About

Gender

Male


Location

Cambridge


About Me:

53 year old electronics engineer. Originally from Northumberland now living in Cambridgeshire.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Just assembled first quad and struggling to control it!


Hometown:

Newmarket


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Jeff Short replied to Jeff Short's discussion Newbie advice (or should I just buy an ar.Drone)
"@Gareth
Thanks for taking the time to reply, I'd just about made up my mind that the APM was the way to go, and your comments have convinced me. Looks like it'll be March before I can get my hands on an APM2 module, gives me a bit more time to save…"
Jan 2, 2012
Jeff Short replied to Jeff Short's discussion Newbie advice (or should I just buy an ar.Drone)
"Just a quick update.  I've spent a few days playing with the quad, balancing the props and tweaking the gain pots and I've managed a few short semi-stable flights, but I've noticed that to get the quad flying near level I've had to use loads of trim…"
Jan 2, 2012
Jeff Short posted a discussion
Hi,I've just built my first quad, it's a Feiyu Tech kit fitted with a kkmulticopter blackboard flight controller and it's almost impossible to fly. Every flight feels like a semi controlled crash waiting to happen, needing constant stick inputs just…
Dec 30, 2011