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Middletown, NJ


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Newbie Drone hobbyist, RC Cars and computer techie


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Kearny


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Ray Collazo posted a discussion
I have 6 different Drones and have bashed them around like crazy. I have broken a bunch of props, arms and landing gear. Most of the equipment I had was relatively on the cheaper chinese clone side (ESCs, Motors). And never had a motor burn out from…
Jun 2, 2015
Ray Collazo replied to Ray Collazo's discussion Castle Creations ESC Wont Calibrate
"UPDATE----
Tom,
After going insane for a week, I finally got a replacement Pixhawk and swapped the old one, loaded up the settings from the old one, and first and every shot I got Arming and even got a few flights in today.
I was impressed with how…"
Oct 14, 2014
Ray Collazo replied to Ray Collazo's discussion GPS Mounting
"Thanks Andy, I will letcha know how it works out."
Oct 14, 2014
Ray Collazo posted a discussion
I have been searching topics here for best practices for GPS placement. I have a Tarot 650 and the GPS is mounted on the top shelf on a foldable mount. I want to use a canopy and the GPS mount is in the way. Was considering moving the GPS with the…
Oct 13, 2014
Ray Collazo replied to Ray Collazo's discussion Castle Creations ESC Wont Calibrate
"Thanks for posting those setting Tom, I'm going to run a compare tonight. I had to take a little break from it as I am getting a little frustrated. It seems the RC out is just unpredictable. The only parameter that seems to affect it is RC3_MIN. 
I…"
Oct 9, 2014
Ray Collazo replied to Ray Collazo's discussion Castle Creations ESC Wont Calibrate
"Thanks Tom,
I did try Mot_Spin off setting too. When connected to MP, it shows Armed state fine, its just the Motors that do not fire up, they remain blinking.
The tough part about this is that it is not consistent. For example, it seems like I can…"
Oct 8, 2014
Ray Collazo replied to Ray Collazo's discussion Castle Creations ESC Wont Calibrate
"I do have them set to spin when Armed. My issue has something to do with the Safety switch not enabling the ESC. 
I made absolutely no changes, and today I go in to Arm and I hear nothing from the ESC upon arming.
Starting to thing something is…"
Oct 7, 2014
Ray Collazo replied to Ray Collazo's discussion Castle Creations ESC Wont Calibrate
"I used the Failsafe screen to view. I'm wondering if that delta between the two values is based on some multiplier in the PX4 settings.

Ray"
Oct 6, 2014
Ray Collazo replied to Ray Collazo's discussion Castle Creations ESC Wont Calibrate
"Tom,

I went out today and I noticed something different and sure enough, everything seems fine. When I push the safety arm button, the Castles began to chirp (Three Constant beeps), I armed and motors fire flawlessly. Every time.
Even though I am…"
Oct 6, 2014
Ray Collazo replied to Ray Collazo's discussion Castle Creations ESC Wont Calibrate
"Tom,
Thanks a bunch for your reply. Your link is very helpful. I went an check on the failsafe screen and it seems like the Servo/Motor Out is higher than the RC In. In my case I have my taranis at 1070 for the Min. and 1895 for the Max. When I arm…"
Oct 5, 2014
Ray Collazo posted a discussion
I am having an issue with getting my motors to spin when arming the Pixhawk. System arms fine, a solid Green light on the Pixhawk but the Castle ESC just blinks a little red light and motors don't spin. I read other topics that suggested that I…
Oct 4, 2014
Ray Collazo replied to Ethero's discussion Arris M650/680 Quad and 680 Hex
"bump....I was wondering the same thing. Did you ever buy the Arris M680?"
Sep 2, 2014