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Mike J replied to Justin M's discussion Problems with the 3DR Iris+ in IRIS
"That sucks.  If it helps soften the blow, I lost my last 3DR copter, a Y6, to one of the Great Lakes.  I went back w/ a wetsuit (it was cold) and snorkel days later and there was nothing to be found.  So, I know the feeling of watching that…"
May 21, 2015
Mike J replied to Matt Alter's discussion Iris + transmitetr battery level in IRIS
"I just ordered that Turnigy 2650 mAh from Hobby King linked to above by Jack Morris.  All dimensions should work compared w/ the 8xAA alkaline pack that came w/ the Iris+ Radio (TH9X) which measures 107x32x32mm.
Now to figure out the connectors when…"
Mar 22, 2015
Mike J replied to Matt Alter's discussion Iris + transmitetr battery level in IRIS
"Just to confirm, we are talking about the Fry Sky TH9X, correct?  I've always wanted to swap out the batteries that came w/ it for a lipo/mod of some sort.  I'm going to look into Michael Burmeister's suggestion for the Turnigy 9XR below."
Mar 21, 2015
Mike J replied to Graham Mann's discussion Iris+ with GoPro in Case in IRIS
"I'm very interested in this as well.  I hope you get some good replies.  The only gimbals, made for the GoPro specifically, that I have seen need to mount it w/out the waterproof housing. 
I had a servo driven tray type gimbal in the past that you…"
Mar 20, 2015
Mike J replied to Charosenz's discussion Batt FS triggering too soon, any ideas appreciated
"Thank you Greg.  Just needed a check. "
Mar 5, 2015
Mike J replied to Charosenz's discussion Batt FS triggering too soon, any ideas appreciated
"I'm sure it's easy enough for most to understand, but can I ask again, what should the Reserved MAH be set at for a 5100 mAh 3S so it triggers a warning?  I had an auto land w/ no warning today and when I checked the logs it showed; Test:…"
Mar 4, 2015
Mike J posted a discussion
I've given up for the time being on trying to get my CH 8 to switch any of my main 6 flight modes to a simple/super simple mode.  Now, I'm instead going about it a different way, just altering my main flight modes. This never struck me as a question…
Mar 4, 2015
Mike J replied to Mike J's discussion Simple Mode Setup
"Tower is supposed to be the latest and a replacement for Droid Planner I believe.  For me it's been crashing a lot on my Android Lolipop tablet, but so have other applications after I upgraded. 

Took a test flight today and can't quite get that CH…"
Feb 22, 2015
Mike J replied to Mike J's discussion Simple Mode Setup
"Joe,  I have a feeling everything above is clear to most.  A couple things just aren't clicking for me. 

What I was hoping to do is use CH 8 to add Simple (or Super Simple) functionality to any of the established flight modes.  So, CH 5 would still…"
Feb 21, 2015
Mike J replied to Mike J's discussion Simple Mode Setup
"Thanks for the reply Joe.  I've been away from this for a bit and finally see an above freezing day coming up where I live.  So I wanted check and try this out again.  I looked to see how SUPER_SIMPLE was set in the Full Param list (see below) and…"
Feb 20, 2015
Mike J replied to Mike J's discussion Mission Planner Feature Request for AP
"Really???!!  That would be awesome.  How is it getting the video feed?"
Jan 18, 2015
Mike J posted a discussion
This feature request would be geared primarily towards the aerial photographers out there.  Focusing on the laptop being the primary ground control station component, it would be nice to have a video input capture option as part of Mission Planner. …
Jan 18, 2015
Mike J replied to Pan Dronek's discussion IRIS+ RC transmitter issue in IRIS
"Re: the tablet connection for DroidPlanner.  I had the same problem and it was driving me crazy.  My fix ended up being a simple switch of the Net ID to 25 as seen here under 'Configuring Using Mission Planner';…"
Dec 23, 2014
Mike J posted a discussion
For some reason, I seem to be permanently in Super Simple Mode.  Not long ago, I enabled CH 8 on my FlySky for the Iris+.  Through Mission Planner I set my CH 8 option to Super Simple Mode.  That initially worked as I would expect.  i.e. when in Alt…
Dec 4, 2014
Mike J replied to Mike J's discussion Tarot gimbal jitter
"That's not good.  How did you determine that your AUX outs were too noisy?  I'm using the new Iris+ quad. "
Nov 22, 2014
Mike J posted a discussion
Has anyone experienced similar jitter problems w/ their gimbal?  See video; http://youtu.be/OLqr9lBABsUI can't believe, straight from 3DR, I'd have to update firmware and tweak settings already. 
Nov 22, 2014
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