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Whitewater, WI


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i like to shoot hd videos and do fpv's


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Sri lanka


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Hansaka Perera replied to Chris's discussion APM2.6 - 4 double red LED flashes then nothing?
"your mpu must be shot"
Aug 19, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Andrew Dankers's discussion MAVLink data displayed on OpenTX (9X/9XR/etc) radio screen via OpenLRS, plus telemetry pass-thru to PC
"I couldnt get it to work. only 19200 works with 9x. Any idea how to fix this?"
Aug 12, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Hansaka Perera's discussion apm2.5 does not boot up after a new firmware compile
"anyone?"
Jul 23, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Pete Blacker's discussion APM 3.1 Wild Auto take off followed by crash
"did you had any flights after? I had strange situation where my quad went and did a crazy took off and hit a tree without any of my commands(in RTL for brief moment and testing failsafe). Then i thought i could have easily put the compass the wrong…"
Jul 22, 2014
Hansaka Perera posted a discussion
Im a newbie on compiling my own code and uploading into the apm. I got everything set up and code does compile and uploads but board does not boot up. I tried with the terminal and nothing shows up. Am i missing any configuration on the latest code?…
Jul 22, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Hansaka Perera's discussion random quadcopter crash. Need help to go though the log
"The mpu decided to go out. Mpu works in manner of being really slow. I have another apm and when i was moving my quad around i saw there is a significant lag on the hud so i compared with the other apm i have. The both apm had the same firmware so…"
Jul 16, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Tom Griep's discussion Setting UART2 on the APM2
"I need help with my setup. I know that arduplane can set up two out puts but im using arducopter. In my case im using the OpenLRS system transfer my telemetry to my tx and to the ground station. This set up only work 19200bud rate so i wanted…"
Jul 16, 2014
Hansaka Perera posted a discussion
I just recently bought a frsky module for my 9xr. Soon after that i had few random crashes that i could not recognize. I went on a walk with my quad today just to check how it performs after an prop upgrade but after like 15 min into the flight my…
Jul 4, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
"It was not the power line issue. it was more than smooth enough to handle. I checked and i did what you said to do, Nothing helped. Finally i realize my BEC is so close to the osd and its not shielded. I removed it and placed it somewhere. Wola it…"
May 2, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
"Guys,

Finally i fixed my issue with the OSD, There are few things i did but i dont know what exactly helped.

First the switch mode BEC could create harmful emf and that can cause certain issue if you keep a device close to it. Buy a BEC that's…"
May 2, 2014
Hansaka Perera commented on Andrew Rabbitt's blog post 1300kJ/kg Battery - from the Too-Good-to-be-True Newsdesk
"i wanna see how this actually performs"
Apr 29, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
"New OSD i bought it came with soldered connecting the two 5v rails so i simply disconnected the power from APM, thinking power supply that inside the OSD could power it self.

to your question no there no extra power supply powering the osd.
I'll…"
Apr 20, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
"I use apm2.5 and my minimosd has its small switch mode power supply. I bought the newer version of the osd. I recently took off the power wire off from the osd connecting apm2 ,to check but I still sometimes getting the frozen osd. I really don't…"
Apr 20, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
"You cut the power wire that connects APM and the MinimOSD? I have the same issue and my case OSD get stuck like nothing getting updates. So sometimes i look at the battery voltage and it would say oh i still most of the juice left and then i would…"
Apr 18, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
"I tried using two batteries and it was the same results. I have a 4s setup and 12v side goes though a stepper to step down to 12v so that should help it eliminate noise but no help.

I have two OSDs and one is a newer version of the OSD so it has…"
Apr 14, 2014
Hansaka Perera replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
"I have the same issue in a different way. My OSD freezes when take off my quad. Every time when i start spinning minimosd freezes.  i have everything showing on the screen but nothing updates even the time freezes. I checked everything including my…"
Apr 14, 2014
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