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To build a UAV for aerial photography and video


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Tony Coupland replied to Tony Coupland's discussion Anyone know what might be wrong with my quadcopter?
"I guess this flight behaviour doesn't look familiar to anyone?
Could it be that power drops out to one of the motors which causes that arm to drop then the increase in throttle kicks it back into life then causes the oscillation which results in the…"
Apr 30, 2013
Tony Coupland replied to Tony Coupland's discussion Anyone know what might be wrong with my quadcopter?
"Not sure if it helps or not, but I also had this odd flight.
Just after take off the whole thing seems to shut down, crash landing then after flipping it back, without touching the radio, the front and back rotors spin up (my reaction shows it…"
Apr 24, 2013
Tony Coupland posted a discussion
Hi,I finally managed to rebuild my quad and get it back in the air this evening, unfortunately it seems to have a fault and I'm not sure what is causing it.Since it was the first flight and I wanted to be sure that it would fly in stablise mode…
Apr 24, 2013
Tony Coupland replied to Richard's discussion How do you Solder Pin headers on Ardupilot related sensors, pitot, 3dr etc
"I've recently done some pretty bad soldering on some pin headers and then having worked out how it should be done I thought I would add to this question a picture that I would have found helpful (now I know how I should have done it, Nick's answer…"
Jan 17, 2013
Tony Coupland replied to Tony Coupland's discussion Clean voltage investigation
"I have been trying to think how to describe my copters flight characteristics and realised something that might be helpful in diagnosing a problem (the problem could of course be the human element!)

I can maintain vertical position roughly if I…"
Jan 6, 2013
Tony Coupland posted a discussion
I find it hard to maintain stable vertical height whilst flying my quadcopter, sometimes it takes almost 100% throttle to prevent touchdown and even after a short time at a stable altitude the quad either rises rapidly or starts to drop. This is all…
Jan 5, 2013
Tony Coupland replied to Tony Coupland's discussion Gimbal Servo Control Horn Question
"Horns drilled and the rest of the frame assembled.  Ready for a test flight tomorrow!  Thanks for the help guys."
Jan 4, 2013
Tony Coupland commented on Marco's blog post Italian Enthusiasm - Above the Clouds Drone
"Fantastic video Marco!  What altitude was your launch site?"
Jan 4, 2013
Tony Coupland posted a discussion
I have been putting together a quadcopter for the past few months and managed a few good flights (and a few nervy crashes!).(link, if the iFrame doesn't work - youtube.com/watch?v=4H5cl_XGTTM)For Christmas my wife bought me some more bits to add a…
Jan 2, 2013