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Uniontown, OH


About Me:

46 yearx old. male. Married with 3 kids.


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building a 450 quad


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Uniontown


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Steven L Ladich replied to John Campen's discussion Brushless Gimbal setup using APM gimbal controler
"Sorry to re-resurrect, but it seems that gimble control from the Apm is possible as long as they are powered from a bec. Has anyone done this?"
Mar 12, 2015
Steven L Ladich replied to Steven L Ladich's discussion Mini APM 3.1 - All latest versions of Arducopter fail to boot - Have to drop back to 2.9.1B
"I'm concerned about hooking up any additional power along with the USB as I've read:  that can cause an issue with the MPU.  Do you suggest pulling the USB apart and removing the 5v line and connecting that to another source?"
Feb 25, 2015
Steven L Ladich replied to Steven L Ladich's discussion Mini APM 3.1 - All latest versions of Arducopter fail to boot - Have to drop back to 2.9.1B
"As I understand:  the Mini apm does not have 3.3v.  It's 5V only.  That kind of narrows it down!!  I'm disappointed that my unit wasn't tested prior to shipping.  I doubt it was fried by only hooking up the USB cable.  I guess I'll be out of order…"
Feb 22, 2015
Steven L Ladich replied to Steven L Ladich's discussion Mini APM 3.1 - All latest versions of Arducopter fail to boot - Have to drop back to 2.9.1B
"Update:  From terminal I get this:

3Calibrating barometerQ///+?QC^///+eO3barometer calibration complete4Z3GROUND STARTAFailed to boot MPU6000 5 timesQFailed to boot MPU6000 5 timesFailed to boot MPU6000 5 timesQFailed to boot MPU6000 5 timesFailed…"
Feb 21, 2015
Steven L Ladich posted a discussion
Just received my mini APM 3.1 board and loaded the latest copter V3.2.1 without incident.  upon connection, however all versions hang in the parameters section.  Usually RC4_REV.  This occurs in all versions of firmware until I get to 2.9.1B.…
Feb 20, 2015