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About Me:

Professional ROV Pilot / UAV enthusiast on the side.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in Aerial Photography from multi-rotor platforms


Hometown:

New Orleans


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Nick posted a discussion
I'm unable to record a single full dataflash log, and 3 out of 5 flights produce no log files at all.To retrieve the log files I eject the microSD from pixhawk and insert it to my laptop, so it's no problem downloading them from mission planner. I…
Aug 19, 2016
Nick replied to Marco C's discussion SOLO controller with any pixhawk
"I am also wondering this. Can I get solo HD video streaming and flight control by using a solo flight controller (Pixhawk 2?) and solo r/c controller on any custom frame? Or is this all proprietary to only solo drone and more like a DJI product?"
Jun 10, 2015
Nick replied to Nick's discussion Weird Pixhawk/PPM/Taranis/Dragonlink problem.
"Well... just flew again... and i did find my real problem.

I was flying and it flew fine at first, then i started to fly around the yard and the controls got mixed up again..... then i flew back infront me and controls are fine. I fly away and…"
Mar 2, 2015
Nick replied to Nick's discussion Weird Pixhawk/PPM/Taranis/Dragonlink problem.
"Okay, just flew very shortly after Taranis FW update.... couldn't do a full flight bc i've been doing all these short test flights on the same battery but it works!!!!!

So far anyway... only flew about 3 min. It even let me go in position hold with…"
Mar 2, 2015
Nick replied to Nick's discussion Weird Pixhawk/PPM/Taranis/Dragonlink problem.
"Thanks! I just discovered openTX companion so i was messing with that and tried a firmware update on the taranis so I'll test fly shortly. Not to savvy when it comes to radio setup so yeahhh it's set up pretty simple lol. 

The gimbal gets power…"
Mar 2, 2015
Nick replied to Nick's discussion Weird Pixhawk/PPM/Taranis/Dragonlink problem.
"I assume you mean the file for my quad model on the taranis? Here you go. Thanks for the help.
the_scout.bin"
Mar 2, 2015
Nick replied to Nick's discussion Weird Pixhawk/PPM/Taranis/Dragonlink problem.
"I agree it's got to be some setting or something with the PPM stream... Just checked all the channels and they are at 100% except my ch5 flight mode switch is only on 65%. Should I change that to 100% as well? 

I tried using the PWM outputs on the…"
Mar 2, 2015
Nick replied to Nick's discussion Weird Pixhawk/PPM/Taranis/Dragonlink problem.
"Just noticed you said to try 31.5ms so i tried that, and same problem. sticks are messed up only when gimbal pot is up. I tried 1-8 channels with 22.5ms and same thing. I've memorized the re-bind procedure by now :)"
Mar 2, 2015
Nick replied to Nick's discussion Weird Pixhawk/PPM/Taranis/Dragonlink problem.
"Well i just tried another test, I changed my PPM settings to 1-12ch, 30.5mS, 300u negative pulse. Re-bind TX/RX.
The problem is still there, but not as bad. Sticks are no longer reversed. Only when gimbal pot is pointing up,   when I pitch forward…"
Mar 2, 2015
Nick replied to Nick's discussion Weird Pixhawk/PPM/Taranis/Dragonlink problem.
"So i had another test this morning, I re-binded my dragonlink rx/tx and i un-plugged the gimbal control cable from the gimbal controller, so when i command the gimbal to look up it doesn't actually do anything. 

When i first take-off.... it flies…"
Mar 2, 2015
Nick replied to Nick's discussion Weird Pixhawk/PPM/Taranis/Dragonlink problem.
"Thanks I will try re-binding my TX/RX but i find it very strange everything shows up correctly on my RC Calibrate screen, but acts differently when I fly. 

This problem only happening when the gimbal is in the UP position.... very strange "
Mar 1, 2015
Nick posted a discussion
Hello, So i'm having a weird problem with Taranis, dragonlink, ppm, or pixhawk I'm not sure really what it is.I'm using a Taranis controller, dragonlinlink TX/RX PPM to pixhawk. My quad flies great, tested in all modes. all channels operate…
Mar 1, 2015
Nick commented on Nick's blog post Custom built APM mini quad.
"I will turn on IMU logging to see what i can find there and raise the GPS, see if that helps. Right now the IMU is hard mounted, so I will try something different there if vibrations are an issue. Yes I'm in the US.

Material is G10, actually many…"
Sep 10, 2014
Nick posted a blog post
Just want to share my scratch built FPV quad made with my new CNC machine :) Called "the butterfly" name picked by my Fiance This was my first CNC project I gave myself.. It has been a great learning experience learning all the different techniques…
Sep 10, 2014
Nick replied to Nick's discussion APM copter flipped on takeoff, after many successful flights.
"Thanks for your time to look at my log.

I know how it seems like that, this crash was really weird. I did not change ANYTHING! And it flew completely fine after changing only 2 damaged propellers. It had literally 20+ flawless flights and then this…"
May 13, 2014
Nick posted a discussion
When trying to takeoff in Alt-Hold, sometimes my motors surge, and the heli jumps about a foot in the air very fast. This has not been a problem, as I usually just handle it by continuing to gain altitude and the heli settles out and flies normal.…
May 9, 2014
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