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UAV Newbie- looking to get into AP
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I have a friend that has a large, high value property and there is someone flies over his property several times a day, alarming his bodyguards. What can be done about a multirotor that is trespassing over his property? It's a multi-acre property…
"check the board that all of the ESC 3 pin connectors connect to. Alot of people have had issues with bad soldering jobs and I had 4 of my 6 cables come undone and didn't notice it until my motors didn't spin up and i saw the cable leading from that…"
"I flew in 25mph gusty winds over the weekend. My Y6 was quite wobbly, but I'm still in PID tweaking mode, so I'm not sure if my experience reflects that of other Y6 owners."
"What ESCs are you using?"
"My elevator was also reversed. I also changed it on my TX side. My average hover is around 550, though I can't get mine to hover perfectly- sometimes it climbs quite a bit then I adjust one ratchet click of the thottle down and it descends. Not sure…"
"@Wessie, thanks for the link. that's interesting. I'm actually dealing with compass issues right now. My compass almost seems like it's 45 degrees off."
"I just got replacement ESCs from 3DR (they shipped me a mixed batch- some with simonk firmware and some without). The newest set they sent me were all simonk and happened to have about 1.5" more of DC wire lead. I have two ESCs in the front (where…"
"Encouraging and exciting post Chris. Looking forward to see what comes next!"
"Which flir camera is this?"
My PDB for my Y6 has a wire that says "to APM." I also have the 3DR power module which provides power to the APM2.6 via the "PM" slot. Do I need to connect these two wires to my APM from the PDB and if so, where?
"Are you using ESCs from the Y6 kit? My power cables would be too short to secure the ESCs to the arms, I believe. I'm glad you've got yours together and working. Enjoy"
"I've had similar experiences. if i order from them (which i'm not sure I'll do again), I usually call them the next day to check on the status of my order. It seems they only ship items out when their customer asks about the order. Same thing with…"
"Looks like this happened to me twice! I just got a replacement board from 3DR after a couple weeks of complaining. I hook it up and it looks to be working. I run a ESC calibration according to their docs and when I try to connect to the APM after…"
"Awesome. Still waiting to get my Y6 off the ground too! Good to see it works well. Did you end up sandwiching the ESCs (like 3DR has in their pics) or did you find an alternate way to mount them?"
"@Chris
Thanks for replying. I've sent the information over to you. "
Thanks for replying. I've sent the information over to you. "
"Funny thing for me... my order was delayed by this very product in my order. I received it... and it was defective! i've called several times in the past two weeks and was told it would be shipped that day. Here we are still with no shipment…"
