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 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 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 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 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
Matt Gaige replied to Chris Anderson's discussion ArduCopter 2.3 released
"I feel so bad in having to ask a question since I should be able to resolve this myself but maybe I missed something.
I have a APM1.4 w/2560 board that has worked well through many beta upgrades.  But when I moved to 2.3 from 2.1 things are a little…"
Feb 10, 2012
Matt Gaige replied to Chris Anderson's discussion ArduCopter 2.3 released
"I am planning to use this code to build a x8 coaxial quad.  Has anyone been successful with this config?"
Feb 3, 2012
Matt Gaige posted a discussion
I feel bad for asking but....  I need to tune Rate P for my Quad using the Ch 6 tuning feature.  The values I see when I enable "tune 4" are in the range of 0 - ~40.  The typical value for Rate P is a decimal figure of about .14.  There is not…
Dec 6, 2011
Matt Gaige replied to Jason Short's discussion Arducopter 2.0.55
"Great video...  Do you think that this will have a positive effect on handling windy conditions?"
Dec 3, 2011
Matt Gaige replied to Jason Short's discussion Arducopter 2.0.50
"Today was my first great experience with Loiter.  Before I would always end up in bigger and bigger circles.  Now in a small breeze it held very well and was enjoyable to watch.
Besides turning down alt hold throtle to .3, two things helped:  1)…"
Nov 24, 2011
Matt Gaige replied to Paul Williams's discussion Setting up 20.0.50
"Though it may be mechanical problem the most likely is bad Rate values.  One thing I did once was misplace the decimal point.  You may need to lower Rate value for Pitch/ Roll first.  Start low to see if it helps, ~.10"
Nov 23, 2011
Matt Gaige replied to Jason Short's discussion Arducopter 2.0.50
"I am enjoying .50 and have a very good alt hold, many thanks.
I noticed that in both Rate and Stabilize the I term is now 0, I have not heard much said, did I miss something?  Should we adjust this or not?
Also my yaw issue with my Y6 is all gone, I…"
Nov 23, 2011
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