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Youngsville, NC
About Me:
Retired from IT career. Rusty general aviation pilot/flight instructor. Enjoy photography and have been exploring video.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Started with a small Blade quad copter, and would like to move up to something with GPS and enough power to carry a GoPro Hero3, possibly gimbled. Recently joined a local RC club.
Hometown:
Youngville, NC
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I have tried all the tips I can find, but no luck finding a clue on a subtle problem.My 3DR 2013 Y6B, recently upgraded to 4S batteries from 3S, went through the calibrations including ESC, still tends to drift backwards and to the left. CofG seems…
"I appreciate your feedback. Weather here still not calm, will try the autotune, but so far the last few flights it has remained relatively unstable (with respect to using it once again as a camera platform).
Nelson"
Nelson"
"Broke for lunch, disconnected the copter. After I saw your reply, connected the copter to the laptop, went straight to Terminal, and connected. More of the same stuff.
Thanks, Nelson"
Thanks, Nelson"
"Yup, tried it again being sure it was APM, and the garbage keeps coming. Thanks.
Nelson"
Nelson"
3 year old 3DR Y6 kit with APM2.6, two crashes in that time, but cannot seem to get it back to stable. I noticed that in terminal mode, after connect, it displays "ublox" then garbage keeps being displayed. Not sure if the GPS/Compass took the…
Seeing how these devices were going out of stock at 3DR, I purchased one, should I decide to upgrade to Pixhawk. Odd events followed. I had a crash after takeoff.I did redo the RC calibration prior to this flight. After the crash, I noticed some…
"Thanks. Alt hold and loiter have worked fine. Though, ever since the 3.1 software on my APM 2.6, I have challenges with GPS position. I am getting the mast to extend the GPS unit and try to get it away from interference, and will repeat the usual…"
After a year of flying my Y6, I want to try Auto missions. The Arducopter instructions for how to do so date back to APM v1.x and I have 2.0.14 on the MAC. I cannot get far as I cannot pick a home start point, or see anything on the right click…
"Good news, after all the ESC, CompassMot, Compass, Accel recalibration, it is "Stable" in stablize, with no apparent rear drifting!
Thanks!
Nelson"
Thanks!
Nelson"
"Thanks, I will give it a try!
Nelson"
Nelson"
As some of you know, I had a crash. My Y6 is back together, and I gave it a "maiden flight". It is showing the same tendency I saw after initially changing to Frame 10, in that I have to give it forward pitch else it keeps going backwards. The…
After my crash, I had visible damage to the left bottom motor, as the wires got snapped off just as they entered the motor. I have since re-assembled each arm using the side hole with a grommet, and the wires pointed inward.Ran a motor spin test,…
"Thanks to all for the suggestions. I have the first arm complete, the top motor is a replacement, and the wires are routed through the hole on the side. Two more arms to go."
"Progress! Decided to use the side hole, and found some grommets which would fit. Did the first arm, one where the old mounting resulted in motor wires being torn off the motor.
Next step, since I used Blue Loctite on the motor screws, need to…"
Next step, since I used Blue Loctite on the motor screws, need to…"
President Obama is visiting our area today, so there is a TFR or Temporary Flight Restriction while he is here. Included in the verbage is:THE FOLLOWING OPERATIONS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED WITHIN THIS TFR: FLIGHT TRAINING, PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES,…
