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Kelly Ness commented on Jaime Machuca's blog post Triggering the GoPro on board the 3DR Solo for Mapping missions
"Port 22 worked.  FYI if anyone else is having trouble connecting.  Other sources also mention port 53 - But I haven't tried that one.

Good luck."
Nov 10, 2015
Kelly Ness commented on Jaime Machuca's blog post Triggering the GoPro on board the 3DR Solo for Mapping missions
"Any Idea what port should be used?  I am having some trouble connecting..."
Nov 10, 2015
Kelly Ness replied to Kelly Ness's discussion Yaw Blues
"Any idea which settings to start with?  Or what a .01 would do differently than a .04?  I think it's set at .02 now.  I will double check.

thanks for the reply."
Apr 4, 2015
Kelly Ness replied to Kelly Ness's discussion Yaw Blues
"Okay tricopter guys... still having the yaw issue.  I don't see anywhere to tune this.  Is is just dumb luck that everyone else is tuned?  Or do you take off the servo, twist the pivot mechanism and re-try?  Just kind of amazed that this isn't…"
Mar 30, 2015
Kelly Ness posted a discussion
After a couple Quadcopter builds, I built a Tricopter.  I thought there might be some efficiency gains, portability(folds down nice) and increased maneuverability.  But this Yaw issue has me thinking quads again.I used autotune and autotrim.  I…
Mar 27, 2015
Kelly Ness posted a discussion
I am having trouble connecting to mavlink via 915 mhz radios.  I can load the firmware versions(1.9 ground and 1.7 air) as well as the other information (baud rate, netID, etc.) with the 3dr radio configurator version(stand alone and the one in…
Jan 21, 2015
Kelly Ness posted a discussion
Where can I download the 2.9.1b HEX firmware?I am going to give the 3.x firmware a break for a while...thanks.
Nov 3, 2013
Kelly Ness replied to Kelly Ness's discussion Lost my quad yesterday. Very unpredictable AUTO mode. Help me troubleshoot?
"Any suggestions?  Should I post this under another topic?
Pretty gun-shy to run AUTO as is.  Check out the log and you will see why..."
Sep 30, 2013
Kelly Ness posted a discussion
***I did find the quad after a hike through the swamp... without telemetry, the quad would still be in the swamp - no doubt about it.Yesterday I completed 3 flights.  The first and last mission in AUTO mode were a disaster.  The Quad was pitching at…
Sep 29, 2013
Kelly Ness posted a discussion
Jul 16, 2013
Kelly Ness posted a discussion
There is a lot of talk about waypoints - as they pertain to aerial photography... But is there any talk of flight lines?  For instance, it would be nice to have the ardupilot recognize a flight line and "nudge" to the line.  Not sure if this has…
Jun 26, 2013
Kelly Ness posted a discussion
Today while flying my quad for the second time, I had a prop fall off...  The quad lawn-darted into the ground. Everything seems to be fine as far as the APM goes... I took the remaining props off and armed the APM - and held the quad at different…
Jun 23, 2013