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Salt Lake City, UT


About Me:

Retired electrical engineer. Enjoying travel, biking, motorcycling, skiing


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Casual. Just trying it out with a RTF quadcopter


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Salt Lake City


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Kent Erickson replied to Kent Erickson's discussion Quanum Nova and Mission Planner
"Good information.   Thanks."
Nov 30, 2014
Kent Erickson replied to Kent Erickson's discussion Quanum Nova and Mission Planner
"What is the definition of Auto Mission Mode?   Is that the mode to fly the waypoints set in Mission Planner?   Since there are six possible switch selections and six modes in Mission Planner would it be possible to just add a mode rather than change…"
Nov 30, 2014
Kent Erickson replied to Kent Erickson's discussion Quanum Nova Calibrating and Return to Home Function
"I have had no replies to this thread.   In the meantime I have been trying to understand this issue.    I found that if I go into Mission Planner the mode selected by the switches is highlighted in green so I can map the switch positions to the…"
Nov 27, 2014
Kent Erickson posted a discussion
My RTL or RTH mode is not working when I fly.    It doesn't seem to do anything when I set the switches to the RTH mode.    The loiter mode seems to work fine so I know that some of the switch commands are getting through.    There are two possible…
Nov 20, 2014
Kent Erickson posted a discussion
I'm a newbie and I just wondered if anyone could explain to me how the flight modes in Mission Planner relate to the functionality of the Quanum Nova.   There are 8 modes listed I believe and they don't correspond to the mode switch settings of the…
Nov 18, 2014
Kent Erickson replied to Joseph Bonavia's discussion Quanum Nova fails to arm
"It appears that my problem is pilot error.    I found that I have a Mode 1 system, which reverses the functions of the right and left sticks.  The manual that came with my QN only discusses the Mode 2 system, except with one reference to Mode1.   …"
Oct 27, 2014
Kent Erickson replied to Joseph Bonavia's discussion Quanum Nova fails to arm
"The calibration that I did was with the TX and the red and yellow flashing lights.   Seemed to work fine.  
Using Mission Planner I got the following under the messages tab (see attached sreenshot also):
ArduCopter V3.1.5
command received
Arm: Thr…"
Oct 26, 2014
Kent Erickson replied to Joseph Bonavia's discussion Quanum Nova fails to arm
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Oct 25, 2014
Kent Erickson replied to Joseph Bonavia's discussion Quanum Nova fails to arm
"Don't know if this is helpful or just adds to the confusion but I am having the same problem with a brand new QN.    HobbyKing has been helpful and responsive so far but I am still having no luck.   I did a gps calibration first then tried to arm…"
Oct 25, 2014