Josh Gray's Discussions (6)

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Power Module Failure?

Hey guys, I was working on my 3DR quad today and ran into an odd problem.

Everything was working fine when I connected the battery, motors spun, APM2.5 worked, all peachy.

Then I decided that I'd try to get the APM to stabilize the gimbal tilt. I conne

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Telemetry port pinout (in)consistency

Hey guys, I'm fabricating a y-cable to simultaneously connect 3DR Radio Telemetry module, MinimOSD, and jDrones I/O board (I guess it's more like a "w-cable").

There's some great information and diagrams scattered here and elsewhere, but I just want t

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Mounting APM on CineStar 8

I built my CineStar 8 frame yesterday, and it's a work of carbon fiber art. However, its stock mounting options are tailored for MK electronics. I'm installing APM2.5 and so I need to fabricate an adaptor plate or some other solution.

Does anyone have

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Need some guidance on 8-rotor build

Hey guys, my group is interested in using a multirotor aircraft for near surface remote sensing (earth science applications). We'd like to have the most flexible and versatile platform. For us, this means high payload capacity, reliability, and versa

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