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Forrest Arndt replied to Forrest Arndt's discussion Iris + Gimball issues in IRIS
"Follow up to this when powered the gimbal blinks green then nothing , no blue light like before I tried to correct the shake.."
May 18, 2015
Forrest Arndt posted a discussion in IRIS
Hello all,I Have a hard time with my gimball on my Iris +  and hope someone can help, it shakes and moves when I use it, so I followed all the info on here and updated the firmware per the youtube video...now my gimball will not operate at all!  No…
May 18, 2015
Forrest Arndt replied to Forrest Arndt's discussion Iris + Issues in IRIS
"Please do let me know, 3DR hasn't had time yet to look over my log , I would like to know what they had you re calibrate, seems like I have done them all."
Apr 15, 2015
Forrest Arndt replied to Forrest Arndt's discussion Iris + Issues in IRIS
"Thanks for the info i will bring it up with 3dr if they get back with me"
Apr 14, 2015
Forrest Arndt replied to Forrest Arndt's discussion Iris + Issues in IRIS
"The wifi was off and the batteries in the controller are new, very odd behavior"
Apr 13, 2015
Forrest Arndt posted a discussion in IRIS
Is anyone interested in analyzing my recent log?  I have sent it to 3DR and hope to hear from them soon.  I flew Sunday and had a major issue.  I flew with my GoPro mounted to the nose.  Right from the start it seemed to really strain to get it the…
Apr 13, 2015
Forrest Arndt replied to Forrest Arndt's discussion Iris + Landing in IRIS
"You can fly with the short legs especially with all the problems that I have had I prefer it as I would have damage if I flew with the long ones...my problems have been for the past 5 weeks...so I have exhausted all the troubleshooting that I can…"
Apr 12, 2015
Forrest Arndt replied to Forrest Arndt's discussion Iris + Landing in IRIS
"Ok here is my Log, please remeber that my actions in this log are reactive to the Iris not wanting to follow my direction...2015-04-12 08-56-29.tlog"
Apr 12, 2015
Forrest Arndt replied to Forrest Arndt's discussion Iris + Landing in IRIS
"Remember me?  I'm back!  Just had another bad flight I will upload my log a bit later.  I had my Gopro mounted on the front with the short legs...the throttle would not respond as expected, it almost seemed like there was a delay between me and what…"
Apr 12, 2015
Forrest Arndt replied to Forrest Arndt's discussion Iris + Landing in IRIS
"No worries, I would rather be wrong than crashing, My prev issues were the Iris taking off on its own and crashing at a high rate of speed. I will pay attention to how I land it the next time I fly and if I see the same problem I will upload my log…"
Apr 5, 2015
Forrest Arndt replied to Forrest Arndt's discussion Iris + Landing in IRIS
"I have the latest firmware, i will pull the log later today. I hope that it is due to a wobbly landing zone with 1 leg not firmly down."
Apr 5, 2015
Forrest Arndt replied to Forrest Arndt's discussion Iris + Landing in IRIS
"Thanks for the response this morning it would sit for 30 + seconds and a couple of times it would start to tip on one side so I would take it up again and try to land.  I think that I will try the longer legs to see if it is more stable."
Apr 5, 2015
Forrest Arndt posted a discussion in IRIS
Hello all,I have had the Iris for about 7 flights, 5 were crashes, that is fixed now, but I can be paranoid so I have a question.I had a hard time getting the Iris to shut down when I landed it today, I assume that with the sort legs the iris was…
Apr 5, 2015