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NIK.YAP posted a discussion
Hi,I attached log file URL (18mb), if someone could review and let me know if anything is off or wrong.Towards ending of flight, I had no throttle. it went to 0% and no matter what range I gave it. Nothing.It's possible I had no RC controls and not…
Jan 2, 2017
NIK.YAP commented on Greg Dronsky's blog post FPV gimbal for zoom camera
"Anymore updates ?"
Jan 20, 2015
NIK.YAP replied to NIK.YAP's discussion Pixhawk , main power port & servo rail
"Could i possibly use 2 of the 1w zener until i can source a single 5w zener?

Can they work like that?"
Jan 17, 2015
NIK.YAP replied to NIK.YAP's discussion Pixhawk , main power port & servo rail
"Ok I went to a electrical component store.
I bought some zener diode
It's a 5.6v zener diode. But the person said it was 1W. Will it work? I bought 5 since they cost little or nothing.

The documentation wiki says to use a zener diode 1n5339 , which…"
Jan 16, 2015
NIK.YAP replied to NIK.YAP's discussion Pixhawk , main power port & servo rail
"Which way is the diode installed?"
Jan 15, 2015
NIK.YAP replied to NIK.YAP's discussion Pixhawk , main power port & servo rail
"Ok, so I just need to make my BEC wire small as possible. I will also set the bec to 5v instead of 6v"
Jan 15, 2015
NIK.YAP posted a discussion
Are the main power port and the servo rail GRNDS connected or are they isolated completely?I'd like to know if I will have a ground loop with the attached layout.Curent sensor powering pixhawk and a UBEC powering servo railANACONDA-WIRE-LAYOUT.jpg
Jan 15, 2015
NIK.YAP commented on Greg Dronsky's blog post FPV gimbal for zoom camera
"I'm very interested in this gimbal. For sale?"
Jan 11, 2015
NIK.YAP replied to NIK.YAP's discussion IRIS+ , LED INDICATOR SOLID RED
"Well, i fixed it by reseating the sd card in the pixhawk.... Why was this even needed to be done?

What would happen if the error happened during flight?"
Dec 21, 2014
NIK.YAP posted a discussion
my pixhawk led indicator is showing solid red on power up and also repeating a tone that ive never heard before.I flew it, landed safely and waited couple mins then put in a new battery and now that happens???
Dec 20, 2014
NIK.YAP replied to NIK.YAP's discussion IRIS+ , /W GIMBAL. ISSUES
"Ok,

So, before trying to tune the gimbal from stock what came with my iris.

I swapped out LOITER mode to POSHOLD mode. And amazingly that did the trick, it's a lot smoother than LOITER. No more jitters from what I can see, did 2 test flights."
Nov 23, 2014
NIK.YAP replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"Hi Marco,

I will post the logs soon as I can. I am away from the quadcopter.
However 'Thorsten' posted a discussion concerning the issue, it looks like the same problem I had.
http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=10230&sid=3..."
Nov 21, 2014
NIK.YAP replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"I'm using DJI E600 Package.

6S 20A ESCs and 415kv motors."
Nov 21, 2014
NIK.YAP replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"I had a small issue yesterday after flying 3.2 RC14 for the first time. I am uncertain if its a firmware issue or what.
I took off in stabilize mode then switched to loiter mode. After hovering in loiter for maybe 5-10secs, the quad jumped in…"
Nov 20, 2014
NIK.YAP replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"My compass calibration seems to be very fast. It normally takes long to complete.

Is the new versions now faster with compass calibration ?"
Nov 18, 2014
NIK.YAP replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"I got it fixed. Had to update MP to latest beta and i saw back POSHOLD"
Nov 18, 2014
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