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About
Location
Hinckley, OH
About Me:
60 YO. Mechanical Engineer. Pilot license at age 17. Father flew B-17's during WWII - he was my flight instructor. Own and fly 1946 Piper J3-Cub. Been flying RC since 1975. Recently taught myself 450 collective pitch helicopter. Been interested (read addicted) to aviation my whole life.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Myself and a software engineer at work are building 450 Flamewheels with APM 2.5, v2.9.1, uBlox GPS, 900 mhz telemetry, sonar, two(2) 2200 LiPo's in parallel, and Spektrum DX8 with TM1000 for additional battery monitoring.
Hometown:
Hinckley, Ohio
Activity Feed
"Is beta v3.0.0rc5 available to use? I understand "at your own risk". I'm wondering if it is a full functioning firmware available for anyone to try."
"I just installed v 2.9.1 Beta and got carried away with tuning. Now I want to go back to default PID's. Can someone do a screen capture or snip of the default config screen in Mission Planner for the new Beta version Quad X? Really appreciate the…"
"I now have eight flights on my Quad with the GPS re-mounted high above the APM/props. I also put the GPS on the opposite side of 900 MHz telemetry. The GPS is mounted on top of a 3/8” diameter carbon fiber tube. The GPS now allows a solid Loiter…"
"My GPS problems are solved. The Spektrum TM1000 telemetry was interfering so it has been removed. I also had it mounted too close proximity to the GPS. The GPS is now mounted on top of a 3/8” diameter carbon fiber rod and is positioned high above…"
"I have both the GPS status and the ARM with remote LED’s on A6 and A7. The ARM LED goes solid "on" at arming but begins to blink about four minutes into the flight. Happens every flight. I have LED_MODE set to 107. Any ideas?"
"I might have my mysterious GPS problem solved. I did three things at once and need to do further testing to find out which may have solved the problem. I moved the GPS mounting to high above the APM like a NAZA. Secondly, and I think this may be the…"
"5 minute waiting period for GPS to fully synch...
Thank you Randy et al… As previously discussed, the GPS LOCK LED becomes solid within 15 seconds of ARMING. If it takes longer (5 min.) to fully acquire the constellation and update the almanac,…"
Thank you Randy et al… As previously discussed, the GPS LOCK LED becomes solid within 15 seconds of ARMING. If it takes longer (5 min.) to fully acquire the constellation and update the almanac,…"
Thank you Randy et al… As previously discussed, the GPS LOCK LED becomes solid within 15 seconds of ARMING. If it takes longer (5 min.) to fully acquire the constellation and update the almanac, how do I know when it’s OK to launch a mission? …
"I'm having problems with Loiter. I switch into loiter from a Stabilize and it holds height but immediately veers off in any compass direction. I record the flight in MP with 3DR telemetry and when I play back I see huge discrepancies in the track…"
"I have my Quad flying pretty good with APM 2.5 and v2.9.1. I’ve got Stability tuned reasonably well and the machine Loiters in a small spot. I’m happy except for a GPS question… When I play back the log in MP it shows the GPS ground track…"
"Just want to say thanks to the developers, beta testers, folks on the DIYD forums, Wiki’s, and everyone associated with v2.9.1
My Quad is a Flamewheel 450V2, APM 2.5, 2212/930KV with 1047 props, RCTimer 30A ESC’s (non-SimonK), uBlox GPS, 915Mhz…"
My Quad is a Flamewheel 450V2, APM 2.5, 2212/930KV with 1047 props, RCTimer 30A ESC’s (non-SimonK), uBlox GPS, 915Mhz…"
"I had a chance to fly my quad over the weekend to gather additional Accel Z data. The purpose of the test was to see how well the foam ear plugs dampen vibration when subjected to the cold. The 6 minute flight was conducted with temp = 25F and over…"
"I had a chance to fly my quad over the weekend to gather additional Accel Z data. The purpose of the test was to see how well the foam ear plugs dampen vibration when subjected to the cold. The 6 minute flight was conducted with temp = 25F and over…"
"Test JPEG image, Working now..."
I have installed remote LED’s for both GPS LOCK and ARMING on APM 2.5 with v2.9.1. LED_MODE is set to 3 and verified. GPS LOCK LED is solid “on” when locked. ARM LED blinks slow (1/sec) for DISARMED and fast blink (2/sec) for ARMED. Shouldn’t…
I did Manfred Dickgiesser foam ear plug mounting for my 450 flamewheel quad with APM 2.5 running v2.9.1 and MPU6K_FILTER = 20. APM is mounted on a thin aluminum plate with double-sided foam tape. A ¼" thick plate of Polycarbonate plastic is…
