About

Gender

Male


Location

Daphne, AL


About Me:

Live on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay and am an avid photographer


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I've had a Phantom 1 and an F550 Hexacopter. I've been flying for over a year. Currently have a Phantom 2 Vision Plus V3.0 and an IRIS+


Hometown:

Daphne


Activity Feed

Gordon T. Ard replied to Greg's discussion Help with figuring out a crash and subsequent wierdness in IRIS
"Seems to me that when mine did that, I had to do an ESC calibration to get each one to power in sync."
Nov 30, 2016
Gordon T. Ard replied to Parker Stephen's discussion APM 2.5 Hexacopter dropped to ground from 20 meters in loiter
"I'm building a Hex with a Pixhawk.  Flies great with two 5100 battery's.  I took it up today with 1 and when I was bringing it down, it came down hard and I didn't have enough juice to slow it down.  Those things are heavy and they don't like low…"
May 14, 2015
Gordon T. Ard replied to _maxgr's discussion Pixhawk wrong directions
"Did you ever figure it out?  I'm building an F550 Hex and it will hover fine, but goes in all the wrong directions."
May 7, 2015
Gordon T. Ard replied to Kjetil Riisnes's discussion Pixhawk compass calibration does not work
"I had this problem last night.  I'm building a Hexacopter and am using a GPS/Compass off of Amazon (Andoer Ublox NEO-6M High Precision GPS Module Built-in Compass GPS Folding Antenna Mount Holder for FPV Multirotor Quadcopter APM Flight Controller…"
Apr 24, 2015
Gordon T. Ard posted a discussion
How would I go about getting an F550 Kit and making have the same functionality of my 3DR IRIS+?I'd like to use the same radio (3DR with telemetry) with either.  I know I can use the same gimbal and video transmitter.  Can someone tell me what I'd…
Mar 23, 2015
Gordon T. Ard replied to Jan Zalud's discussion Lowering Gopro Gimbal on IRIS+ Quadcopter
"I use some larger carbon fiber rods and just slipped them over the legs and taped them to stay on.  I drilled holes in the container to help reduce wind resistance.  It works, but I'd really like a way to reduce the weight of the legs.IMG_9706.JPG"
Mar 17, 2015
Gordon T. Ard replied to Jan Zalud's discussion Lowering Gopro Gimbal on IRIS+ Quadcopter
"I did it!  I used a Glad Container and lowered my Gimbal.  I had to use wooden rods on the legs to make them longer.  Not a fan of that, but this will work when I need it.

Here's my test video
https://vimeo.com/121826928"
Mar 10, 2015
Gordon T. Ard replied to Jan Zalud's discussion Lowering Gopro Gimbal on IRIS+ Quadcopter
"Using the Tarot.  I'd love to lower it about 4 inches."
Mar 7, 2015
Gordon T. Ard replied to Jan Zalud's discussion Lowering Gopro Gimbal on IRIS+ Quadcopter
"I'm trying to do the same thing, but haven't quite figured it out.  Will let you know if I do."
Mar 6, 2015