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Male


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Waterloo, Ontario


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Have done quad and hex configurations with APM. Now I would like to try heli.


Hometown:

Waterloo


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Richard Van Wijngaarden replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion AC3.3 TradHeli Release Discussion
"Hi Rob,

With the work that you are doing on this release are you able to increase the maximum value for the WPNAV_SPEED parameter?  Traditional helis can fly much faster than the 72 km/h figure that was set for multicopters.  

Thanks,

Richard "
Aug 3, 2015
Richard Van Wijngaarden replied to Richard Van Wijngaarden's discussion Yaw heading to next Waypoint issue
"Hi Chris, Solved my issue. It turned out to be the fact that the yaw control was not quite centred relative to what the radio calibration of the Pixhawk had as centre.  So during auto flight Pixhawk saw the yaw input and ignored the point yaw to…"
Aug 3, 2015
Richard Van Wijngaarden posted a discussion
HiI have been having a somewhat inconsistent behaviour in the yaw control for my Pixhawk.  Having successfully installed a Pixhawk in my JR E6 heli and have had many successful spline flights.  On the E6 the nose always pointed to the next waypoint…
Jul 24, 2015
Richard Van Wijngaarden replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion Helicopter Vibration Levels
"Hi David,

You were correct with the recommendation to increase the values as indicated.  I was able to successfully loiter the heli for a good amount of time!  The loiter position was nice within a  fairly tight space.  I was very impressed to see…"
May 10, 2015
Richard Van Wijngaarden replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion Helicopter Vibration Levels
"Thanks for the input.  Tonight I spent quite a bit of time getting the swash plate level.  The heli now flies without any trim in stabilize mode.  The heli flies better now.  It will fly hands off for a good amount of time before I need to apply…"
May 7, 2015
Richard Van Wijngaarden replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion Helicopter Vibration Levels
"Would it be possible for someone to check attached flight log and let me know if the vibration levels are acceptable?  I am slowly getting my JR E6 heli setup with a Pixhawk and would like to make sure that I am on the right track as far as…"
May 6, 2015
Richard Van Wijngaarden replied to Richard Van Wijngaarden's discussion Conversion of JR E6-550 to APM 2.5 in ArduCopter (traditional heli) user group
"Hi,

So I have been trying to get ALT hold working.  Have not been having to much success.  I can go from having the heli oscillate vertically very quickly while maintaining altitude to having it dive or climb until I alter my stick position.
I hate…"
Nov 16, 2014
Richard Van Wijngaarden posted a discussion in ArduCopter (traditional heli) user group
Hello All,I have just converted my JR E6 from its previous configuration of using the JR TAGS01 gyro to the APM 2.5.  This helicopter has been a great flyer and quite capable 3D helicopter.  The conversion is a bit of an experiment in order to see…
Nov 9, 2014
Richard Van Wijngaarden replied to T.Samma's discussion Can i use APM 2.5 and ArduCopter (Traditional heli) for JR Nex e6 SwashPlate in ArduCopter (traditional heli) user group
"So I got it setup now.  
What I had to do was switch the aileron servos, move my elevator servo so that I basically reversed the collective response for the ALThold.  The pitch stick and cyclic reversers are then set to get those going in the right…"
Oct 28, 2014
Richard Van Wijngaarden replied to T.Samma's discussion Can i use APM 2.5 and ArduCopter (Traditional heli) for JR Nex e6 SwashPlate in ArduCopter (traditional heli) user group
"Hi Randy,

Ok so channel 3 direction is now set to move in opposite direction to the stick.  In MP's page for heli setup the Collective bar moves down for increase in pitch and up for decrease pitch.  This will now allow the heli to fly in ACRO…"
Oct 27, 2014
Richard Van Wijngaarden replied to T.Samma's discussion Can i use APM 2.5 and ArduCopter (Traditional heli) for JR Nex e6 SwashPlate in ArduCopter (traditional heli) user group
"Hi Taweesak,
I am currently setting up an E6 with APM 2.5.  Would you mind sharing your PID settings as it may save me some time?
Like you I was wondering if the APM needs to be mounted upside down in order to get the collective pitch going in the…"
Oct 26, 2014
Richard Van Wijngaarden replied to T.Samma's discussion Can i use APM 2.5 and ArduCopter (Traditional heli) for JR Nex e6 SwashPlate in ArduCopter (traditional heli) user group
"Hi Randy/Taweesak,
I have just started to get an E6 converted to use the APM 2.5. One thing that I have been wondering about is how the APM would adjust the collective pitch based when in altitude hold mode. From what I can tell the APM moves the…"
Oct 26, 2014