About

Gender

Male


Location

Ballymena, Antrim


About Me:

I am a software engineer by trade along with an electronic systems background.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I have been interested in model aircraft and flying for all my life. My interest in electronics and flying fits well with UAVs.


Hometown:

Ballymena


Activity Feed

Kieran replied to Euan Ramsay's discussion TM1000 & APM power module = no flight pack Voltage data to DX8?
"I connect the TM1000 voltage connector to my flight pack directly. I don't think there is any battery pack voltage at the APM."
May 17, 2013
Kieran replied to Jérôme Walrave's discussion Minim OSD fried ? no OSD data...
"What happens when you disconnect the camera? Do you see the overlay then?"
Mar 8, 2013
Kieran replied to Al Lowrie's discussion New APM2.5 suddenly quit - no function or Mavlink - Need troubleshooting help
"Sounds like your pan servo drew more than 0.5A and blew the fuse on the APM."
Feb 27, 2013
Kieran replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"I have been trying out various flight modes on my 3DR Hexa, 880kv motors, 3S battery, APM 2.5 w2.9.1 firmware and more or less default tuning. It flies very well in Stabilize and Alt-Hold is rock steady with very little climb or descent while…"
Feb 23, 2013
Kieran replied to Thomas Gregg's discussion MinimOSD won't show text when camera is plugged in, fine without
"I am glad I am not the only person with this issue :-) I've tried NTSC and PAL to see if that makes a difference and it doesn't. I am going to try a different video source to see if that changes anything - but I need to make up another video cable…"
Feb 10, 2013
Kieran replied to David Strassman's discussion After Manual ESC Calibration, motors won't run
"Sounds like the drone needs to be armed. If you cannot arm the motors you may need to recalibrate your radio. Also, make sure your flight mode switch is in stabilise."
Feb 5, 2013
Kieran replied to Xomby's discussion New 3DRobotics Hexa-B Kit... (small problem)
"There were actually quite a few parts missing from my 3DR  Hexa-B but they were generally just some of the small hardware bits such as one of the 35mm bolts, quite a few of the M3 nuts and the four rubber washers. Nothing that could not be solved by…"
Jan 25, 2013
Kieran replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"I can build and upload 2.9-rc5 no problem. However, when I then try to load the released 2.9 via mission planner, the radio calibration does not work in that it will not refresh values from the transmitter. Going back to the rc5 build works fine…"
Jan 18, 2013
Kieran commented on Marco's blog post Italian Enthusiasm - Above the Clouds Drone
"Congratulations on reaching this goal.

Don't worry about the FAA, last time I checked the FAA do not care what we do in the free world (Europe)."
Jan 3, 2013