About

Gender

Male


Location

Kenosha, WI


About Me:

Avid rc modeler and electronics hobby tinker.  I like fabrication and robots.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I'm trying this on a beginner scale level. Going to start with rc ground stuff first.


Hometown:

Winthrop Harbor IL


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Keith S replied to John Campen's discussion Missing APM board component . Diode?
Apr 12, 2012
Keith S replied to John Campen's discussion Missing APM board component . Diode?
"It is on mine.
It's a 1A 20v Schottky diode, pretty common part.
Keith"
Apr 12, 2012
Keith S replied to Keith S's discussion Warning ! Do not try this.
"Damage wasn't too bad. Flew it again the next morning, Happy Easter
 
 
http://youtu.be/Kx5munuub-g"
Apr 8, 2012
Keith S posted a discussion
It has been a couple of weeks now and I'm getting more comfortable with my STABALIZE and LOITER set up on my 3DR quad. Still having some yaw issues but yesterday morning I was enjoying the fruits of my labor out at my local RC field.In one of my…
Apr 8, 2012
Keith S replied to Cliff-E's discussion throttle signal output, cut off completely
"This same thing happened to me and was identified as a problem with an old helicopter radio I've had for years.
Turns out that the throttle potentiometer is worn out near the middle stick (hovering position). This would happen and I'd throttle back…"
Apr 4, 2012
Keith S replied to Glenn M's discussion Slow to get GPS 3d fix (if at all)
"Thanks for sharing. It looks good to me, but I'm courious if your rx is too close. 
Something to try.
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Apr 2, 2012
Keith S replied to Glenn M's discussion Slow to get GPS 3d fix (if at all)
"Do you have a picture to share? That might help..
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Apr 2, 2012
Keith S posted a discussion
Another flight with the same problem. I removed the bullet connectors and cleaned up the wiring and removed the camera and transmitter, but I've got the same issue.Please reference the video link @ 0:43, 1:30 and at 2:45.I'm not seeing anything…
Mar 26, 2012
Keith S commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Did you know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?
"Here in my area if you break something and make it unusable,
You have "Taco'd" it. ;>)"
Mar 23, 2012
Keith S posted a discussion
Like the Title says,I'd like to learn what each of the 76 selections mean.Most of them to me are obvious, but there are ones like: Logarithmic,Ing, ax, gx, mx, magfield, wpno, press_abs, and brklevel  that I haven't got a clue. Thanks in advanceKeith
Mar 21, 2012
Keith S commented on AKRCGUY's blog post ArduCopter 3DR Flight 2 a success!
"Nice video!
I did my maiden Sunday morning and it didn't go very well. I'm trying to understand the recorded log file to see what happened."
Mar 18, 2012
Keith S replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Nice morning today and noticed 2.5 was released, so I did a mission planner update to my new 3DR w/850kv motors and APM1. I think I followed the online manual to the "T" and headed out to the field for a maiden flight.
I put it in stabilize mode for…"
Mar 18, 2012
Keith S replied to bernienepper's discussion REMZIBI OSD 3DR
"Just thought I'd share some notes so far. I have it working with a seperate GPS module right now and editing the HappyKillmore Remzibi editor exe.
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Feb 28, 2012
Keith S posted a discussion
I have the 3dr quad kit and had a bad ESC, (still waiting on a RMA for two days).The other 3 work fine with my 2200mAh 3cell lipo's. But would like to use a 4cell A123 2300mAh packs instead. I know they are heavier but they have always been my…
Feb 17, 2012
Keith S replied to Keith S's discussion Lots of smoke and a loud pop!
"I'm courious what the requirements are for an ESC to work with the auto calibration?"
Feb 16, 2012
Keith S replied to Keith S's discussion Lots of smoke and a loud pop!
"I agree, What I'm trying to figure out is if there was any specific requirements that I should look for if I was to select 4 new esc's and not to break my bank. I'd like to get something local and available. Maybe some low model 20A Castle Creations?"
Feb 15, 2012
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