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Boca Raton, FL
About Me:
Builds quad copters for about a year
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Build and fly and crash
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Boca rato
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"That could be the XT-60 power connector, I had a similar issue couple of years ago on an IRIS where power would cut off while you try to close the battery compartment, or if you wiggled the connector - luckily I noticed that when I was still on the…"
"Auto tune seems to help with the issue, I have the parts but haven't done the relocation of the pixhawk yet.
Thanks for looking at my logs."
Thanks for looking at my logs."
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl_4WxZ9u1w
12 mins with a 4S 3000mah battery"
12 mins with a 4S 3000mah battery"
"Watch out for the male XT60 connector pins making not a good contact with the female battery connector.
It just happened to me this morning as I was stuffing the cables and trying to shut the battery door, IRIS got a reset multiple times. I starting…"
It just happened to me this morning as I was stuffing the cables and trying to shut the battery door, IRIS got a reset multiple times. I starting…"
"Ken,
do like I did, get a $2 battery monitor/alarm and disable the battery failsafe on IRIS.. These little external devices work perfectly, you will have enough juice to land as soon as you hear the low battery alarm.
I personally think failsafe…"
do like I did, get a $2 battery monitor/alarm and disable the battery failsafe on IRIS.. These little external devices work perfectly, you will have enough juice to land as soon as you hear the low battery alarm.
I personally think failsafe…"
"HK APM2.5 won't connect to mission planner via USB or Telem.
Have you dealt and repaired similar issue on a 2.5 board before?"
Have you dealt and repaired similar issue on a 2.5 board before?"
"No sonar indeed, I had the APM2.6 with sonar and agree that you are better w/o it.
One more thing I forgot to mention is that, while IRIS physically loosing altitude, Mission planner displays no change on the real time altitude received from the…"
One more thing I forgot to mention is that, while IRIS physically loosing altitude, Mission planner displays no change on the real time altitude received from the…"
Has anyone experiencing fast altitude losses (around 10-20FT) when loitering close to ground, followed by an overshoot after if it tries to go back to the original altitude?It also sometimes just hovers very close to ground after the altitude loss…
"Thanks.. I had the GPS lock before take off so home was set.. And this one I had lost was the one I was working on for almost 6 months, and was very stable, lately made it even better by using the auto tune feature..
Since I've done 10's of…"
Since I've done 10's of…"
"Thanks.. Now I know.. Currently testing an IRIS.. That baby is going no way out of my sight.."
During a high altitude, out of sight FPV flight, I got disoriented and went out of both radio(Turnigy 9XR) and FPV Tx range, after about 3-4 minutes after take off.I had 4S 2650mAh battery on it, which was consistently giving me about 10 mins of…
