Gender
Male
About
Location
Austin, TX
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I started with planes, planes went to helis, helis went to helis with video recording, that went to FPV, and here we are at the natural evolution of UAV. Whose knows where this will take me.
Hometown:
Austin
Activity Feed
"Well after last weekend I was bound and determined not to let a stupid helicopter and Ardupilot board get the best of me! So I went to my local hobby store and bought another Raptor so I knew everything would be brand spanking new. After a week of…"
"Hey I think that would be great. I am currently working on building a Quad but I should have my Raptor back up shortly. I am going to put a new frame and bearings in to back sure the vibes are down. I am just really terrified of any future…"
"Thanks. I didn't have a chance to try that yet although I had increased the P value and decreased the I value in roll. Let's just say the outcome was so bad that I will no longer try AMP on this platform. I almost died. Luckily a car window took…"
"So I have everything all wired up and "working" but the first spool up wasn't too great. I have all the default PIDs and the heli is level and swash works on the bench just fine. The problem occurs when the main blade starts spinning. The higher…"
"Can you still connect the FTDI pins instead of using the USB port?"
"Back to the same ole issue. I guess I am just going to return this one. Argh. So much for my Drone"
"So I plugged the USB in a little angled and I'm back up. Problem now, what does disarmed on the Mission Planner mean? How do I get it to show the responses of the APM."
"Thanks, but its not giving it a port. It was on 8 then 9. However Windows is saying the device is unrecognized. Doesn't even show that it is a ArduMega at all. The device doesn't have an ID. Not sure what to do. Seems like a hardware issue.
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"Guys, I know there is probably a post out there somewhere but I have been up all through the night reading and an getting nowhere. So here is the problem. I received the APM 2.5 yesterday, plugged it in and was able to download the firmware and…"
"Well guys tomorrow I will join the test group. The APM 2.5 will finally arrive. I'm excited to play with this thing and hope I don't have build a quad to use it. Its going on a Raptor 50 that is tuned perfectly with no servo trims and will hover in…"
"Whoa! The APM 2.5 assembled is no longer a Unicorn. Mine shipped today. Oh, FedEx can't come fast enough. I was begining to become comfortable with waiting. Now, back to impatience. :)
Original order #27054, upgrade uBlox #28413"
Original order #27054, upgrade uBlox #28413"
"Well I'm in the assembled group, so I guess I can sit tight for a while. Chris I really appreciate your insight into this whole process. Takes a little bit of the guess work out of it. Thanks"
"Tell me about it! My number (mentioned before) 27054, is still processing. argh"
"Thanks Marcus for your order #. I guess 3DR has a method to the madness. My order number is 27054 and still in processing. I had originally ordered an assembled 2.0 as well. Maybe you decided to upgrade sooner than I did (I was a couple days…"
"@Marcus what is your order number? Help us figure out where 3DR is at in order processing since it seems they dont tweet that info any more. :-("
"Is it time for APM2.5 to ship yet? This week, maybe? Just getting a little anxious."
