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New Iris pilot


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Joe Whiteside replied to Dan McKenna's discussion white IRIS...cooler IRIS? in IRIS
"I'd buy a white top shell, the uv out here in sunny southern California gets way up there during the summer months."
Sep 6, 2015
Joe Whiteside replied to Joe Whiteside's discussion Had my first crash the other day.. in IRIS
"Anyone?"
Sep 2, 2015
Joe Whiteside replied to Joe Whiteside's discussion Had my first crash the other day.. in IRIS
Aug 30, 2015
Joe Whiteside posted a discussion in IRIS
All,Had my first crash and wondered if the fine people here on the forum could help me figure out what I did wrong?Had two great flights and gave it 15 minutes to cool down went to the start the third flight and had heck getting a gps lock, plugged…
Aug 30, 2015
Joe Whiteside replied to Joe Whiteside's discussion Went from telemetry troubles to GPS issues in IRIS
"here are the bin files from the last few flight before it all went to crap..44.BIN46.BIN45.BIN"
Jul 26, 2015
Joe Whiteside posted a discussion in IRIS
Well got all the radio and most of the telemetry troubles fixed and had three batteries worth of flying time to enjoy before I had to screw things up again!!!I decided to add the 3DR Live view kit which was dead simple to add! And now for some…
Jul 26, 2015
Joe Whiteside replied to Joe Whiteside's discussion Iris telemetry troubles in IRIS
"I T L I V E S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After the emails from Armando at 3DR I re-formatted it, returned it to factory defaults and re calibrated the sensors.....it lives again and crack of dawn tomorrow I will be taking her into the air once…"
Jul 24, 2015
Joe Whiteside replied to Joe Whiteside's discussion Iris telemetry troubles in IRIS
"Here's a link to a youtube vid of whats happening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71QOy0C2npQ"
Jul 23, 2015
Joe Whiteside replied to Joe Whiteside's discussion Iris telemetry troubles in IRIS
"Well got the radio issue fixed after another suggestion from 3DR, now I cant get her to stop going into alarm even though it's perfectly still when I plug the battery in and it has a clear view of the sky.....I get from 3 to 8 green flashes like it…"
Jul 22, 2015
Joe Whiteside replied to Joe Whiteside's discussion Iris telemetry troubles in IRIS
"Actually have already had a response from 3DR, went through the step they suggested and have the tablet end of the radio link going, and it seems the problem is the internal radio end of the pairing. tried hooking up through the USB plug on the side…"
Jul 21, 2015
Joe Whiteside replied to Joe Whiteside's discussion Iris telemetry troubles in IRIS
"No my laptop doesn't have a micro USB slot so I used another couple of USB Micro to regular USB cables that I know work with no love. I finally put in a trouble ticket with 3DR which is based in the same city I live in, so heres hoping there is a…"
Jul 21, 2015
Joe Whiteside replied to Joe Whiteside's discussion Iris telemetry troubles in IRIS
"Working on installing mp on an old laptop, but the radio isn't working on my Android tablet either using the tower app"
Jul 19, 2015
Joe Whiteside posted a discussion in IRIS
I recently bought an Irirs+ and have only had the chance to make a few flights so far due to weather and work. After those flights with just the copter I thought I would try it with the gimbal attached to see how differently it handles. After…
Jul 19, 2015