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Gender

Male


Location

NSW


About Me:

50yo newbie to RC but a long time nerd!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Quadcopter - still learning


Hometown:

Sydney


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Les M posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
Hi Everyone,I would like to get some high intensity strobes going on my APM 2.5 While I can handle the electronic side of things, I am a bit confused with going about the code to drive them. There appears to have been a change in code around V2.6…
May 28, 2013
Les M posted a discussion
Hi Everyone,My quadcopter (APM 2.5) normally works extremely well with loiter, RTL and missions all working really well and have done since I built it. My problem is spectacular crashes when switching into loiter. The vast majority of the time…
Apr 29, 2013
Les M replied to Les M's discussion Camera Gimbal Jittering
"Hi Guys,

Problem turned out to be induced interference on one or more of the cables. After trying quite a few routes, have finally found one where the gimbal doesn't "jitter" any more.

Hope this helps others....

Les"
Apr 25, 2013
Les M posted a discussion
Hi Everyone,I have recently fitted a gimbal & camera to my Quadcopter (APM 2.5/2.9.1) with a video link. It was just a cheap chinese one similar to this: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/261102207365?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&am...
Apr 11, 2013
Les M commented on M.S. IBN SEDDIK's blog post Today I tried my quadcopter, but I didn't like it...
"I haven't been into RC before and brought the 3DR Quad kit about 10 weeks ago. Had a mate give me some help but mainly in terms of what TX to buy (DX8) etc. I have had a few "hiccups" like giving my arm a slice once and a free fall from 35-40 metres…"
Apr 1, 2013
Les M replied to Les M's discussion Negative Altitude
"Hi Guys,

Tried putting the APM on to a foam pad, also loosen'd the wires going to it. Checked that the foam block is inside the APM (yes it is). Result is I took it out today and it performed absolutely the way it should. Alt hold, loiter and RTL…"
Mar 9, 2013
Les M posted a discussion
Hi Everyone,Have a 2.9.1 quadcopter which flies really well in stabilize mode but when I attempt to use Loiter or RTL, it takes off at maximum climb. It's easily recoverable by switching back in to stabilize mode again but don't know whats wrong.…
Mar 3, 2013