Location
Onley, VA
About
About Me:
novice
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Some experience with SWANN quadcopter X5-C. Recently purchased IRIS+ and will add gimbal and camera once I gain more experience
Hometown:
Eastern Shore Virginia
Activity Feed
"Thanks Kevin. I've flown and crashed a Swann 5C for several months now. Crashed the Iris+ on the 5th flight due to a bad gyro. 3DR did a great job of support and repaired it right away. I've flown the Iris+ on 7 different days since my original…"
"Thanks Gregg. I give it a try under alt hold or stabilize mode as soon as we have a day with a little less wind. "
"Richard, Most of us have a tendency to report issues and don't post every time we have a good flight day. I've come to the conclusion a gyro, or any other component, could fail at any given time so I need to just fly my IRIS. The sooner the better…"
"Thanks for the input Gregg. Mostly corn fields, wheat and woods around here but I'm looking for more open areas. This vehicle just got back from 3DR with a new pixhawk so I'm thinking the firmware is up-to-date but I'll check.
I checked out some…"
I checked out some…"
The IRIS+ is my second quadcopter and first one with GPS modes. My 5th flight with a new IRIS+ went sour. The vehicle took off as soon as it was armed in loiter mode and would not respond to RTL or Land. I was lucky I found it at all. 3DR…
