About

Gender

Male


Location

Port Elgin Ontario


About Me:

Im an electrical and control engineer..have been flying conventional rc for many years. enjoy woodworking and photography


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I like the control challenges of uav..i wish to combine my photography interests with uav


Hometown:

Port Elgin Ontario


Activity Feed

Jim Davies replied to Kevin Garland's discussion Quad Plane Issues V3.6
"Hi, I have the same problem. Bix3 modified as per G Covey (tx for great article). Using a Pixhawk with rotors on Ch 5-9. Changed RC5-9 to 33-36.. Cannot do ESC calibration via Pixhawk. Can do them individually  from a separate rx transmitter so I…"
Apr 13, 2017
Jim Davies commented on Stefan Gofferje's blog post Arduino-based mode switch
"Tx  not2fast I was afraid I might have to do that. I have a Taranis+. Your comments above will help in tracking down the connection points  Tx"
Mar 2, 2016
Jim Davies commented on Stefan Gofferje's blog post Arduino-based mode switch
"Pleeeease, there must be somebody out there who  got this working.   Ive upgraded the software to 2.0.19. Tried changing various pulse parameters in SG's sketch. Still nothing. Im about to take the back off and examine the trainer jack. It seems to…"
Mar 1, 2016
Jim Davies commented on Stefan Gofferje's blog post Arduino-based mode switch
"Help. I hope somebody is still watching this thread. I have built the switch as per Stefan's schematic and it appears to work . I checked the output with a scope and get the correct pulse train. As I select different pb's the ch1 pulse changes…"
Feb 27, 2016
Jim Davies commented on Adrián Nagy Hinst's blog post APM Mode switch with LCD display
"Thanks for the project. I have built it and it appears to work.(displays properly,buttons change)  However, I cannot get it setup with my Taranis Transmitter. I have programmed the TR1 (trainer input ch 1) to my mode select channel5. Transmitter is…"
Feb 24, 2016
Jim Davies replied to Mike Tassey's discussion Y6 Extreme Yaw Issues in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"That happened to me also. I found I had all the lower motors reversed. The build instructions indicate the direction looking DOWN from the top. In the engineering world motor rotation is indicated when looking at the shaft which is opposite of this…"
Dec 12, 2013