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Vestal, NY
About Me:
Electronics Engineer -background geophysics/seismology
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Interested in sensor applications and FPV photography, pre-plan flight apps
Hometown:
Vestal,NY
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I'am having some serious problems with my JDrones Arducopter during takeoff.I cannot get the Quad to just hover in one spot during takeoff, it always wants to go off in a particular direction, like it has a mind of its own. I have balanced props,…
"Hi Mike:
I 'am trying to find information on FPV video receiver hookup, from analog video Rx, so that I can display video with OSD on ground station screen. I cannot seem to find much info or diagrams to do this. Do I use a USB capture card? Is…"
I 'am trying to find information on FPV video receiver hookup, from analog video Rx, so that I can display video with OSD on ground station screen. I cannot seem to find much info or diagrams to do this. Do I use a USB capture card? Is…"
When first flying a new Quadcopter which mode should I fly in?Before throttling up (arming) should I hold the throttle control to the left or right?thanksTom
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I installed the 6-position mode switch, but don't know how to set up transmitter to display switch results for modes in mission planner. Do I use channel 5? Thro hold,pit trim adjust?????
tom"
I installed the 6-position mode switch, but don't know how to set up transmitter to display switch results for modes in mission planner. Do I use channel 5? Thro hold,pit trim adjust?????
tom"
Greetings:As a newbie, I am having problems with new arducopter during take off and hover.The Arducopter has the 5.0 software installed in the X mode.When the Arducopter takes off, it wants to always want to fly off in one particular direction. I…
Newbie QuestionCan I plan a waypoint mission to fly an arducopter without the use of telemetry.Can I program the mission planner and load waypoints from a map, then load the software and fly the arducopter or do I have to fly from the mission…
Trying figure out how arming sequence changed from bottom right to top right after Apm reset. After a flying, next time I powered up Apm would not start motors but green light stayed on. I reset Apm and when it armed it became to right and caused a…
HELP!1. In the CLI mode, I tested motors in the X mode right/left/up/down and the (2) correct motors turned, when I put the controller in the 45 degree positions- 3-motors run instead of two is this correct? 2. Did a first flight test by…
Just about ready for my first real flight and I just noticed that my IMU board will not display any raw sensor data anymore. Is it possible I the IMU board has failed or that I set up something wrong, or that it got in some freeky mode?Any ideas…
"Can I still use this tutorial with out having an external pulse display? If so how?
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Greetings:I'am trying to set up my Arducopter to fly in the X mode, vs the + mode.In the setup instructions, I saw the computer board facing between the motor arm.I did not see reference to setting 4-DIP switch for X operation does the switch 4-DIP…
Newbie Question - Please HelpDuring my initial setup, arming sequence was throttle stick to bottom right corner. Now all of a sudden the arming sequence is done by going to top right corner and dis-arming is top left corner.What did I do wrong and…
I'am having trouble and need help with setting flight modes with the TGY9X .I set channel 5 on the radio menu to (GEAR) and when I switch the (GEAR) switch - I can get two modes of my choice and not three. I have been experiment with modes using…
