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Seattle, WA
About Me:
Duncan's House Rules of UAV No, you can't fly it. Yes, I built it. No, I won't fly it over people. Yes, I spent a lot on it. DJI sucks
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
photographer and exploration!
Hometown:
Seattle, WA
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"HI there, I am having exactly the same issue with the binding (locking). I have it wired exactly as you do, w the balance port red/black powering a ESC/ BEC out to the brushless gimbal motors. can't seem to get it to initialize and stabilize. any…"
"Randy, for good measure, I've included this pic of the wiring that I have. on the servo motors, unfortunuately they're all black, which makes it hard to ID the signal, power and ground order... one of the wires has a white line on the edge of it, so…"
"Okay, thanks for the advice, Randy. It does have brushless motors, pic included. I'll plug the signal wires into the receiver (AR6210) which should be able to test it out and post again. I feel like after setting the RC outputs properly that when I…"
"Hey I am having some problems setting up my gimbal, hoping someone in here can help.
I have cut both red/black +/- wires from the servos for my 2 axis gimbal, and powered them thru 5 and 6 on the output rail. when I plug in my 3s lipo, it doesnt…"
I have cut both red/black +/- wires from the servos for my 2 axis gimbal, and powered them thru 5 and 6 on the output rail. when I plug in my 3s lipo, it doesnt…"
"This is a good exchange, lulz. I want to see the crash reel. Order lots of spare props and arms. They'll come in handy!"
"^^ hahahahah Aquad. How do you make Styrofoam sink tho.... great concept though. sure relieves the concerns and anxieties regarding flying over water with this mod! GJ GJ students! "
"^^ I don't think you're supposed to power both ways at the same time, either USB or battery power. I've heard that it'll blow the APM but I haven't experienced such a thing. "
"Hello, congrats on your purchase, build, and flight experience! Having bought the APM 2.5 unit from 3DR, their product is solid construction... looking with fine detail at the soldering, it is 10x better than the HK knockoffs (which I also bought to…"
"so the way the APM is built, it is doing that for safety reasons... the safety of others as well as the craft that you're employing the APM on. it wants to do all of those checks ( I believe there 12 or 13 checks) in order to see if the APM is in…"
"^^ flying at a beach also isn't the best idea either, if you wreck, sand and grit will make for some tough cleaning and definitely require dismantling motors for deep cleaning. I do realize that for some people like in California near the coast, a…"
"despite her stupidity and blatent selfishness to make it all about her being spied on despite the UAV having sqaure miles worth of range... there is some validity to the claim that she's being peeped at.. when a bell helicopter flies overhead, you…"
"the tricopter tail servo can get power from the output rail. If you had multiple servos, this wouldn't be the case.. however with only one servo it will work out well.
Use this link for reference:…"
Use this link for reference:…"
"^^^ This is why we can't have nice things!"
"upload the latest tricopter APM software using the mission planner and plug your tail servo into #7 on the output rail. keep in mind, the servo will not move until the tricopter is armed, so that is how you'll have to test it out. movement should be…"
"Having been to Kenya I am stoked to read this! Safari tourism (like my trip) is vital to the economy there going forward. Plus, you can be shot on site for poaching, so I'm sure these UAVs will have some cool load-outs on them ;-)"
"generally the aerodynamics comes into play a lot in terms of the frame you choose especially under windy conditions. Also depends how well your copter (I assume) is tuned. I have a tricopter that performs well in ~25mph but thats because its wide…"
