About

Gender

Male


Location

Pearl River, LA


About Me:

New DIY drone builder, learning everyday!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I am building my first drone as we speak. I am taking my time and researching every move I make! I have so far decided on building a 450 sized drome and after exuastive research using Pixhawk FC because of the upgradability ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!


Hometown:

New Orleans


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Kevin McLendon replied to MHefny's discussion Changing Main frequency of HM-TRP 3DR Radio for Telemetry using AT Commands
"Almost worked for me!! Have a connection problem no one seems to be able to solve!!"
Jul 7, 2016
Kevin McLendon replied to Zhen Liang's discussion Stuck at "Getting Params"
"I tried that didn't work, I also cannot connect via USB, says "No Heartbeat Packets" after timing out"
Jun 12, 2016
Kevin McLendon replied to Kevin McLendon's discussion All esc getting very hot and apm not powering up
"That is exactly what I was planning on, I went WAY over budget on this build and my wife is ready to kill me already..so i will do it in the future after this blows over. I can do that one secretly..LOL"
Nov 11, 2015
Kevin McLendon replied to Kevin McLendon's discussion All esc getting very hot and apm not powering up
"Thank you for the reply, I was in a hurry running out the door but here is my basic setup  FPV and photography because I have that running on it's own until I can afford the cables and gimble next month
AMP 2.8 with the Power module
Lightening Hobby…"
Nov 10, 2015
Kevin McLendon posted a discussion
New Build never flown.. did I break it?
Nov 10, 2015
Kevin McLendon replied to Kevin McLendon's discussion Newbie question in ArduCopter User Group
"here is the one I ordered because most people who have the same setup as me uses these..opinions PLEASE!!
I bought this one because of the 12v and 5v outputs
PDB I bought"
Oct 6, 2015
Kevin McLendon replied to Kevin McLendon's discussion Newbie question in ArduCopter User Group
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Oct 6, 2015
Kevin McLendon replied to Kevin McLendon's discussion Newbie question in ArduCopter User Group
"ok another newbie question: whe you buy a power distribution board and it has BECs and outputs for 5 v and 12 v, do you still need the step down controllers or does that board step it down for you?.. this is my first real build and I am trying to…"
Oct 6, 2015
Kevin McLendon posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
How do you Calculate what battery to use on a HJ 450 with APM 2.6, OSD, GPS, DJI motors, LEDS, FPV, Gopro has it's own battery but I do have an FPV CMOS camera as well. I was thinking 4S but the guy at Drones Plus said I could use a 3s, I don't…
Oct 6, 2015