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About Me:

Getting back into arducopter


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

UAV FPV Tricopter


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Perth


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Phil replied to Tom Mahood's discussion A caution to those upgrading a tricopter to 3.3
"Hi Tom
did you manage to get a locked in feel with 3.3, if so would you mind sharing your findings?

Have the same issue, its soft and wagging

Cheers Phil"
Mar 26, 2016
Phil replied to Alex Wong's discussion Best Material for 3D Printing of Drone/Plane Parts? in 3D Printing Drone Parts
"Hi Alex

I have been printing my own parts for some years now,, also for customers, right now I am working on a all printed ( except for arms ) tricopter.

PLA - brittle, UV sensitive, prone to cracking; clogs nozzles, no smell
ABS- tough as lego (…"
Oct 13, 2015
Phil replied to leonardthall's discussion Calling all Tri-Copter pilots
"thanks Artem
the Pix Lite can have issues with older FW ( Gyro health ) , that's why I stayed away from it. But if you say that 3.2.1 will work better on the tail I will give it a go.

cheers Phil"
Aug 30, 2015
Phil replied to leonardthall's discussion Calling all Tri-Copter pilots
"Hi Guys

thanks for looking into the tricopter specific issues and to everyone bringing this so far.
As it happens I am just building one with a Pixhawk lite and 3.3rc9, had a few test flights now; I am quite happy with performance in general (…"
Aug 30, 2015