About

Gender

Male


Location

Portland, OR


About Me:

3D Printer Owner, Metal Fabricator, CAD Designer, Hobbyist, Brewer, Father, Husband, Son, Friend. That is pretty much my life, in no particular order.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I have always wanted to fly, ever since I was a kid. I never got into the R/C hobby (aside from the cheapies from Toy's R Us) until I got older, man, am I pissed I waited this long. Hooked. This hobby got me into 3D printing, soldering, physics, control loops, electrical theory. I love it all.


Hometown:

Portland, Or, USA


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Kevin LeDoux left a comment for Randy
"Randy,

Most often when I look up a problem with my APM you are the one who has posted up an amazing tutorial on why or how. Thank you for all you do with community support!

In the car the other day I was thinking about an extremely valuable…"
Oct 3, 2014
Kevin LeDoux replied to Kevin LeDoux's discussion APM 2.5 w/3.1.5 won't start Auto-Tuning, Mission Planner shows enabled but quadcopter won't twitch.
"Just fixed this earlier. I adjusted the Throttle Mid, recalibrated ESCs, and recalibrated Radio Control in APM.  Still no joy.  I have been tuning manually tonight, and have seen some great increases in control, however I know Autotune isn't…"
Aug 26, 2014
Kevin LeDoux replied to Kevin LeDoux's discussion APM 2.5 w/3.1.5 won't start Auto-Tuning, Mission Planner shows enabled but quadcopter won't twitch.
"Update: Fixed Throttle Mid. Autotune still not functioning."
Aug 26, 2014
Kevin LeDoux posted a discussion
Title says it all. This is my first major "unconquerable" task. Wondering if anybody has had this issue. I have the PIDs pretty close, but I feel as though it could be more responsive and less "drunk". I was hoping I could try this out. Here is my…
Aug 26, 2014
Kevin LeDoux commented on Euan Ramsay's blog post APM into 230 size quad
"So I have been monitoring this thread, amongst other Mini Quad APM builds.  I am in the middle of a re-design, currently running the MHQ Hovership Frame(flex is just too great and the arms will start vibrating terribly at about 85% throttle.  I have…"
Aug 11, 2014