Gender
Male
About
Location
california, MD
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I've always been interested in electronics, with the forward push in technology I wanted to test my skills by developing a true cross country DIY UAV.
Hometown:
California, MD
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"thanks to that calculator I seem to have found the real world goal of 20-30 minutes of active flight time. different motors were in order, now looking at using Turnigy 2836/11 750kv pushing those 11x4.7 props, and running 3x 3s 6000mAh batteries,…"
"If I could just see someone flying a hex and doing more than going up and taking photos it would be great. I swear the only hexacopters I see on youtube are the most boring videos ever posted. I want to see if a hex can do this:…"
Hey folks, I need some advice. I'm working on building a recon drone, but I'm starting to have second doubts about my choice in hex configuration. I can't see my payload ever being over 5lbs. I will have 1-2 FPV cameras, and a gopro on a gimbal. I'm…
"I plan on using the spektrum receiver that comes with the 8x or 10t, whichever I finally settle on. The head tracker FPV I'm looking at allows you to select which trainer channel you want to use, so I'm set there. I do still want to make my own…"
"ok, so I've taken a look at the gimbal, I think I just may be able to fit my FPV on there without interference. So one task eliminated, a single pan/tilt. I guess the only thing left is to find out if i can have 1 knob and 3 switches with the…"
"Thanks for the in-depth response, I will try to address it as best as I can. I have separate pan/tilt because I might not always have the gopro attached, and I thought it would be easier to control. I suppose if I have a small enough gimbal I can…"
"Thanks, that helps a little. What I really would like is a better description of the APM2.5 and how it uses the pan/tilt/shutter on the outputs. I have 2 pan tilts, one is FPV, teh other is a gopro. Here's is a basic list of my "needs"
hexacopter…"
hexacopter…"
Ok, so I'm in a bit of a quandary with my radio selection. I'm trying to decide on a radio and I'm really leaning towards the spektrum 10t, but I'm wondering if its overkill. For a hexacopter, how many assignable knobs/switches, are available for…
"Oh, well, I found my blade and motor, I'll be using a turnigy 16 turn 1050kv with at 10x4.7 blade, I'm assuming that a 4S battery would be best suited for me yes?"
"the more I look at it, the more I think I'm going to just get another atmega and use an xbee bridge to a hand controller for my accessories. So if someone could just help me out with either a confirmation or a link to a useful blade/motor…"
Hey guys, new to the site and I'm trying to find my way around here. I'm working on designing a hexacopter with the APM2.5 fully loaded (sonar/bar, airspeed, optical flow, FPV, OSD), and capable of 5-10lbs of cargo capacity. The frame I'm currently…
