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I purchased an optic flow from some place that I can not remember and noticed that it is stamped "jdrone.com". But it looks different than what is on their website. Any one else have the same kind of me?
For one thing it has two diffe
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Ok I have a challenge that does not make any sense. I connect my APM 2.5 to the PC and start the mission planner and it claims they are connected BUT I am getting zero readings off the quad with the data or config tabs. No GPS no co
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I broke this piece that holds on my propleller yet I can only find these when they come with a new motor. Anyone know a place to buy these without having to buy a new motor?
Jason
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I have recently purchased a 5.8g tx/rc for my fpv system and have a few questions.
1) The Tx claims it needs an input of 7 to 12v so I assume it is ok to hook it directly into the quad's 3s 11.1v 5000 ma battery?
2) Do I need a BEC inbe
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I am sure there has already been a topic on this but I could not fine it. I have figured out hoe to hook up my 2-axis camera gimble but I can not figure out how to hook up the camera trigger. Which plug on the APM board are you suppose
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I am sure there has already been a topic on this but I could not fine it. I have figured out hoe to hook up my 2-axis camera gimble but I can not figure out how to hook up the camera trigger. Which plug on the APM board are you suppose
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I am trying to put together my FPV system and this is what I have so far.
1) Headplay 800 by 600 goggles
2) Go Pro
3) Go Pro connection to transmitter
Now I am thinking of purchasing the following RC/Tx but how do you power it while out in
Read more…Hello Everone, After getting real comfortable flying I am now looking for a good camera gimble system. I see there are several versions out there but it is hard to know which one has proven effective on a 3DR quad? Looking for something that will all
Read more…Hello everyone,I am trying to tune my drone and so far I am having a little bit of a challenge. I have read that the stick values would not work well with the stronger motors (880) or the larger prop (11 inches) but when I change the values I am not
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I had a purchased the 433 3DR Radio system from 3DR and had it working perfectly. Then a faithful day flying over water I lost control of my drone and it fell into the SF Bay.
So I built a 2nd unit and purchased a new card to be the air portion o
Read more…Hello Everyone,I wanted to see if there are fellow drone fliers in the SF/bay Area who want to get together and form a flying club. Think it would be great to see other people's rigs, swap crash stories and learn from each other. If this already exis
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I have had a lot of fun flying my drone for work but realize that it would be even more fun if I could see what my drone sees.
Right now I send it up with my camera take my shots for a few minutes than bring it back down and hope all i
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Ok the only crashed I get now are when a prop falls off the quad will in flight. It has cost me two cameras and a good amount of embarrassment. It only happens once every 15 flights but I hate it. So has anyone ever super glued the
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I have a bent prop shaft (the piece that slips over the motor shaft) and I can not find a place to buy the prop shaft without having to purchase a whole nex motor which I do not need. I went to hobby king and bought what I thought was
Read more…Hey guys,To make room for a camera mount on the bottom of my quad I was thinking of mounting the battery on top of the center plate, then mounting apm, GPS, rc on top of that. So the battery would be about even with the motors. My question is will th
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Ok so I build a new drone in the "x" config and it flies real well. I am able to have it hover in one place and fly it around in a very small space in my back yard, I end up bumping it into a plastic can right as I turn off power to
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I have recently set-up my drone to fly in the "X" config and I have to say I like how stable it flies. But I have noticed that when I have it hovering the drone wants to roate (VERY SLOWLY) counter clockwise. I take off with it facing
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When I fly my drone I using my fubata 7C I notice that at one notch the drone wants to keep on climbing and the next notch it wants to fall. Anyway to adjust the throttle values so one of those notches keeps the drone steady?
Jason
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What am I doing wrong? I get nothing from GPS unit when I plug it into my APM 2.5 board. I have two baords and have tried on both. I have tried powered through battery and USB, nothing. The GPS board was tested by 3D robotics and th
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I am looking for a good material to make landing legs out of since the ones that come with the Quad kit from 3D are expensive and rather weak. Also they ae not long enough for me to put my camera rig under my Quad. I have tried plexi
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