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About Me:

I like tinkering with RC planes,copters,, etc.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Just build my first quad copter Oct 2013


Hometown:

Little Rock AR


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Phil replied to Ruwan's discussion Share your drone info thread
"Alien Quadcopter Frame, APM 2.6 Controller GPS, Afro 30A ESC's, NTM 28-30S 900KV motors, 4S 3300mah Nanotech, Graupner 10x5 Props, Brushless Gimbal, Alexmos BGC Controller, Mobius wide angle camera, 2 watt video TX, and Frsky radio."
Dec 17, 2014
Phil replied to Phil's discussion APM Pulls back in stabilize mode/ Falls drops when switched Loiter PROBLEM SOLVED (See Below)
"ISSUE RESOLVED:
So I'm pretty sure I can mark this problem as solved.  The issue was was a power issue.  After moving parts around, changing things up, etc it seems that running a 4S setup was causing the unusual behavior.  Either that or adding a…"
Dec 17, 2014
Phil replied to Phil's discussion APM Pulls back in stabilize mode/ Falls drops when switched Loiter PROBLEM SOLVED (See Below)
"Geofence is off, I just tried adjusting the throttle hover and still same result...the quad drops straight down.  Only when the quad is hovering in 1 spot for a ~8 seconds will I be able to turn on loiter without it dropping...  The altitude hold…"
Oct 19, 2014
Phil posted a discussion
I have an APM 2.6/ TBS Discovery running arducopter V3.1.  I have a couple of issues that i cannot figure out for the life of me.Issue #1.  In stabilize mode without GPS.  The copter functions fine if i simply fly around in circles within 50-100…
Oct 18, 2014
Phil replied to Phil's discussion Mavlink/3DR Radio connection issue. "failed to update home location"
"***ISSUE RESOLVED****

After spending some time changing setting after setting, the issue is now resolved!  The issue was with the compass.
The external GPS unit has a compass built in.  The APM 2.5 also has an internal compass (which must be…"
Jan 8, 2014
Phil posted a discussion
Hello, I am completely new to the APM 2.5 board, GPS, radio,etc.  I purchased them from:http://witespyquad.gostorego.com/flight-controllers/readytoflyer-2-... installed the board on my bixler, loaded arduplane to the board, installed…
Jan 5, 2014