year old neighbor "Please can you help me get my drone out of that tree"…"
Ok, so I love Mission Planner. Also love the voice announcements and want to keep them...BUT.....when the mavlink first connects, it gives an announcement that is a series of numbers - "zero zero three to three zero zero three million three…
I figured I'd type up the instructions for setting up the FlySky FS-I6/Turnigy TGY-I6 flight mode switches for the ardupilot manual.l'll include a link to the video at the end as well. You will use a 3 position switch (SWC) and a 2 position switch…
"Thank you James.I actually just realized that in my frame plates are screw holes in a circle that run along the longitudinal and lateral lines of COG. Should've noticed that before!But, thanks for the info, still handy to know :)"
" @John - Ya, I considered doing that myself. I may still do it - not sure . It does leave 6, 7 and 8 free for other stuff."
Ok, so, basic question, what's the most effective way of calculating or gauging your crafts center of gravity.I want to find that point so I can balance my quad properly. I have an X style frame, so I would figure that, front to back, the COG would…
" Ahhh Ben, ya, my apologies. Couldn't remember your name while recording the vid. But, I did link you in the about section, so your legend remains intact :)"
Here's a link to a video I did explaining how to set up Flight Modes on your Aux switches on the FS-I6. This should also work with the Turnigy TGY-I6.When I looked around the net I couldn't find an explanation on this particular RX, so I hope this…
Here's a link to a video I did explaining how to set up Flight Modes on your Aux switches on the FS-I6. This should also work with the Turnigy TGY-I6.When I looked around the net I couldn't find an explanation on this particular RX, so I hope this…
" I had the craft completely stripped down ready for the pixhawk re-build. I needed the landing gear down, so I connected an ESC to the receiver (channel 2 or 3 I think) and plugged the battery in and the ESC started smoking right away and was dead…"
