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Milltown, NJ
About Me:
amatuer machinist
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
looking to build a UAV for biological surveillance and research
Hometown:
NJ
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"Finally got my S1000+ set up with Pixhawk. AC3.3, autotuned."
So my custom built hexacopter crashed during an autopilot flight. This was after two successful autopilot missions on the same day. Everything seemed to be working fine. I am running a pixhawk with 3.3? firmware I think (I updated it about 2 weeks…
I am running the Auto Analysis of my DataFlash logs in Mission Planner. I keep failing the PM Test. The line reads something like "Test: PM = FAIL - 18 slow loop lines found, max 10.4% on line 20084". Can someone tell me what the PM test is…
"Did this setup work for you? I've been struggling to get a PWM signal from CH8 to RC9."
I have a PWM switch hooked up to AUXOUT 1. It is activated like a camera servo from CH8. But because of the CAM_DURATION parameter, I can only keep the PWM switch on for a maximum of 5 seconds. Is there a way to keep the PWM signal high with the…
"So much easier to use on mobile devices than the old site! Well done."
"I agree. Build yours for small motors as they are more common. I'd be more than happy to make my own for larger setups if you provide code and build specs."
"I'd buy one on Kickstarter. Just make sure it can handle big motors and props (think U10, 30" props)."
"And just so I understand, the zener is connected alone, across the pos and neg output pins. It is not connected directly to the BEC."
"My power supply for the power module plug is going through an Attopilot 180 pulling the 5v source from a different ESC. Should I run a zener through that power supply as well?"
I was flying my custom hexacopter with Pixhawk running Arducopter 3.2. This was my first flight after a previous crash took out a few speed controllers (I made repairs, updated firmware, and ran through the initial setup again). At first the hex…
"Thomas, you are running 6S batteries and you are worried about the weight of the attopilot? It is only a few grams and the piece of mind I get from the voltage and current monitoring, as well as the logs of that data is well worth the few seconds…"
"Anyone? Based on some reading on the forum it seems like maybe the board voltage is correct and only the stated values are off?"
"My custom hex did that not long ago. Best I can tell, a bad XT60 connector was creating voltage spikes that caused the pixhawk to reset."
