About

Gender

Male


Location

Santa Cruz, CA


About Me:

Noob! Computer programmer and RC Heli Pilot (not too advanced at that either) and ready to get into Arducopter!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Mostly photography. It's just darn cool. Just got a hexacopter from 3drobotics and am setting it up.


Hometown:

Santa Cruz


Activity Feed

Quinn McLaughlin replied to Quinn McLaughlin's discussion New USR Hexacopter on 2.9.1 - spinning out of control...
"Thanks for the help everyone.  I send the drone back to 3DRobotics for a fix which appears to be ESC or soldering related.  They agreed that that seems to be the issue.
I appreciate the help and hope to return it someday!
Quinn"
Mar 6, 2013
Quinn McLaughlin replied to Quinn McLaughlin's discussion New USR Hexacopter on 2.9.1 - spinning out of control...
"Here's a video of what this looks like if you try to lift off (and yes - calibrated the radio.  Throttle works great, I haven't reversed my yaw...).  My next steps are an "erase" command and a recalibration of magentometer and accelerometer...…"
Mar 5, 2013
Quinn McLaughlin replied to Quinn McLaughlin's discussion New USR Hexacopter on 2.9.1 - spinning out of control...
"I tried recalibrating the ESC's - same behavior.  Strange thing is the compass points accurately when I am on USB or on telemetry - I can move the device all over, no problem, compass is accurate, as are other accelerometer axes.  And zeros out…"
Mar 4, 2013
Quinn McLaughlin replied to Quinn McLaughlin's discussion New USR Hexacopter on 2.9.1 - spinning out of control...
"If anyone could even point me in the right direction here I would be quite grateful... I'm at a loss and would love to get this copter in the air... thank you!"
Mar 4, 2013
Quinn McLaughlin commented on John C.'s blog post Big Site-Wide Changes are Coming!
"Nice work guys.  Mobile views will be a plus - and a fully stocked store of course :). 
I just bought a $1000 hexacopter from USR -  The process of getting going is a bit disorganized.  I have worked extensively in the world of open source software…"
Mar 3, 2013
Quinn McLaughlin posted a discussion
Hi everyone, thanks in advance for reading my note here. I did do my best to read all the docs but could not find exactly what I was looking for - am hoping you much more experienced drone fliers could help a noob here...I bought my excellent…
Mar 3, 2013
Quinn McLaughlin posted a discussion
Hi, I've been googling for this and haven't found much, was hoping perhaps the community here could help!  Thanks in advance.I am an experienced programmer and less experienced rc pilot and am having a great time getting my new ArduCopter Hexa (3DR)…
Feb 25, 2013