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"The only current sensors I've found accurate are the Mauch Electronics. If you want a high-quality, reasonably-priced sensor/UBEC, I'd highly recommend them."
"Have a look on ebay for a 'screen tool'. They are a plastic tool which cost a few bucks and a perfect size to get under the connector and lift it safely.
eg.. The tool on the right in this…"
eg.. The tool on the right in this…"
"Jim,
Re receiving APM telemetry on your Taranis:
You can either make it yourself: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-get-apm-pixhawk-telemetr...
or
Purchase one…"
Re receiving APM telemetry on your Taranis:
You can either make it yourself: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/how-to-get-apm-pixhawk-telemetr...
or
Purchase one…"
"An investment of a couple of dollars from Amazon or Ebay will gain you what's known as a 'pry tool' used in mobile phone repair. Just google 'mobile pry tool' and you'll find plenty of examples. They look like this:
and are a perfect size to…"
and are a perfect size to…"
"Thanks for the warning, Randy.
I can't locate the link for the manual download of -rc5 for the downgrade. Are you able to advise how to obtain it?"
I can't locate the link for the manual download of -rc5 for the downgrade. Are you able to advise how to obtain it?"
"70% throttle to maintain a steady hover is incredibly underpowered. Something's clearly wrong. If you're confident that there's nothing wrong with the 'copter, have you tried a different LIPO?"
"I can confirm I'm seeing the same behavior but am not sure if it was me upgrading to this firmware or MP."
"You shouldn't need to touch those when starting out.
The tunable parameters for flight are on the "Extended Tuning" tab. Their default value should get you a reasonably stable take off. You may need to slightly tweak to keep it stable, but it…"
The tunable parameters for flight are on the "Extended Tuning" tab. Their default value should get you a reasonably stable take off. You may need to slightly tweak to keep it stable, but it…"
"The default PID's are normally pretty acceptable to get you in the air on your maiden. Have you experienced any problems with the settings?"
"It doesn't sound like it was a sync issue.
Unfortunately I can't read that bin file (I'm not sure if it's corrupt or didn't upload properly. Can you please zip and attach the .log?"
Unfortunately I can't read that bin file (I'm not sure if it's corrupt or didn't upload properly. Can you please zip and attach the .log?"
"It's really strange that it happens immediately for you but not for 3DR when they tested.
Out of interest, did you ship the LIPO with the Pixhawk/motor/ESC? I'm wondering if there's some strange voltage sag that happens when you flatten the…"
Out of interest, did you ship the LIPO with the Pixhawk/motor/ESC? I'm wondering if there's some strange voltage sag that happens when you flatten the…"
"It certainly sounds like a Sync issue to me. EG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pBdDMxWsgs
You absolutely should have signal and ground wires attached to your APM/Pixhawk.. Leave any BEC power disabled until you've sorted the issue."
You absolutely should have signal and ground wires attached to your APM/Pixhawk.. Leave any BEC power disabled until you've sorted the issue."
"Try placing a video switch between the Vin on the minimOSD and the cameras. Something like this:
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&a......"
http://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&a......"
"Don't trim the radio.
Setup your flight controller properly and allow it to manage individual channel throttles."
Setup your flight controller properly and allow it to manage individual channel throttles."
"Yeah; eCalc isn't perfect but it gives a good indication on performance. I ran the numbers on your existing setup (making a few assumptions) and got this:
It's not exact, but eCalc tends to be conservative. I'd say it's close enough to match…"
It's not exact, but eCalc tends to be conservative. I'd say it's close enough to match…"
"Just to add to this, if you can't match up Ecalc to your specs without a premium account, I'm happy to help. Just add the AUW, the prop specs and the battery voltage."
