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 Randall Richmond's discussion Video and Telemetry
"Randall,
I saw your post and thought this might help. I'm using 1.3Ghz for video, 900Mhz for telemetry, and 2.4Ghz for RC
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPat..."
Apr 16, 2012
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 commented on Sam Kelly's blog post New product! The 3DR Radio Telemetry System
"Andrew Tridgell,
Alright, that's really great news! Having that kind of firmware flexability opens up some great possibilities.
Thanks for sharing...."
Apr 6, 2012
Keith S commented on Sam Kelly's blog post New product! The 3DR Radio Telemetry System
"Anybody know if there is a reason to upgrade yet. I looked through the documentation and don't see why to upgrade. 156k to 250k and frequency hopping are two that pop out compared to the xbee's. Did I miss something?"
Apr 6, 2012
Keith S replied to Randall Richmond's discussion Normal Power up?
"It looks and sounds like the PWM signal from your transmitter isn't low enough. Try and move the trim on the throttle all the way down and if that doesn't do it increase the throttle travel volume (down) to 110 or 125%.
I had the same problem at…"
Apr 5, 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.
 "
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..
 "
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 replied to Christopher Cooper's discussion What servos do you use on your camera mounts?
Mar 25, 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
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