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New Paltz, NY
About Me:
Whiskey distiller, illustrator, video gamer, tech enthusiast.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Trying to assemble an arduino hex for tasks ranging from areal photography, map making and imaging, etc.
Hometown:
New Paltz, NY
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"Oh I see. Not even a guarded toggle? Its just a bit of a pain, I had to mount the receiver sticking out forwards from the platform to leave those pins accessible.
Does everyone with a Spektrum use a jumper each time they turn it on?"
Does everyone with a Spektrum use a jumper each time they turn it on?"
"Yeah man, me too.
Thanks so much for the help :D"
Thanks so much for the help :D"
"Yup, that's what I ended up doing. Everything is working great now. I just want to run through the mission planner and make sure all of the parameters for fail safes are set correctly before mounting any propellers.
Any recommendations for a first…"
Any recommendations for a first…"
"Good news, got it running!
Finished up routing the cables a bit. Think I'm going to put a switch in place of the jumper on the receiver for faster binding.
Will post a video once I get it up in the air.
Thanks for the help!"
Finished up routing the cables a bit. Think I'm going to put a switch in place of the jumper on the receiver for faster binding.
Will post a video once I get it up in the air.
Thanks for the help!"
"Hmm... I hadn't tried to arm it in the mission planner.
Going to try to do that after work. Want to make sure the motors are turning in the right direction so I can start to clean up the cables and lock things down.
I'm going to try to wire a…"
Going to try to do that after work. Want to make sure the motors are turning in the right direction so I can start to clean up the cables and lock things down.
I'm going to try to wire a…"
"So that worked! I wasn't providing power to the receiver properly, it seems.
I have now run into a separate issue. After binding the transmitter, I went through all of the calibration steps in mission planner. After setting up all the parameters…"
I have now run into a separate issue. After binding the transmitter, I went through all of the calibration steps in mission planner. After setting up all the parameters…"
"Hey Shane,
Thanks! That helps a lot. Looks like I will have to grab a few extra servo hookup cables and configure it like yours is.
Do you split off pre PDB to supply servos, or use a separate battery?
Will post again once I try it like that.…"
Thanks! That helps a lot. Looks like I will have to grab a few extra servo hookup cables and configure it like yours is.
Do you split off pre PDB to supply servos, or use a separate battery?
Will post again once I try it like that.…"
Hello DIY Drones!I am a newcomer to this fantastic hobby, and am hitting a minor (hopefully) speed bump right at the onset.Any help, suggestions, advise or encouragement would be greatly appreciated. I am in the process of setting up an ArduCoper…
