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Mechanical Engineer that wishes the aerospace industry payed the same as oil and gas.
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Started with home built para gliders with 2.4GHz color video and sound. Building a 9' kite for the new platform. Have been flying RC fixed and rotary craft for a while.
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"(Update) I got some information back from 3DR as to why mine did a back-flip, thanks 3DR for getting back to me so quickly.
The first flip was caused by me doing a manual landing while in "FLY" mode and it showed a roll of 5.5 degrees to the right…"
The first flip was caused by me doing a manual landing while in "FLY" mode and it showed a roll of 5.5 degrees to the right…"
"@Darius
Sure thing, I was responding to the questions/comments regarding the compass calibration and possibly assuming that it could be a cause for the flipping issue and not detecting landing. I never said it could be used in detecting a landing…"
Sure thing, I was responding to the questions/comments regarding the compass calibration and possibly assuming that it could be a cause for the flipping issue and not detecting landing. I never said it could be used in detecting a landing…"
"Gustav/DG, 1st flight Las Angeles with multiple successful landings in soft grass. 2nd flight with successful landing on beach with loose small rocks. 3rd and 4th flights takeoff and unsuccessful landings from pavement.
I agree that the compass…"
I agree that the compass…"
"DG, thanks for the question/comment, I did come across that recommendation last night after returning from my trip.
No I did not re-calibrate the sticks yet for a few reasons; flights before leaving for Maui all went well landing on soft grass was…"
No I did not re-calibrate the sticks yet for a few reasons; flights before leaving for Maui all went well landing on soft grass was…"
"Jack I also had my solo flip after landing and destroy a set of props and pepper the rental car with gravel. I thought it was a fluke and since I just flew to Maui with it I thought I would give it another chance. Again same thing except I was able…"
"Randy,
Thanks again for looking at my previous log. I was able to find another one of my logs that exhibited odd symptoms. This was an AUTO flight again in cold weather -5 based on the logs. I did find someone else on this thread mentioned odd…"
Thanks again for looking at my previous log. I was able to find another one of my logs that exhibited odd symptoms. This was an AUTO flight again in cold weather -5 based on the logs. I did find someone else on this thread mentioned odd…"
"Craig, would it be safe to assume that all "flyaways" will have errors in the log? I am asking as I have experience a flyaway previous to the last.After recovering the parts on this one I was surprised that I had zero errors or alarms.
Regards, …"
Regards, …"
"Thank you Craig. "
"Vu,
Something that might help you and the folks on this thread save time, and keep you from reviewing many logs is share with the community the skill of how you easily identify this issue. I am very interested in knowing so I can continue solving…"
Something that might help you and the folks on this thread save time, and keep you from reviewing many logs is share with the community the skill of how you easily identify this issue. I am very interested in knowing so I can continue solving…"
"I have recently flown in some cool weather and had a very bad flyaway. The temperature recorded on the pixhawk is not accurate and should be reading about 31F. The first problem was the previous day during a waypoint flight. The aircraft slowly lost…"
I have previously been using a Toshiba Netbook with zero poblems. I acquired a newer Acer Aspire One netbook running windows 7 64bit, fantastic for the field with a 9 cell battery and over 14 hours of battery life. The only thing that seems to not…
"Try the AUTO option in the top right corner COM settings. I was having the same issues but it is now connecting. I think this is a new option as I dont recall seeing this on the older version."
