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Male


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Chapel Hill, NC


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Have a Parrot AR 2.0, just getting into this stuff.


Hometown:

Carrboro, NC


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Rory Conolly replied to Rory Conolly's discussion Pixhawk autotoune fly away - it's gone
"@Cala, @Tony, thanks you guys."
Feb 10, 2016
Rory Conolly replied to Rory Conolly's discussion Pixhawk autotoune fly away - it's gone
"Yeah, I had telemetry on the quad but wasn't using it (!!!!) Some lessons we learn the hard way. Thanks for reinforcing that point!"
Feb 10, 2016
Rory Conolly replied to Rory Conolly's discussion Pixhawk autotoune fly away - it's gone
"I agree that it's expensive. Marco Polo makes a sUAV version that weights about 12g with a battery that's good for 7 - 10 days. The beauty of the system is that if your sUAV flies out of telemetry range you can drive around using the handheld part…"
Feb 10, 2016
Rory Conolly replied to Rory Conolly's discussion Pixhawk autotoune fly away - it's gone
"It was twitchy in Althold before the autotune. There was a big difference with 4s rather than 3s. The Pixhawk was mounted to the F450 frame with 1/8" double-sided foam tape. Is this likely insufficient protection from vibration? Unfortunately, I had…"
Feb 8, 2016
Rory Conolly posted a discussion
I built a DJI450 frame with the E305 motors and ESCs and Pixhawk FC and Taranis Plus RC. Started out with a 3s, 5,000 mah battery and had several good flights. Used Mission Planner autotune and everything seemed fine. Then switched to a 4s 5,000 mah…
Feb 8, 2016