About

Gender

Male


About Me:

Big time into Tricopters and video


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I want to develop my tri into a stable video system (fpv)


Hometown:

Springbok


Activity Feed

Jo replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Guys,
Thanks, I loaded 3.0 and my hex is flying like a naza now... All my compass issues is gone, after I did the calibration explained by Randy. Also did the compasmot. There is a slight "see-saw" or wobble in loiter, but I guess I can get that…"
Jun 20, 2013
Jo replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Hi guys,
Just trying to understand something here, please tell me if I have got it wrong. On my hex I have RTL only works every 5th time, otherwise it shoots of in the wrong direction. The same with loiter, it does not work everytime. But when it…"
Jun 18, 2013
Jo commented on Robert Krogh (hooks)'s blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking
"Guys, no offence, but HK and Rctimer for the win. I also live in South Africa and invested alot of money in my planes and drones. I have 2 clones now, and 2 originals. The clones work just as good as the real thing. I wish I could buy original all…"
May 22, 2013
Jo left a comment for Chris Anderson
"Hi Chris,
I am not sure where we can leave comments for suggestions on future firmware releases but please look at my thread and guide me...
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/arduplane-2-7-rtl-issue?xg_source..."
Apr 2, 2013
Jo commented on Sandro Benigno's blog post ArduCAM OSD v2.0 - Update your MinimOSD!
"@Oliver. I have to say its unfortunate that I had a dud minimosd. But this is my second one now. One on the plane and other on the copter. Once it works its great!!
I also saw that its important to check you have the correct PAL or NTSC setting, if…"
Apr 2, 2013
Jo commented on Sandro Benigno's blog post ArduCAM OSD v2.0 - Update your MinimOSD!
"Hi Oliver,
You were right the 3.3V FDTI works. I had a faulty minimosd. After I got a new one from a friend all works fine now...
Thanks and sorry I doubted you"
Mar 31, 2013
Jo posted a discussion
Hi guys,I have a small problem with the RTL. It works great when I trigger RTL.But when I hit failsafe it first does the 20 second circle and then triggers RTL, this also worksMy problem is I want it to go to RTL straight when a failsafe event is…
Mar 31, 2013
Jo commented on Sandro Benigno's blog post ArduCAM OSD v2.0 - Update your MinimOSD!
"I don't think the 3.3V FTDI will work... I'd like to know what Sandro says about this"
Mar 8, 2013
Jo commented on Sandro Benigno's blog post ArduCAM OSD v2.0 - Update your MinimOSD!
"I am using a TTL-232R-3V3.. I am using a 3S bat, which is wired like the diagram on the wiki when updating the character set (camera still connected, just not plugging the transmitter)... The video stage is powered the same way when I connect back…"
Mar 8, 2013
Jo commented on Sandro Benigno's blog post ArduCAM OSD v2.0 - Update your MinimOSD!
"Hi Sandro,
I have the same issue, cant seem to update character set successfully... I see some points here and would like to clarify something...
I have no soldering on my osd, ... I power the osd with the 12v bat as in the diagram... But on closer…"
Mar 8, 2013
Jo replied to Manu's discussion Bixler dives on RTL...
"Ok guys,
I found the problem.... The problem was Pitch_Comp I changed it to 2.040 from the original 2.000 and it flies like a dream now on Auto..."
Oct 22, 2012
Jo replied to Manu's discussion Bixler dives on RTL...
"Thanks James,
I like your setup with the flaps, at the moment I have mine configured to a knob on the radio, bypassing the apm. I like this because I can do fine adjustments when flying fpv and using the minimosd to see I fly optimum in order to get…"
Oct 11, 2012
Jo replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.6 released!
"Guys this is my first post here, I am still a noob on navigating this wiki and even my Tri. I'd like to know which PID's to play with if my YAW is slow. Secondly...when I loiter the tri seems to swing more and more to left and right.... Its like the…"
Jun 16, 2012