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Clovis, CA


About Me:

Rc pilot/tinkerer/builder/whatever


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

T28 apm2 builder / crasher, quadcopter blade destroyer. Breaker of the unbreakable. Likes solder smell, and making wires that are too long much shorter.


Hometown:

Clovis ca


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Greg O commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post APM:Plane 3.3.0 released
"@Grant I also had issues with drivers on the Windows 8.1 platform, where it kept loading from WindowsUpdate.. Finally I manually uninstalled the drivers (Insert device, detect, uninstall, repeat) and installed Mission Planner. "
May 25, 2015
Greg O commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post APM:Plane 3.3.0 released
"@Tridge, @Keith G, Removed my rfd900 from the plane and the jitter still exists... Wire path between the futaba VS pixhawk is identical, so ill see if I can get some scope captures from the pixhawk and compare to futaba and frsky outputs..

Ill try…"
May 25, 2015
Greg O commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post APM:Plane 3.3.0 released
" @Mike Mac I am getting the same message.. Enabling EKF does not seem to fix issue for me.. I have returned back to USE_EKF = 0, but still get the same error message.. "
May 25, 2015
Greg O commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post APM:Plane 3.3.0 released
"Anyone else noticing servo twitch while using SBUS Output? I was previously using a futaba pwm -> sbus adaptor, with the new APM Plane, the SBUS output seems glitchy? Signal is there but it appears to be dropping frames.. I am using the frsky sbus…"
May 25, 2015
Greg O commented on Rob's blog post 6S mini copter project
"Mr Ali Shanmao on youtube shows 2.4ghz can work slightly underwater..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnrmuntLygE

Very interesting frame.. keep up the news.."
May 6, 2015
Greg O replied to Cala's discussion Optimizing my first quad
"Agreed on shortening CF props, its not worth the hassle.. Unless you really want to deal with cutting them, sanding them, balancing and sealing them back up with epoxy (and balance again), its just easier to get the proper sized propellers...

Also…"
Mar 8, 2015
Greg O replied to Jeffrey Scott Atkins's discussion Naza Fly Away
"ouch.. Go pixhawk.. it takes a bit more then 4 sliders to setup but the time invested is well worth it.."
Sep 30, 2014
Greg O replied to Jeffrey Scott Atkins's discussion Naza Fly Away
"Im curious, were they GPS enabled? Did you have manual setup as a flight mode and did it respond? 

I think the NAZA's definition of RTH is Return to Hong Kong"
Sep 30, 2014
Greg O commented on Greg O's blog post Frsky Tarais spoken flight mode guide
"I have added the settings to the posting"
Sep 30, 2014
Greg O posted a blog post
Hands off auto tuneIn this post I will outline the steps I took to automate the auto tune process. This guide will outline a Logical Switch setup that alternates every 1 second and configure a switch to disable normal stick input and enable the…
Sep 30, 2014
Greg O commented on Greg O's blog post Frsky Tarais spoken flight mode guide
"@Bill shhhh!! thats going to be coming up in a future post!! :D  the real secret sauce is to mix volume with your throttle channel.. :)"
Sep 29, 2014
Greg O commented on Greg O's blog post Frsky Tarais spoken flight mode guide
"@Brian, Since the mixes are FM specific, both ways seem to work.. I do like the replace function better, if you had CH5 used somewhere else (Maybe RTL Switch?)..

@Bill I noticed that. Ill fix those so all FM's use FM1 trim settings.. good catch..…"
Sep 29, 2014
Greg O commented on Greg O's blog post Frsky Tarais spoken flight mode guide
"I can attach my taranis config if anyone wants it for a template.."
Sep 29, 2014
Greg O posted a blog post
I've been away from the diydrones scene for a while, but I'm still around. Here is something that I can contribute to the community.My Original Blog post hereThis is my tutorial on how I configure my FrSky Taranis to allow flight mode changes to be…
Sep 28, 2014
Greg O replied to Sonay Dalal's discussion Looking for a solar powered drone that can fly away 100s of miles at 50miles/hour+ speed
"We can do this, but it will require this post to first become TOP CONTENT. "
Aug 15, 2014
Greg O left a comment on Central California Drones
"Thanks for joining.. I'm located near the Fresno area. I mostly fly smaller stuff quads / park fliers as my big stuff isn't ready.. "
Oct 31, 2013
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