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Male
About
Location
Western Australia
About Me:
Fifty years of aeromodelling, all types and sizes. Three years of Multirotors including FPV and GPS. Forty years of Hang gliding. Fifteen years of Para Gliding. Eight years of Gyrocopters and own a foot launch sailplane
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I'm not interested in UAV's. I am hypnotised by them.
Hometown:
Albany
Activity Feed
"I am sure you are right. There are lots of little mysteries here. I have worked my way through several but here's one that has me beaten. Everything (except one function) works as I would want it to. When I key RTL it returns to the spot and…"
"I replied to this a few weeks ago but have to revise my comment. Since replacing the front right ESC my arming process has been dramatically different. I have to conclude that my Nova was "slightly faulty" I am consistently airborne now within 25…"
"Ha Ha Ha !!! I never would have thought of that. Sometimes the simplest problems are the toughest. So now it is time to go flying. Go slowly and stay close while you get used to things.Do a test of the RTH function in the first twenty seconds of…"
"In your last comment on this I understood you to mean that you are switching on the transmitter after the flight module. The manual (LOL) insists that you must not do that.
The comment about below FS level means, when throttle is below a Failsafe…"
The comment about below FS level means, when throttle is below a Failsafe…"
"Two thoughts. The calibration you did. Was that the red and yellow flashing light calibration or was it a mission planner version? I found that the red and yellow LED system worked well.
Have you tried using Mission planner to disable all pre arm…"
Have you tried using Mission planner to disable all pre arm…"
"There is a curious feature in the arming of my Nova. After an initial check system, which ends in about fifteen seconds with a little tune, you might expect that it would accept arming. But it takes another 25 seconds in my case. That makes the…"
"Thanks Mathew. I am grateful for the input. The board in question appears to have been faulty. It is no longer working at all in the air, though it still looks ok on MP. I am a little surprised however by your comment about prop rotatation. I have…"
"I have been working my way through the Flite Modes and have struck a problem. Everything works fine in Stabilise, Loiter and RTL but I came horribly unstuck with Acro, about a week ago and today with Sport. Since the Acro crisis I have set my Geo…"
"I am back in the air again. The orange flash, next to the green one is only evident when powered by the USB and attached to Mission Planner. The arm, pause, disarm, cycle; in Mission Planner seems to be a feature of the programme. There is no disarm…"
"I think I have a new clue. I notice today, and had not noticed previously, that when I test arm, while attached to Mission Planner, it holds the armed state for about ten seconds and then disarms. Maybe it has always done that but maybe it signals…"
"I promised a picture but this is not what I had in mind. As you know I was working on PIDs and I read that this was best done in Acro mode. The model had been flown previously for about half an hour without any dramatic events. I was very confident…"
"Thanks for that. My GPS Unit is the Ublox 6M with a shield (skirt) It is mounted far aft and is about 60mm above the main power reticulation. I am thinking of fitting an earthed alloy shield above the power supply as extra insurance. At this point…"
I have just set up my first 2.5 with plenty of prompt inputs from Chris and John. Much gratefulness !!!It has flown and I am now working on the Pids. The first flight was WILD ! I have never seen such a shaking; but it has steadily improved and if…
"That's great. Many thanks for all of that.
Best wishesPeter "
Best wishesPeter "
"One hour later. I traced the fault on the original GPS. The red wire (centre) on the GPS plug (GPS end) had somehow backed out of its moulding. When carefully reinserted and re-fitted all was well except that todays satellites prevented arming. I…"
"Further Update
3 minutes later without having disconnecting the USB power to the APM 2.5 the system failed again with bad compass health. Very strange as the displayed alignment was correct.
So hard for a novice to understand. What are your…"
3 minutes later without having disconnecting the USB power to the APM 2.5 the system failed again with bad compass health. Very strange as the displayed alignment was correct.
So hard for a novice to understand. What are your…"
