About

Gender

Male


Location

West Yorkshire


About Me:

Old bloke whose eyesight is too weak and hands are too unsteady for this hobby!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Taking aerial photos. I have a Steadidrone qu4d (2013 version) and a little FPV Hubsan for fun and practice.


Hometown:

Huddersfield


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Nigel Coxon replied to Pedals2Paddles's discussion Gimbal for GoPro inside waterproof case?
Aug 3, 2015
Nigel Coxon replied to Justin M's discussion Gimbal that holds GoPro in it's case? in IRIS
"Not very reliable either, I speak from experience. First one on APM very poor overall flight performance, then bought a second on Nazareth that just yawed ccw with no input from me. Avoid unless you are a tech wiz. Gimbal on second one did seem to…"
Jun 2, 2015
Nigel Coxon replied to Nigel Coxon's discussion Iris+; to buy or not to buy? in IRIS
"Erik...don't feel bad...I think "terrible" for the gigaom vid is an understatement..."
Mar 10, 2015
Nigel Coxon replied to Nigel Coxon's discussion Iris+; to buy or not to buy? in IRIS
"Flicker in your vid, but I don't mind flicker...in the video on the link I posted it's full frontal proppity..."
Mar 8, 2015
Nigel Coxon replied to Nigel Coxon's discussion Iris+; to buy or not to buy? in IRIS
"More Q's...The thing that attracted me to my first qu4d was that due to the setup you'd never get props in shot even with a GoPro in wide mode. I've seen a couple of vids (Grandpa Jake) with no props in shot...but just seen a promo one that does.…"
Mar 8, 2015
Nigel Coxon replied to Nigel Coxon's discussion Iris+; to buy or not to buy? in IRIS
"OK..and how good is the radio and receiver? I ask because I have a Taranis and X8R - how much of a job would it be to swap over (and would it be worth it?)......I don't mind SOME tinkering...!"
Mar 8, 2015
Nigel Coxon replied to Nigel Coxon's discussion Iris+; to buy or not to buy? in IRIS
"In that vid at one poiint you're looking vertically down...can you control gimbal pitch from the controller?Only thing in your replies that gives me concern is the hover position. I was amazed how rock solid hte FC40 was after months of fighting the…"
Mar 8, 2015
Nigel Coxon replied to Nigel Coxon's discussion Iris+; to buy or not to buy? in IRIS
"So...four simple questions...

Manual flying (atti mode) - is it slow and graceful or fast and twitchy?Hovering - will it hold a given height without constant throttle adjustment?GPS mode - does it stay in one place and make gradual corrections or…"
Mar 8, 2015
Nigel Coxon replied to Nigel Coxon's discussion Iris+; to buy or not to buy? in IRIS
"None taken Hans...I assume from that you mean the Iris still requires considerable maintenance?"
Mar 8, 2015
Nigel Coxon posted a discussion in IRIS
Had previously drone on APM 2.5, performance terrible. Wouldn't hover, very squirrelly in GPS, yaw all over the place and (apparently commonplace) blowing of components on the board. Since bought fc40 and it's what I want in terms of reliability and…
Mar 8, 2015
Nigel Coxon left a comment on IRIS
"Sorry members, just sent intended discussion thread as message...format is not designed for clarity!"
Mar 8, 2015
Nigel Coxon replied to Nigel Coxon's discussion RC_SPEED recommended setting
"Thanks Crady that's what I thought. Can anyone elaborate on side effects of setting too high and too low?"
May 5, 2014
Nigel Coxon posted a discussion
The above parameter defaults to 490Hz for multicopters. However I have a Hobbywing 20A quad ESC (4 in 1) and on this page for it;http://www.helipal.com/skywalker-quattro-20a-x-4-speed-controller.h... says;"- Refresh rate of the throttle signal :…
May 5, 2014
Nigel Coxon replied to Nigel Coxon's discussion Geofence "Bounce" response and "Position" mode
"No one can offer any light on this?"
Mar 25, 2014
Nigel Coxon posted a discussion
Basically - where did they go and can we have them back?Bounce - used to be like hitting an invisible rubbery ceiling at 120m (or whatever you set it to). Disappeared in 3.0.1 so now the only option is to "report only" or decide to RTL (Really? Why…
Mar 11, 2014
Nigel Coxon replied to Ruwan's discussion Share your drone info thread
"frame: Steadidrone qu4dcopter with extended and repositioned rear arms
controller/autopilot: APM 2,5 (soon to be 2.6 I hope)
motors: T-motor MT3506-25s (650kV)
esc: Quattro 20 A X4 (four-in-one ESC)
propellers: 10x4.5 cheapo plastic ones from China…"
Mar 11, 2014