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Mark replied to Mark's discussion Arduplane limited servo movement in ArduPlane User Group
"that was a lot less painful than I thought it was - just to complete the thread - I adjusted the p gains up to 1.0 and the surfaces did indeed move alot more - thanks for the help  "
Apr 25, 2014
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Modify plane fuselage (extend) in ArduPlane User Group
"As a generic point I was wondering about making my own fuselage with foamboard but getting the wings from a shop - then just adding them to the fuselage - IM no expert on angle of attack etc but Ive seen some simple foam twins that do what I want…"
Apr 25, 2014
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Modify plane fuselage (extend) in ArduPlane User Group
"What I'm really looking for is a slow fly twin engined large fuselage plane - I cant find any like this really with wingspans of about 2m (not too bothered about size of wingspan but anything smaller than this and the fuselages seem to be very…"
Apr 25, 2014
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Modify plane fuselage (extend) in ArduPlane User Group
"HI - thanks very informative - yes actualyl all my flying is incredibly boring - slow turns and lvel flight for photos etc - the more predictabel and slow the better it is - in fact my real challenge has been to get a twin rc plane that is slow -…"
Apr 25, 2014
Mark posted a discussion in ArduPlane User Group
Hi - Not sure if anyone has done this but I'm looking in the future to get a X-UAV Talon, however these are quite fast moving planes so im using an easystar for the moment - wjat I would like to do though is to cut away parts of the fuselage and add…
Apr 24, 2014
Mark commented on Michael Day's blog post Landing from Rally Points
"looks really good"
Apr 24, 2014
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Arduplane limited servo movement in ArduPlane User Group
"same problem as me"
Apr 24, 2014
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Arduplane limited servo movement in ArduPlane User Group
"cool ok - will do as well"
Apr 24, 2014
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Arduplane limited servo movement in ArduPlane User Group
"its an easy star 2"
Apr 24, 2014
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Arduplane limited servo movement in ArduPlane User Group
"well yes I can just go for it I guess - was just trying to sort out the issue first ;)"
Apr 23, 2014
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Arduplane limited servo movement in ArduPlane User Group
"I've upped the pitch and roll to .500 to see if this made a difference - I think it made some so perhaps go even higher?
 
Yes all calibrated and setup - all is working fine but I dont think the servo throw will have enough to bring the plane back…"
Apr 23, 2014
Mark posted a discussion in ArduPlane User Group
Hi - Not sure if thats a good title but here goes - I have built a plane with pixhawk and arduplane installed - all is working fine but I have one simple problem - When I move the elevator and rudder in stabilized mode using the sticks on the tx the…
Apr 23, 2014
Mark replied to Michael J. Buckley's discussion Pixhawk DF13 six-position to FTDI cable
"Hi
Did you ever get that pdf? Im having this issue as well with minimosd
thanks for any help
Mark B
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Mar 27, 2014
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Throttle response adjustment
"Hi - thanks for the response - yes it is in stabilise mode - and if this is normal then thats ok with me - it was only my second flight so I am very inexperienced at the moment - I hadnt heard of expo at all so I will certainly adjust things a bit -…"
Mar 27, 2014
Mark posted a discussion
Hi,My quads flying well after being built last week - I'm using Pixhawk with it but I seem to have a problem with the throttle - I'm constantly having to adjust the throttle as the quad will not stay in a hover - with the same throttle it will start…
Mar 27, 2014
Mark replied to Mark's discussion Pixhawk esc calibration - all at once not working (but everythinhg else does) in ArduCopter User Group
"Its ok Ive solved the issue - it was actually the output from pixhawk - for soem reason the wires were loose (probably pulled too hard when releasing) so there was no signal being sent out - those logs are useful!"
Mar 18, 2014
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