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Maker, inventor and futurologist


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New possibilities, autonomous delivery services, autonomous construction, autonomous mapping


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Manchester


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Pete Blacker replied to Pete Blacker's discussion Quadcopter switched to SimonK ESC's now un-flyable
"Thank you for the suggestions guys.
I loaded the default PID's for my frame type in Mission Planner. Initial Setup->Mandatory Hardware->Frame Type
I selected just the PID parameters to be updated, and now she's flying better than ever.

I can vouch…"
Oct 9, 2014
Pete Blacker posted a discussion
Hi There,I've recently changed all the ESC's on my quad to SimonK ones to improve it's handling and responsiveness. But now every time it takes off it rapidly starts precessing and inevitably crashes within a few seconds. I've tried tuning it using…
Oct 8, 2014
Pete Blacker replied to Pete Blacker's discussion APM 3.1 Wild Auto take off followed by crash
"Hi Hansaka,
Yes, I did two perfectly normal flights after fixing a couple of mounts that were damaged in the crash.
I avoided autonomous take off's mind. I took off in Stabilise mode then switched to Auto while airborne. This worked perfectly.

I do…"
Jul 23, 2014
Pete Blacker replied to Pete Blacker's discussion APM 3.1 Wild Auto take off followed by crash
"Thanks Gerard,
I've just had a look through the logs, and the X accel immediately before take off is vibrating less than 1 centred around 0, however Y accel is vibrating the same amount but centred around -1. Come to think of it the drone was on a…"
Jul 22, 2014
Pete Blacker posted a discussion
Today I was test flying my new GoPro gimbal setup and on a perfectly normal autonomous take off it all went crazy.I've done around 10 perfect auto missions in the past from take off to landing. But today as soon as the drone left the ground it was…
Jul 22, 2014