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Male


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Fenton, MO


About Me:

Instrument tech working for electric company


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in uav to aid in training falcons.


Hometown:

St. Louis, Mo.


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Tracy DeWitt posted a discussion
I would like to lower the loiter down speed.  I can't find where this can be done.  I am running 3.2.1 firmware.  It used to be done with WP_NAV_DOWN apparently this will only work during a mission now.  Is there an adjustment?Thank you for any help.
Oct 22, 2015
Tracy DeWitt posted a discussion
Could someone please help me.  I have a pixhawk knock off from HK.  My mission planner has never been upgraded to 3.3 firmware.  When I load 3.2.1 something is going wrong.  I do an auto tune and it does a yaw as if its 3.3.  The quad does all sorts…
Oct 17, 2015
Tracy DeWitt replied to Tracy DeWitt's discussion Battery failsafe will not come in.
"Reinstalled mission planner.  Went thru start up wizard it  still will not initiate a failsafe and RTL from loiter mode.  I'm using a taranis with teensy to see the actual voltage.  Worked on this for another 3 hours this evening.  I'm out of ideas."
Aug 4, 2014
Tracy DeWitt posted a discussion
I set my battery failsafe to RTL at 14.1 volts.  Left my quad in loiter and the voltage drops below 13.6 and it does not come out of loiter. APM 3.0  I rechecked it 3 times.  I got a RTL with the mAh setting but when I removed it and set up the low…
Aug 3, 2014
Tracy DeWitt replied to Tracy DeWitt's discussion 3rd Crash In a month quad just falls to ground. Please help with log.
"Connected receiver directly to each esc one at a time. Drove motors with props on aggressively moving throttle.  I could not make any go out of sync.  I don't know what to do put fly it and keep an eye on any development in esc's."
Jan 15, 2014
Tracy DeWitt posted a discussion
2014-01-13%201-14.kmz2014-01-13%2016-14.log2014-01-13%2016-14.kmzAll 3 crashes the same thing happened. took off in stable went to about 40 elevation switched to loiter, then flew about 150 yds into a 10mph wind. The best I can tell it appears that…
Jan 14, 2014
Tracy DeWitt posted a discussion
Hello,  I am into falconry and at this time use kites or helium balloons and spectra line to raise bait weighing about 200 grams.  The training involves increasing the height the falcon goes to retrieve the bait to about 1500 ft.The problem is in…
Dec 14, 2011