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Troy replied to Troy's discussion Full throttle and can barely get off the ground.
"Yet even more confusion. It started out doing its "lack of power" and basically spinning on the ground (yaw) at 3/4 to full throttle I could get it in the air compensating for the excessive yaw. Couldn't really read the amp draw and fly though i did…"
Feb 9, 2014
Troy replied to Troy's discussion Full throttle and can barely get off the ground.
"I do have the power module installed. Do I need to have it flying, or full throttle sitting on the ground if it wont fly, and reference the current and voltage on the MP? Its a hex with the older APM and upgraded firmware, batteries are 3cell zippy…"
Feb 9, 2014
Troy posted a discussion
If havnt really had a whole lot of success with this copter. Eecently it seems that it does not even want to fly. I can get it up in the air for about 40 seconds bwfore it starts to slowly fall untill I have full throttle in and still dropping while…
Feb 9, 2014
Troy replied to Troy's discussion Hex screwing up again.
"GPS is holding a 3D fix the entire time with 3 satellites. At one point the nose is pointing towards WP 1 and its flying sideways, like it cant figure out how to get there."
May 26, 2013
Troy posted a discussion
So far I have not gotten much help from here but I will try again. Can anyone explain what its doing from the attached log? Looks like it attempted to hit WP 1 then got confused, half assed it to WP 2 (missed by a long shot) then just decided it…
May 26, 2013
Troy replied to Troy's discussion 3dr hex copter stabilize issue
"Anyone?"
May 20, 2013
Troy posted a discussion
Whenever im in stabalize mode with the arducopter autopilot it is extremley slow to react. It also stops it self from tilting past a certain point so if there is any wind I cant even correct for it. It wont drop a side enough to move against the…
May 19, 2013
Troy posted a discussion
When I initiate the auto mode the copter fist seems to rotate and fly with thw front facing off to the side. From my standpoint it seemed to hit the first way point and instead of comeing back to thw second one that was closer it just continued on.…
Apr 27, 2013
Troy posted a discussion
Cant seem to figure this one out. Today it resultes in contact with the side of a house and more than a few broken parts. Problem is you set a gps coord or a route, sometimes it flys to it as you set it. Via the line drawn between points. Every once…
Apr 22, 2013