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Mike P posted a discussion
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…
Jun 23, 2014
Mike P replied to Austin Bello's discussion Newbie here: 3DR Y6 Motor Issue in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"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…"
Mar 18, 2014
Mike P replied to UAVStuff's discussion Y6 Wind Tolerance in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"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."
Oct 9, 2013
Mike P replied to Greg Kosin's discussion First flight of the 3DR Y6 kit in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"What ESCs are you using?"
Oct 3, 2013
Mike P replied to Greg Kosin's discussion First flight of the 3DR Y6 kit in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"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…"
Oct 3, 2013
Mike P left a comment on Arducopter Y6 Owners
"@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."
Oct 2, 2013
Mike P replied to Amos Olson's discussion Y6 Power Layout...?!?!?!? in Arducopter Y6 Owners
"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…"
Sep 30, 2013
Mike P commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Announcing the next era at 3D Robotics
"Encouraging and exciting post Chris. Looking forward to see what comes next!"
Sep 26, 2013
Mike P commented on Wesley Versfeld's blog post Night Safari with Flir equipped Hexacopter
"Which flir camera is this?"
Sep 25, 2013
Mike P posted a discussion in Arducopter Y6 Owners
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?
Sep 19, 2013
Mike P commented on Mr Gecko's blog post 3DR Y6 - 4 Hour Build
"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"
Sep 17, 2013
Mike P replied to Guy McCaldin's discussion Disappointing customer service. Slow order fulfillment, wrong item sent, 3DR wants me to pay to resolve the issue.
"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…"
Sep 17, 2013
Mike P replied to def2att's discussion APM 2.5 No dataflash Compass init error
"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…"
Sep 15, 2013
Mike P commented on Alex Lee's blog post Number 3 complete
"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?"
Sep 12, 2013
Mike P commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 3DR GPS+mag back in stock!
"@Chris
 Thanks for replying. I've sent the information over to you. "
Sep 9, 2013
Mike P commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 3DR GPS+mag back in stock!
"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…"
Sep 9, 2013
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