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Towson, MD


About Me:

UAV Engineer. TREX 800 and TREX 550 trad helis. Pixhawk on both. Tarot 650 sport.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

UAV accident investigator. UAV flight test Safety Engineer.


Hometown:

Baltimore, MD


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Ray Gamero replied to Fernando Lima Saraiva Filho's discussion Units of Data in Mission Planner
"I know that Gyros (IMU.) in dataflash logs are in radians per second. 
I hate this but, gyro values in mission planner telemetry are in milliradians/sec.  Why can't I change this into degrees without exporting?"
May 15, 2017
Ray Gamero replied to Michael Ransburg's discussion PIDs for mini quad - please help
"one thing i noticed after building a new 250 with pixhawk is that I needed to change my INS filters from 20hz to 40 hz.  made a huge difference."
Apr 9, 2017
Ray Gamero replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion AC3.3 TradHeli Release Discussion
"Hello group,  Maybe someone can help me.
I recently changed my Trex 550 to the release verson.  3.3.3?  
I'm having trouble with auto disarm.
I had set the throttle to ch8 pass through. I had it set, with a mix, to arm/disarm at a low throttle…"
Jul 9, 2016
Ray Gamero left a comment for Ray Gamero
"Rob commented on your page that this is normal if not trying to fly.  "
Nov 4, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to airmazingvideo.com's discussion Pixhawk with BaseCam (AlexMos) SimpleBGC Gimbal
"I don't know what you mean?  If you did what I did, it works like you say."
Jun 20, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion AC3.3 TradHeli Release Discussion
"Rob, do you have a version of rc5 that has working land detection?"
Jun 8, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion AC3.3 TradHeli Release Discussion
"That sounds good.
That is tough terrain. Maybe you should find an empty soccer (futbol?) field so you don't have to fly so high. High altitude can make it difficult to see and the wind may be stronger up high.
Once you get comfortable with auto,…"
Jun 6, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion AC3.3 TradHeli Release Discussion
"With regard to starting auto missions where you left off. 3.2 beta was the first FW that had the following feature:
a) mission will be resumed from last active command when pilot switches out and then back into Auto mode (prev behaviour can be…"
Jun 4, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to airmazingvideo.com's discussion Pixhawk with BaseCam (AlexMos) SimpleBGC Gimbal
"haha.  That was easy.  I just hit stabilize roll in the gimbal setup.  Now the pixhawk tells the gimbal to bank as the copter banks.  It is really reverse stabilization.  The gimbal and the pixhawk are both generating similar stabilization results.…"
Jun 2, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion AC3.3 TradHeli Release Discussion
"I wouldn't hesitate to use the current 3.2.1.  I've flown it on my 550 with no problems.  I think 3.2.1 is where they achieved smooth transitions between spline waypoints.  It is really nice.  I fly low and fast and it is nice.
I don't know of any…"
Jun 2, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to airmazingvideo.com's discussion Pixhawk with BaseCam (AlexMos) SimpleBGC Gimbal
"In my setup I use channels 9 and 10 for pitch and roll of the camera.  I set the RC9_FUNCTION/RC10_FUNCTION to 7 and 8.
I use a spare channel on my s bus receiver to bypass the pixhawk to get the yaw axis.  I set it up similar to the Tarot 2d gimbal…"
Jun 2, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion AC3.3 TradHeli Release Discussion
"I flew rc4 again on my 550.  I compared it to my 800 flying 3.2  
3.3 is way better when it comes to smooth flight.  Here is a video.http://youtu.be/DCV9T7fFA1Y
I only have one problem.  When I spool up the copter yaws about 20 degrees to the right…"
May 31, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to Cala's discussion Follow me instructions in Tower (Droidplanner)
"follow me works fine.  I have a Garmin bluetooth GPS that has better resolution than my phone   So  I have a great position going to my quad or heli.  The camera gimbal points towards me.  Not necessary, but I had the GPS already so no cost for…"
May 30, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to Randy's discussion Copter reliability vs functionality
"No. I think too much focus on bugs can hamper the program.  
I don't know of a complex system that is without bugs.  The quest to eliminate all the bugs might starve other avenues of development and might make Copter a very robust yet obsolete…"
May 28, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion AC3.3 TradHeli Release Discussion
"Flashlog Link
See above for the flash log.  The yaw problem happened half way through this log.  I switched to loiter before starting the rotor.  On the ground the heli had a significant yaw nearing flight RPM."
May 25, 2015
Ray Gamero replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion AC3.3 TradHeli Release Discussion
"No, I was flying rc4.
Landing detector worked on that. I'll try to land on rc5 as soon as the rain stops.
One thing I found that I didn't see in 3.2.
If I switch to loiter or auto after spool up, no problem.
Today, however, I tried to arm in loiter.…"
May 25, 2015
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