About

Gender

Male


Location

Raleigh, NC


About Me:

I'm a big fan of flying tricopter via FPV.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I was so interested in being a UAV pitot that I actually went through a flight evaluation in Yuma Arizona. During the flight evaluation, I flew a Tiger Shark UAV. It's too bad I didn't get selected, oh well.


Hometown:

Raleigh


Activity Feed

Francis Ignacio replied to Francis Ignacio's discussion NEW MinimOSD never worked completely
"I hope someone can give me assistance with my minimosd.

The flight mode on my HUD display is not showing the flight mode that I'm currently on when I switch to different modes."
Mar 2, 2014
Francis Ignacio replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"I have been flying the latest firmware (3.0.1-rc2) and noticed the alitude gradually drops during turns when in ALT HOLD mode. This is flying with a fully charged battery..."
Jul 22, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"I just applied the Mu Metal on my tricopter as recommended from this link, and it made a whole lot of difference. It brought down the compassmot rate of my tricopter from 58% to 31%.
 
Although it is quite expensive for a sheet of 8"x11", Mu Metal…"
Jul 14, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"I've just uploaded this release, flew it a bit on my tricopter, and it is super rock solid.
Stabilize, Loiter, ALT Hold,and RTL work flawlessly. 
I haven't tested the auto-mission. 
Once again, I commend all members in the development team. Thank…"
Jul 13, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Have the mission planner issues been resolved?"
Jul 9, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Just curious.

When will AC3.0.1-rc2 be available to be tested?"
Jul 7, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Where is this setting WPNAV_ACCEL located in the mission planner (am using MP 1.2.55)?

I would like to reduce WPNAV_ACCEL to 100, but I cannot find it in the MP.  I've looked everywhere.  It's not in the Adv Parameter List.

Thanks!"
Jun 25, 2013
Francis Ignacio commented on Jiro Hattori's blog post EMC Shielding for ArduCopter3.0
"@Scott, All of the above."
Jun 25, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Randy and Dev Team,

I've been testing 3.0 on my tricopter. It's been working wonderfully; however, I noticed that the yaw servo twitches when the tricopter is hovering in Loiter, Altitude Hold, and Stabilize modes.

 What setting in the advanced…"
Jun 20, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"I've been testing the RTL mode and noticed that my tricopter does not turn to face towards home, like it used to, when it executes the RTL. The tricopter heading direction remains the same and it flies backwards towards home during RTL.

How do I…"
Jun 19, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Randy and Dev Team,

Just need clarification regarding INS_MPU6K_FILTER setting.
 
I noticed that in 2.9.1b release the INS_MPU6K_FILTER setting was changed to 20hz as per the release notes.
 
Now with this release 3.0 in the Mission Planner, in…"
Jun 19, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Yay!

I was hoping to be the first one to post here. I'm glad that 3.0 is out...

Watch out, Naza..."
Jun 17, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Roger Hill's discussion Battery Voltage display in Mission Planner.
"Hey Roger,

Thanks for replying to the post I made to the 2.9.1b thread regarding this. Your reply what brought me to this thread.

I'm assuming the VOLT_DIVIDER is in the Advance Parameter List.  I'll do the same with mine."
Jun 14, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Craig Elder's discussion APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released
"How come the "APM input voltage" is no longer available to be entered in the Mission Planner-Battery Monitor?"
Jun 13, 2013
Francis Ignacio commented on Szilard's blog post APM 2.6 + GPS with compass
"@Weerts

If I were you, I'll wait for the developers to come up a way to disable the internal compass...
 "
Jun 12, 2013
Francis Ignacio replied to Craig Elder's discussion APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released
"Randy,
Thanks for your compassmot calibration video tutorial on youtube.
It helped out alot and cured the toilet bowl effect on my tricopter.
So far, firmware v3rc5 is performing well after doing all the necessary prerequisite steps ( i.e.…"
Jun 12, 2013
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