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About
Location
Swansea, MA
About Me:
I've been building robots and devices with embedded controllers as a hobby for a few years now. I've built a snellflight quadcopte, added night lighting, video cam, and soon a laser that will get triggered from my momentary toggle switch on channel 6. I finally got my APM 2.0 board! Parts to build a largeer quadpod with 4 30A ESC and motors that need it :) I think I'll need at least a 3200ma 3cell Lipo for a 20 minute flight. Once this baby is flying I'll start saving for a gopro hd cam.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I've built gadgets that use embedded controllers for a while. I think the hobby UAV is pretty cool, and the fact that there's an open resource that we can can use and contribute to is awesome! I'm hoping to build a quadpod heavy lifter, when I finally get a trunigy 9 channel radio I'll add a remote claw to the APM 2.0 to grab, lift, and place objects. I'm also looking forward to building a marine uav with my sons.
Hometown:
Swansea, MA
Activity Feed
"Update...the new firmware is buggy on APM 2.0. I got tired of dealing with 3dr and switched to a multiwii pro. Cheaper. Much cheaper.plus can run multiwii, ardupirate, and arducopter
It is very stable."
It is very stable."
"A total ban was passed recently.....mostly passed because of idiots flying close to people.
I used to fly at colt state park in RI. A great place to fly and shoot video of my. Hope bay.
I called my he park office.... They said to come by with
My…"
I used to fly at colt state park in RI. A great place to fly and shoot video of my. Hope bay.
I called my he park office.... They said to come by with
My…"
"Big brother passed legislation making it illegal to fly in state parks.
I recommend joining the AMA. ...I did. You can fly in any AMA field in the USA.
usable"
I recommend joining the AMA. ...I did. You can fly in any AMA field in the USA.
usable"
"In the United States (home of the not so free anymore) we are limited to a 400ft. ceiling. If we are within 2 miles from an airport
we can't fly at all.
As far as actual altitude it all depends on the aircraft. i would use a small heating pad…"
we can't fly at all.
As far as actual altitude it all depends on the aircraft. i would use a small heating pad…"
"Good screen shots. adjust the pitch/roll rate 30% of the way to the right and test again.
I had the same problem with the default settings... but this is something you need to adjust.
Also if it helps I have to adjust this when I switch prop…"
I had the same problem with the default settings... but this is something you need to adjust.
Also if it helps I have to adjust this when I switch prop…"
"Andrew, I have a quadpod too and I am about to swap out the flight controller for a multiwii 328P board.
Do you have a config file you can share ?
I also like flying the quadpod in the yard... flying with the standard controller is kind of tough.…"
Do you have a config file you can share ?
I also like flying the quadpod in the yard... flying with the standard controller is kind of tough.…"
"When I ran into this issue I had to recalibrate the accelerometers."
"Thanks! That makes sense. I adjusted those values back when I was running 2.7.3 but I didn't have a wobble then, it was a slower wobble so it was more like a drifting circle.
I'll try it.. right now I need to rebuild my quad. crashed. I…"
I'll try it.. right now I need to rebuild my quad. crashed. I…"
Hi guys.. I wonder of any of you have any ideas on how to reduce a wobble. I went through all the steps as I did when I built the quad and installed firmware 2.7.3. I'm attaching my flight logs hopefully someone can give me advice. The wobble is…
"I have the same radio. Failsafe does not work in PPM mode.. just PCM. You need to do what I did.
I bough a FRsky transmitter and receiver module. I't worth the money, you will get better range too.
Failsafe with the turnigy/frsky is a piece of…"
I bough a FRsky transmitter and receiver module. I't worth the money, you will get better range too.
Failsafe with the turnigy/frsky is a piece of…"
"Here's the current settings:
NOTE: 2012-02-01 23:37:13 XQuad 3DR| APM2| 3SLiPo|…"
NOTE: 2012-02-01 23:37:13 XQuad 3DR| APM2| 3SLiPo|…"
"Here's what I'm using. You have a newer controller than mine. I've got version 2.0
It flies pretty well. My problem is when I started flying with a a 6000mah LiPo. I flew too long and landed hard.. I rebuilt the frame and hopefully next…"
It flies pretty well. My problem is when I started flying with a a 6000mah LiPo. I flew too long and landed hard.. I rebuilt the frame and hopefully next…"
"I upgraded to 2.7.3 last night and had a few good flights! I noticed altitude hold is a lot more accurate. It was a windy day today and I hovered over my house then landed in the backyard. I was extremely surprised that my sk450 based quad…"
"Hi Jani,
Do you know when a replacement board will ship out to me ?"
Do you know when a replacement board will ship out to me ?"
"Yes. When the configurator failed I tried to upload the test software with the Arduino IDE. The IDE failed to contact the bootloader . I got the sync error"
