OK, a bit of background first.
My 3DR Y6 had been sitting in the attic for a couple of years, so I dusted it off and got it back in the air. I still need to tune it, but I flew it first in front of my house (just hovering), and then decided to take i
Read more…Hi, guys. I know the 3DR Y6 is not as popular as it used to be, but I still need some help. I recently dusted off my Y6 and started using it again. I even installed a new Hero4 for 4K video with a new lens (to get rid of the fisheye effect)...
The
Read more…My wife wanted to take a look at the ceiling of my house, and I figured this would be a good job for the Y6, especially considering that I had just finished installing the STorM32 controller on my DYS gimbal. So, I took off, changed into LOITER mode
Read more…I thought the flights I was doing where AT LEAST up to 40 mph (about 60 kph), but MP says 25 in the logs (spd). Just don't ask 25 what, 'cause I honestly do not know! I am SURE it was more than 25 kph! So, just how fast can you fly a Y6? I was in
Read more…This is the next to last flight of my Y6. Too bad I broke it on the next flight! But other than a gimbal acting up and broken landing gear, it's back together. Anyway, here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31gNvWfafh0&feature=youtu.be
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Read more…After flying and shooting a waterfall here in costa rica, I saved my last battery to fly around in the other waterfall we were goinn to in Guanacaste. When we got there, there was a bunch of people swiming there, and the flight angles were just not
Read more…I will not get into it tonight (long work week), but any ideas as to where to start looking to fix this? Cable is connected, by the way...
Read more…Just a noob question; how much vibration is acceptable? Here is the chart from the last flight... Is this OK?
I noticed during the last few flights, I noticed that the sonar altitude was not working adequatly. I started doing research, and looking at the logs, it seems I have too much noise, and looking at the current position, it is obvious (I think) that
Read more…Here's the deal; yesterday, while shooting this video, I noticed my telemetry and FPV video keep going out after I get the Y6 100~150 meters (a meter is about a yard, for our American friends). I am using the standard whips antennas that come on the
Read more…I just switched from Droidplanner 2 to Tower, and I noticed that, unlike Droidplanner 2, Tower does not count down battery usage in percentage (calling out every 10% like Droidplanner 2 used to do). Is there any way to activate this feature in Tower
Read more…Hi, guys. I need your help. I have been trying to connect my DYS Smart 3 gimbal to the pixhawk so that the pixhawk can control the pitch and therefor, keep me in the shot while in follow me mode. I found the link here to connect the pixhawk to Ale
Read more…the options I have as of now are:
Zenhuse 3d
DYS Smart3
Walkera G-3D
Quanum Q-3D
Xcam A10-3H
Feiyu Tech FY-G3 3-Axis
The main issue I keep reading on most of them is quality issues. With any of these, I would use with the GoPro Hero 3, and I would need to
Read more…So, I took the Y6 out for a spin this weekend, and i am now having some issues with the Y6 keeping steady on the yaw axis. It is actually wondering, and the rudder stick input is not correcting enough. Any ideas as to what it may be? I already rec
Read more…Just came back in from my first flight of my 3DR Y6, and I am happy to report 3 consecutive successful flights. To be honest, it was not the first attempt (I tried that in Panama before I moved to Costa Rica, and it was a failure due to a bad ESC th
Read more…So, I finished buiding the Y6 today. Tried to do the setup, but for some reason, only APM will recognize the Pixhawk, but Mission PLanner will not. Normally it would not be an issue, since I could just use APM, but mission planner is the one that h
Read more…My Y6 Kit should be shipped next week, and I have been reading quite a bit online.
I ordered it along with 3DR's FPV/OSD setup (I plan to replace the camera with one I have with pan and tilt, and maybe use this headtracker later on) with the cloverl
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