About

Gender

Male


Location

Fort Myers, FL


About Me:

My interest is wildlife and landscape photography. I work as a Engineering Manager for a NBC/ABC TV Station


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I like building quadcopters using the Ardupilot Mega board to carry HD and still cameras.


Hometown:

Ft Myers, Florida


Activity Feed

Matt Gaige replied to Andreas M. Antonopoulos's discussion ArduCopter 2.7.1 Released
"So what is meant by "sensor-fusion"?"
Aug 1, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Project Nadar's discussion Naza Like GPS functionality on APM2?
"It is called Position Hold in the mode selection."
Jul 31, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.6 released!
"Could not find any reference to this but has the boot issue with the APM1 been resolved in the APM2.  That is, do I have to wait for complete boot up before applying ESC power anymore?

Anyway, 2.6 has been great for me in every way.  The Rate and…"
Jul 9, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Tom Judkowiak's discussion Too sensitive throttle in Stabilize mode and copter not holding position
"Many people use the throttle curve adjustment on their Tx, so that in the mid range they are able to flatten out the "ramp" to make it less touchy.  If you have not calibrated your ESC's that may help also.  Make sure on your TX settings that you…"
Jun 4, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Alvin Stewart's discussion Random Flip On Takeoff
"I do think that punching it can be a problem.  With basic PIDs the multicopter will lift quite calmly off the ground.  A violent flip that breaks props is not an operator error, unless you are in manual mode and do not know how to fly.  Bad…"
May 29, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Alvin Stewart's discussion Random Flip On Takeoff
"Well you know the issue can be in a number of places.  A flaky UBEC, wiring or a ESC maybe.  It would be of some interest to know after the flip if the APM is in a dis-armed state.  This might indicate that the APM has rebooted.  A brief power…"
May 29, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Jeremy Gore's discussion Stabilize - Simple, Forward changes from forward in flight
"Have you performed the compass calibration?  Being un-calibrated (or electrical interference) may cause the compass to shift.  Try the calibration method of spinning the copter on all 3 axis' first."
May 17, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Jeremy Gore's discussion Newbie Quadcopter build - Won't hover, wants to fly off
"Can I ask first... are you speaking about a Quad or a Tri copter, you mention only 3 esc's? If you are speaking of a quad (4 motor) and it is pulling in the opposite direction of where that motor is located, motor F.L. and pulling B.R., then that…"
May 8, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Sami Finnila's discussion APM 2 gyro (scaling?) issue || RESOLVED
"The file worked well for me. Very quick and no creep"
May 6, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Sami Finnila's discussion APM 2 gyro (scaling?) issue || RESOLVED
"Thanks, I have been asking about this for the last 4 weeks and no one has commented on it.  Good research.  I will try this out."
May 5, 2012
Matt Gaige posted discussions
May 4, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Matt Gaige's discussion Gimbal Control in 2.5.x
"What is needed is simply a linear system.  Right now the gimbal control is too slow to keep up with the movement.  If I roll the quad and then return, the gimbal slowly returns to center, it creeps the last little bit.  No dampening is needed here. …"
May 4, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Dustin's discussion Cannot ARM motors
"A little confused about red LED, one time you say it is flashing and another time you say you never see it.
So when you say arm, are you refering to getting the Red LED to stay solid?  This means the APM is armed.  Motors fail to arm themselves if…"
Apr 19, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Matt Gaige's discussion CH7_SET_HOVER and Alt_Hold Function?
"Vin
I would say that 1 meter is somewhat low for AH on its own, considering ground preasure changes.  But I see with AH after JS's statement that you need to find where the center Hover throttle point is on your quad.  Let the quad settle for a…"
Apr 17, 2012
Matt Gaige posted a discussion
Do I understand it correctly that Alt_Hold assumes Hover to be 50% of Throttle, unless it is set differently by this CH7 function?  This is important to me since I wish to be close to hover throttle when coming off Alt_Hold.Thanks
Apr 17, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.5 released!
"Just my 2 cents.
Coming from a Naza on this frame to a APM2, I am very please with the change.  A couple hours of reading and tuning and it is enjoyable to fly in stable mode with my Gopro cam.  To me this is a big jump from my experience with a…"
Apr 14, 2012
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