Mike W.'s Discussions (4)

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3DR frame critique

First of all please understand that what I am posting here is my opinion through about 50 hours of using this frame. I am a quadcoptor novise, so please feel free to correct me if you think I am mistaken.I am using the 3DR frame and hope that this fe

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First Flights - Quad Flipping

Hi All -- I spent the last few hours going through everything to get my quad flying via the DIY Drones wiki.

 

On my very first flight the quad flipped; by using the troubleshooting guide I determined that my ESCs were 1 position to the right off on th

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Defective Magnetometer?

Hello DIY Drones community -- I am reposting this in this section in hopes of getting a response as I am pulling my hair out.  I am currently putting my first ArduPilot Mega board together and have all of the soldering done and the firmware loaded. 

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Defective Magnetometer?

Hello DIY Drones community -- I am currently putting my first ArduPilot Mega board together and have all of the soldering done and the firmware loaded.  When I go through a few of the tests I noticed that the compass test is returning all zeros, even

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