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Quebec


About Me:

Aerial Cinematographer with OCTO, flying a BMCC 2.5K


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Owner operator of OCTO Drone for commercial interest.


Hometown:

Saint-Lazare


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Mark Aylward posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
Hi,When connecting the pixhawk with the motors also in the circuit there is an arc of current at the connector (scary) and the motors beep then twitch to a beep every 1-2 seconds as the PIXHAWK powers up and continues to twitch and beep…
Nov 16, 2014
Mark Aylward posted discussions in ArduCopter User Group
Nov 12, 2014
Mark Aylward replied to Mark Aylward's discussion PixHawk and R7008sb in ArduCopter User Group
"which selection is for 8ch mode? i have a choice of: FASSTTest-12CH, FASSTMULTI, FASST7CH and S-FHSS"
Nov 12, 2014
Mark Aylward replied to Mark Aylward's discussion Landing Gear Servo choice? in ArduCopter User Group
"Yes I've seen both these solutions.  I have a Tarot and would opt for it but it pisses me off that their octo says folding landing gear to find out they sell you manual folding.  All I need is a servo.  I have most of all the other materials to rig…"
Oct 27, 2014
Mark Aylward replied to Mark Aylward's discussion Landing Gear Servo choice? in ArduCopter User Group
"I'm thinking this might do the trick.
http://www.alofthobbies.com/kst-ds245mg-servo.html"
Oct 27, 2014
Mark Aylward posted discussions in ArduCopter User Group
Oct 27, 2014
Mark Aylward replied to Mark Aylward's discussion PixHawk and R7008sb in ArduCopter User Group
"Frt8sb on order...waiting..."
Oct 27, 2014
Mark Aylward replied to Mark Aylward's discussion PixHawk and R7008sb in ArduCopter User Group
Oct 27, 2014
Mark Aylward left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"ok so now I am stuck at getting the R7008sb to talk to PixHawk for my initial set-up.  Do I get a PPM encoder and use the 8 ports into PixHawk vai the encoder or is there another solution yet?"
Oct 27, 2014
Mark Aylward replied to Mike Mac's discussion Sbus Support
"I cannot find this info on APM wiki.  can you send a link.  Thanks"
Oct 27, 2014
Mark Aylward replied to Mark Aylward's discussion Mavlink not connecting, "No Heartbeat Packet Received" error.
"After reading this Thread: http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/no-heatbeats-from-mavlink-the-sag...

I disconnected my GPS and all is well.
Problem Solved... on to the next hick-up..."
Oct 27, 2014
Mark Aylward replied to Forrest Frantz's discussion No HeatBeats from Mavlink -- The Saga Continues now w/ PixHawk
"I posted yesterday about this problem.  I am glad I found this thread.  I failed to mention in my problem that the Multi=color LED had never lit up but was hoping that happened after calibration... ANYWAY,

I disconnected the GPS uBlox Mag and the…"
Oct 27, 2014
Mark Aylward posted a discussion
I successfully installed the firmware onto Pixhawk with APM2.But the wizard menu did not show to allow me to do the wizards to set up the Pixhawk.I downloaded and installed Mission Planner and I was able to confirm the firmware was installed and was…
Oct 26, 2014
Mark Aylward replied to Frank Prochaska's discussion Futaba 14SG and APM 2.5+ issue.
"Tristan, what are you using for your second rx? I will be doing this as well for my 3axis gimbal."
Oct 24, 2014
Mark Aylward replied to Mark Aylward's discussion ArduPPM v2.3.16
"Thanks Stephen."
Oct 24, 2014
Mark Aylward left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"Can someone help on my posted question?
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/arduppm-v2-3-16"
Oct 24, 2014
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