I have a tricopter setup and after the maiden flight I noticed it doesn't seem to climb out very well. I know I'm not overweight or underpowered , when I calibrate the ESC's and after calibration before restarting the APM hold the copter in my hand a
Read more…Ok I have built a Tricopter based on RCexplorer's design , I'm running an AIO proV2, with 3.1.1 firmware , I have everything tuned in the way I want it flies wonderfully but I cannot seem to get althold to work, when I flip the switch it somewhat hol
Read more…I just built a Tri copter and everything is working but It starts to oscillate very badly while hovering like a see saw back and fourth on the roll axis I think its a gain setting but I am not sure which gain...
running ac 3.1
Read more…So I decided to build a Tri-copter based on David Windestål's of Flitetest design, I decided to build the entire project from scratch using materials I had lying around. My main goal was to have a stable video platform with a low "All-up" weight and
Read more…Is there a way to make loiter more responsive like stabilize mode so that I could fly around in loiter mode then let go of the sticks and my quad copter stop and hold position ? Kind of like the dji phantom does ? I think it would help while trying t
Read more…Is there a way to configure minim OSD without an ftdi cable , kind of like the ublox passthrough ?
Read more…I just weighed my quad copter today and man it sure is heavy I don't think I have a lot of unnecessary weight on it that just seems heavy too me , I do run a rather large 4500 may battery but other than that nothing unnecessary…. I'm trying to get it
Read more…Bestbuy.com has the GoPro "TheFrame" mount on sale for $18.99Usd compared to the regular proce of $39.95, this little frame would be great for mounting the GoPro Hero3 or Hero 3+ to all of your FPV and Aerial photograpgy rigs, I picked one up at my l
Im having trouble with my receiver browning out causing RTL to initiate , my question is "Is it possible or safe to power my receiver with one of my bec's and the APM's input rail at the same time, to kind of create redundancy ?"
Read more…ok so today I noticed that when I powered on my quad and connected to mission planner the horizon was off about 15-20 degrees upon taking off and flying I had to hold opposite direction to keep the quad level, I landed did a accelerometer calibration
Read more…Well I was flying today and my Quad copter kept switching to RTL and im not sure why it was happening at odd times I went up to 111 meters and it was fine then flying around at around 30 meters doing a few speed runs and it would initiate rtl, I was
Read more…Well I was flying today and my Quad copter kept switching to RTL and im not sure why it was happening at odd times I went up to 111 meters and it was fine then flying around at around 30 meters doing a few speed runs and it would initiate rtl, I was
Read more…I added a third level to my q450 frame and re-arranged all the wiring and gps to fit under my dome nice and neat, I was also hoping to reduce the compass offsets by moving further away from the main power cables, but it actually didn't seem too help
Read more…After hours of work I've finally figured out how to make the USB OTG cable work with a Nexus 7 2013 withoyt having to root and instal custom firmware. the trick is to enable developer mode and thats it ........it worked like a champ after that. goto
Read more…After hours of work I've finally figured out how to make the USB OTG cable work with a Nexus 7 2013 withoyt having to root and instal custom firmware. the trick is to enable developer mode and thats it ........it worked like a champ after that. goto
Read more…i just submitted this to the Blog but ill go ahead and post it here as well...
Ok, so I am fairly new to multirotor rc and I've been thinking about fpv gear and set ups when I realized I Have this Wifi Security camera. And with the recent release of t
Read more…Ok so I'm flying around this morning for the third time ever and I was getting pretty aggressive with speed and climb outs in stable mode when I noticed my quad was loosing altitude and became unresponsive luckily I was close to the ground and it did
Read more…I just built my first APM 2.5 quad running latest firmware , i did all of the steps and after calibrating my compass i get
-256.4
-87.469
-43.034
offsets the top number is very high is this normal I'm running a 450 flame wheel frame , q-brain speed cont
So, i've decided to Jump into this vast world of multi-rotor drone/copter UAV's you guys call home....
Here is what I ordered, its all from hobby king no genuine 3DR hardware yet I'm trying to stay on a budget because as with any RC venture it never s
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