About

Gender

Male


Location

Roseville, CA


About Me:

Aviator, Designer, Technician


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I love building multi rotors. I have several DIY build myself, Phantom, Solo, FPV racing and other quads and hexas


Hometown:

Roseville,CA


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Jim Torket posted a discussion
It seems that Master Airscrew have too much props :)I'm very satisfied with the MR series and surprised now that they have a FREE giveaway on10x4.5" Multi Rotor props.The free props you can find…
Feb 16, 2017
Jim Torket replied to Trey Hagg's discussion Can't get my quadcopter flying
"Its great that the charger works.
Battery - this is surprising, I would expect to have one dead cell. Not all of them?. I don't think you can do anything else but to buy a new battery.

If the voltages are so low, I would advise not to try to charge…"
Feb 13, 2017
Jim Torket replied to Cj Bailey's discussion First Time quadcopter build
"Naza M V2"
Feb 8, 2017
Jim Torket replied to Cj Bailey's discussion First Time quadcopter build
"I have never used the Pixraces, but wifi communication is not reliable at all.
Naza + Datalink might be a relatively good solution, but the main problem I had recently is that the app condtatly crashed no matter if I use an android device or an…"
Feb 8, 2017
Jim Torket replied to Trey Hagg's discussion Can't get my quadcopter flying
"Hi Trey,
Could be a battery problem but can be also some short circuit on the drone.
The best way is first to make sure your charger is actually charging the battery and that the battery is OK.
Not sure if you have any display and information on the…"
Feb 7, 2017
Jim Torket replied to Trey Hagg's discussion Can't get my quadcopter flying
"This one sounds simple, but you need to share some info:
- have you measured you battery with a multimeter to know the voltage after charging?
- when you connect the battery to the rest of the drone, does it energize. Pixhawk should be able to give…"
Feb 6, 2017
Jim Torket replied to Trey Hagg's discussion Can't get my quadcopter flying
"Hi Trey,
This one sounds simple, but you need to share some info:
- have you measured you battery with a multimeter to know the voltage after charging?"
Feb 6, 2017
Jim Torket replied to Jacob Blaeser's discussion World's Largest Ice Fishing Contest
"Wow, "crazy" does not fully reflect the situation :)"
Feb 6, 2017
Jim Torket replied to Cj Bailey's discussion First Time quadcopter build
"Hi Cj,

I'm new to the forum, but definitely not new to drones.
It basically depends on whether you would like to build the drone yourself  or you would like to skip this part and directly enjoy flying with ready to take-off copter. Different people…"
Feb 6, 2017