About

Gender

Male


Location

Auckland


About Me:

I'm an engineer work as a machine shop manager in Auckland New Zealand


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

been playing with drones for about two years. love apm 2.5 and Mission planner. Designed and built Hexa


Hometown:

Whangaparaoa


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John Hulsbosch replied to Ronen Aknin's discussion which is the most stable firmware for theb apm 2.6 mega
"Hello
Quick question. I have changed my loiter PID (top right of the extended list) from 1.0 to 0.7 and now I can't go up in value only down. (not sure why) It dose the same for all the other PIDs as well. I can change these back in the Full…"
Apr 26, 2016
John Hulsbosch replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"Please try this log
2015-01-19 19-49-15.bin"
Jan 19, 2015
John Hulsbosch replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"Logs attached ti
his time"
Jan 19, 2015
John Hulsbosch replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"Hello Alex
Thanks for taking the time to help.
To answer a few questions,
Set PID's back to default
Their is foam over the Barometer sensor
Increased  INS_MPU6K_FILTER to 10 the 20. Default 0. Noticed slight improvement
Note INS_MPU6K_FILTER set…"
Jan 19, 2015
John Hulsbosch replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"H1 all
I have a problem with POSHOLD.
I have set the quad up as best I can. It flies very stable in Stabilize mode. and is very responsive.
When switching to POSHOD it starts to bounce up and down. Motors quick accelerate and decelerate. moving…"
Jan 18, 2015
John Hulsbosch posted a discussion
Hell allI have a problem with POSHOLD.I have set the quad up as best I can. It flies very stable and Stabilize mode. and is very responsive.When switching to POSHOD it starts to bounce up and down. Motors quick accelerate and decelerate. moving…
Jan 17, 2015
John Hulsbosch posted photos
Dec 10, 2014
John Hulsbosch commented on Randy's blog post ArduCopter 3.2 Released
"Great - Much appreciated for all your help THL-DZ down to 40%. About maybe 4 - 5mm throttle either side of center for it to take effect. I have left PILOT_VELZ_MAX alone. A little slow up and down but will adjust when I get a better feel of the…"
Dec 10, 2014
John Hulsbosch commented on Randy's blog post ArduCopter 3.2 Released
"Hello Dax. Thanks for the fast reply. I'll give my Copters Spec First
Custom quad frame 700 - Spyder Configuration 1.6mm Aluminium
Sunny Sky 4108s-380 motors.
Hobby-Wing 30amp Platinum ESC
12x6 Props hovers at 60% - (Should be using 13 x 6)
Hobby…"
Dec 10, 2014
John Hulsbosch commented on Randy's blog post ArduCopter 3.2 Released
"Sorry about the late reply. Been very windy in New Zealand. Props all good. With throttle dead band. Range is O TO 300. Mine is set to 100. Do I increase this to get better throttle response. Cheers"
Dec 10, 2014
John Hulsbosch commented on Randy's blog post ArduCopter 3.2 Released
"Hello all
I have a quick question about poshold. My quad is rock solid but dose lose some altitude after fast flight. My issue is the throttle is very lazy, not very responsive in poshold. Can I adjust some settings to correct this. Cheers in…"
Dec 8, 2014
John Hulsbosch commented on David Pawlak's blog post Loss of Altitude after horizontal run in Alt Stabilized modes.
"Hi. I'm having the same problem on a smaller scale. I have a custom Spyder type frame 700 between motors.
Its rock solid but dose lose some altitude. My issue is the throttle is very lazy, not very responsive in poshold. Can I adjust some settings…"
Dec 7, 2014
John Hulsbosch replied to Ruwan's discussion Share your drone info thread
"Just forgot to say.
Motor centers 860mm
Cheers"
Sep 26, 2014
John Hulsbosch replied to Ruwan's discussion Share your drone info thread
"Hi All. This is my first post .
This is a great place for newbies like me.
Here is my own design Hexa and my first multicopter.
Without this forum I would never have got this far.

Custom center hub and skids, Designed on Autocad and Water Cut from…"
Sep 26, 2014
John Hulsbosch posted photos
Sep 14, 2014