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Sylmar, CA
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Fixed-wing and Quad, Automation, Video, FPV, etc
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"William, for your $100 eBay gimbal, are you just using this for stability, or are you actively controlling the pan and tilt?"
"Alrighty. Got the new o-rings. Didn't realize what a difference twice the cross-sectional diameter would make.
Even though it looks monstrous, it fit nicely on my new acrylic base. (That's my original wooden test base in the photo, with the small…"
Even though it looks monstrous, it fit nicely on my new acrylic base. (That's my original wooden test base in the photo, with the small…"
"I'm still working on the large o-ring setup, but i had an apm 2.5 question. I've wired up an led to AN4 for an external indicator of when I'm armed or not. Right now it blinks slow when disarmed, and blinks fast when armed. I was led to believe from…"
"Thanks for the info! I'll try some thicker o-rings."
"Was also considering replacing the balsa plywood with an acrylic square, figuring it would have a bit more mass and perhaps perform better from inertia alone. But have to order slightly larger o-rings since the acrylic is about 3 times thicker than…"
"Went back to silicone o-rings, also placed the receiver on gel pads, with a gel pad on top so the velcro strap holding it on doesn't actually touch it. Back into the +/- 2 realm.
Next I guess is balancing each motor/prop combo individually.…"
Next I guess is balancing each motor/prop combo individually.…"
"Wow. Nitrile o-rings really didn't help:
Looks like I'll be putting the silicone o-rings back on."
Looks like I'll be putting the silicone o-rings back on."
"Changed the setup to its final configuration. But this worsened my vibrations.
Principal changes from previous setup are velcro strap holding down the APM now has gel underneath it so its not directly touching it, and the receiver is no longer…"
Principal changes from previous setup are velcro strap holding down the APM now has gel underneath it so its not directly touching it, and the receiver is no longer…"
Initially I started with this setup:Initial SetupNow with top shelf added:When I attached the top support sheet, removing the receiver from the top of the APM itself, and moving it to the top shelf, my vibrations increased quite a bit.They went from…
Completed my very first quad 'flight' ever today with my DJI Flamewheel 450. I'm using the APM 2.5 with APM Copter 2.9.1b. I say 'flight' because all I did was a bit of hovering to check out my vibration dampening efforts, although there was a…
"Any progress? I'm very interested in this."
