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Gender

Male


Location

South Island


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I brought a 3DR Iris after much research, for aerial photography as a hobby


Hometown:

Westport


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Paul McBreen replied to Paul McBreen's discussion Iris 1.0 Compass settings in Mission Planner in IRIS
"Cansomeone please have a look at there settings so I can go flying this weekend
thank you"
Nov 6, 2014
Paul McBreen posted a discussion in IRIS
I think I may have inadvertently changed some settings when in the compass settings. I was in there to do a compass calibration as I have just updated to RC14. touchpads on laptops can sometimes click when you don't want to.In the picture, should…
Nov 4, 2014
Paul McBreen replied to William Chenoweth's discussion IRIS jst connector to power FPV and Gimbal in IRIS
"I'm running a 600mw Immersionrc transmitter and gimbal plugged into the gimbal supply. I have a voltage reg spliced in to run the Gimbal as I'm using 4S batteries and the Gimbal wont handle the 4S voltage but the transmitter will.
I have the…"
Sep 12, 2014
Paul McBreen commented on Roger Sollenberger's blog post 3DR Launches IRIS+
"well I'll probably buy anything that's lighter like the legs, but i think I will stick with the current motors and 4S batteries with 9" props. It goes pretty good like that
see here for the full run…"
Sep 10, 2014
Paul McBreen replied to Paul McBreen's discussion Tarot 2D Gimbal ignores controller after upgrade
"thanks, that did the trick. I couldn't get the software to change it to Mode 2 so i had to load the standard config file. all good now, did 50 minutes flying today and worked perfectly"
Sep 5, 2014
Paul McBreen replied to Paul McBreen's discussion Tarot 2D Gimbal ignores controller after upgrade
"when I plug the wires on the bottom of the iris in, it always points straight down. if I power it without these wires plugged in it points horizontal. Now I'm very suspicious of the upgrade stuffing something up.
In the gimbal software, what…"
Aug 30, 2014
Paul McBreen replied to Paul McBreen's discussion Tarot 2D Gimbal ignores controller after upgrade
"which wiring diagram is correct? or doesn't it mater"
Aug 30, 2014
Paul McBreen replied to Paul McBreen's discussion Tarot 2D Gimbal ignores controller after upgrade
"thanks for getting back to me, But I have done all that, still no joy"
Aug 30, 2014
Paul McBreen posted a discussion
I have just upgraded my Iris Tarot Gimbal to v1.5 while changing the motor power settings to get rid of Jello.Now my Gimbal just levels itself and then looks downward and will not respond to the controller tilt anymore. I'm assuming this is…
Aug 30, 2014