About

Gender

Male


Location

Ely, MN


About Me:

retired


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Just started flying Helicopter's about a year ago. Switched to multi rotor about six months ago. Not very knowledgeable at all but want to learn more. Eventually want to build one myself


Hometown:

Ely, MN


Activity Feed

Nitro replied to Khanh Tran's discussion Has anyone received the new Iris+?
"I'm waiting to see what the flight time will be with the gopro with gimbal. It would be nice to see around 15minutes."
Sep 26, 2014
Nitro replied to JB3's discussion Alternative props for the Iris in IRIS
"the new iris plus that was just released today has 11 props on it. cant believe you didn't end up getting into a bad crash with them props hitting each other. You got lucky."
Sep 8, 2014
Nitro replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"heres what I did. as I also have lights hooked up to the gear switch. make sure you change servo limit to 1900 in mission planner under gimbalqiii.png"
Jul 8, 2014
Nitro replied to JB3's discussion Alternative props for the Iris in IRIS
"Ahhh, there  is nothing better then the smell of nitro in the mourning!!!"
Jun 29, 2014
Nitro replied to Glen Leeon's discussion Iris Assembly in IRIS
"Yes they are tight, and the props have to sit all the way down. some guys will use a small knife like an x acto blade to clean the hole out just a touch to make it a little easier to put over the prop shaft. also using a rag or glove makes it a…"
May 9, 2014
Nitro replied to SteveL's discussion IRIS vs Osprey in IRIS
"LOL,   he was gear down and ready to pounce!! cool pic"
May 9, 2014
Nitro replied to JB3's discussion Fastening the prop to the motor in IRIS
"Use Loctite. or a locking castle nut"
Apr 18, 2014
Nitro replied to Nathaniel Frosland's discussion Iris crashed after screws fell out... in IRIS
"the new ones should be 3mm x 10mm long stainless."
Apr 18, 2014
Nitro replied to Nathaniel Frosland's discussion Iris crashed after screws fell out... in IRIS
"Go over to this forum. you will see the thread were it happened to a lot off guys. 3d robotics has been great about replacing the parts.
http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=48"
Apr 17, 2014
Nitro replied to SteveL's discussion NO "Low Battery" Warning in IRIS
"If that's the stock battery all you will get is about 10 minutes of flight time before it will RTL at 10.5. Why the light didn't change and warning buzzer didn't go off is rather odd.
You might have to call support and see what the deal is."
Apr 14, 2014
Nitro replied to JB3's discussion Thunder Power 4400mAh Test - 16 Minutes in IRIS
"1688gms with gimbal, gopro hero3, long legs, and battery installed
stock battery"
Apr 13, 2014
Nitro replied to Mark Prince's discussion IRIS flight times? in IRIS
"If your run a 4s battery you must use a BEC if your are using the gimbal.  some guys are running these with good results.  you must cut the ends off and put xt 60 connecter on. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__8579__zippy_flightmax_50..."
Apr 9, 2014
Nitro replied to Ryan's discussion IRIS Prop Screws in IRIS
"3x8mm stainless button head"
Apr 7, 2014
Nitro replied to Mark Prince's discussion IRIS flight times? in IRIS
"That sounds good about a battery company helping you with finding a battery. We need something around 5500 that's very light!!  LOL "not asking for much"
I am waiting for some different battery's too arrive also, but they are on a "slow boat from…"
Apr 7, 2014
Nitro replied to Mark Prince's discussion IRIS flight times? in IRIS
"nTemp has a big draw on flight time. For example my Phantom 2 with full fpv and gimbal with go pro at 65 to 75 degrees I can get about 19 minutes before voltage is down to 10.7. if I want I can push a few more minutes out of it.
At 10 degrees  im…"
Apr 7, 2014
Nitro replied to JB3's discussion Alternative props for the Iris in IRIS
"I agree they should do something. I was lured over to the iris because of its autonomous  flight. It was a lot cheaper than buying a DJI wongkong or some other flight controller's that alone around a grand. Of coarse now they have Ground station for…"
Apr 7, 2014
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