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Snohomish, WA
About Me:
New to RC drones. Have built two this year. One 600 class using APM 2.6 and one 450 using Pixhawk. Still just a rookie but learning fast.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Started with quads. Great fun. Will expand into missions soon. Really enjoy building the birds.
Hometown:
Snohomish, WA
Activity Feed
"Loaded 3.3.2 rc2 on my 450 and 550 quads. Autotuned both and flew a bit this afternoon. All went well. Only thing I saw was the 550 tended to have a minor "quiver" side to side. Probably a slight vibration problem. Was testing new props. Will…"
"When upgrading from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2, is it necessary to recalibrate the accelerometers and compass or are the previous calibrations maintained?
Thank you
Michael"
Thank you
Michael"
"I agree but was wondering if the upgrade is a patch or a full loading. Doing the full accelerometer calibration just takes more time to disconnect all cabling, remove the board, mount in another case, calibrate, remove from extra case, remount in…"
Question -- when upgrading firmware from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2, is accelerometer and compass calibration required again or do the prior settings hold for the new version? Thank youMichael
"Lots of dittos on the appreciation"
"If it takes 12 months and 50 RCs to get a stable and reliable release, I'll gladly wait and keep flying 3.2.1. Last thing I want is a FCS that I cannot trust or that crashes my birds due to errors or bugs. I'm fully capable of doing my own crashes…"
"Same thing happened to me last night on MP ver 31(already installed). Using Norton Security Suite. Identified
baseclassesnet.dll as a Trojan.Gen.2 and blocked mission planner.exe."
baseclassesnet.dll as a Trojan.Gen.2 and blocked mission planner.exe."
"Hello, I'm installing a zener diode with a capacitor in parallel for a Pixhawk application with a 5V 5A UBEC. Would appreciate some advice on capacitor size. I have the option of using a 220 microfarad, a 330 microfarad and a 100 microfarad…"
"Developers -- My hat is off to all of you (or it would be if I wore a hat).You folks seem to be working 24/7 on the development/testing/analysis/fixes and forum. I don't know if this is how you make your living or just a labor of love but whatever…"
"On June 1, I ordered a 915 MHz single radio ($50) and a Pixhawk switch ($8). Shipping was $10. On June 19 the switch arrives. No radio. Sent a note asking what happened to the radio. No reply. Checked the packing list. Says "backordered".…"
"I had the same problem on a 450. Solved it by doing autotune on pitch and roll, only, on one battery and yaw on another battery. You can do this by setting Autotune_Axes parameter according to the following values:
VALUE
MEANING
7
All
1
Roll…"
VALUE
MEANING
7
All
1
Roll…"
"Thank you Nathaniel. I assume that Autotune_Axis is Autotune_Axis_Bitmask that you refer to. "
"Installed 3.3 rc5 and, so far, all works well. I made two attempts to run Autotune. Both successfully completed pitch and roll but battery ran out before yaw completed. May be because we had a bit of wind both times and I had to do frequent…"
"Chuck -- Just a thought here if no one has mentioned it to you. Battery voltage with no load and battery voltage under load are not the same. Your battery probably dropped below your FS trigger setting while under load (flying). If you measured…"
"I had this happen a few weeks ago on a new DIY Pixhawk quad build running 3.2.1. Was causing false altitude reports and RTL did not climb to min altitude before starting the return flight. Had a few RTLs at 6 feet altitude. Fortunately was in…"
