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Troy Backus posted a discussion
I know this isn't directly pertaining to the Drone hobby, but I was wondering if anyone had used the 3DR radio's in place of a standard serial cable?  Assuming of course that the remote end would need to be powered by something...My hobby is RC and…
Oct 18, 2013
Troy Backus replied to Kevin Hester's discussion Andropilot - discussion for Android ground controller users/developers
"Kevin love the way this is going..  You got a beer fund anywhere? Love to buy you a beer or 12 for your efforts "
Jan 25, 2013
Troy Backus replied to Kevin Hester's discussion Andropilot - discussion for Android ground controller users/developers
"awesom, just tested on my Asus Transformer TF101 with keyboard dock.  3DR radio plugged in and it started talking right away. Can't wait to test it this weekend while flying!!!"
Jan 22, 2013
Troy Backus posted a discussion
I have a buddy who has an EDF jet and really wants to put my APM2.0 into it to use the stabilization to get more comfortable with flying it.Anyone put one in an EDF and have any advice or sample setup files??Thanks.
Oct 12, 2012
Troy Backus posted a discussion
Hello all.. Hopefully this is the right place for this topic.I am using an E-Flite Apprentice as my host UAV.  I have had 4 successful flights so far with APM2 and am relatively pleased, but I think I need to do some fine tuning and looking for some…
Aug 8, 2012
Troy Backus replied to mack goodman's discussion Restarting a mission problems
"Mack, I ran into this issue as well when making some test flights this weekend, seemed like the only way I could get it to do a new mission was to bring it down, reset the ardupilot, then re-write the new mission. I agree being able to upload a new…"
Aug 6, 2012
Troy Backus posted a discussion
I am still in the pre-flight stages with my APM2.0  It's in a plane.  When I switch mode from manual to Stabilize I get a little left rudder, when I then go to Auto, I get a bit more left rudder....  What am I missing where would I fix a setting…
Jul 24, 2012
Troy Backus replied to Troy Backus's discussion Stabilize mode question
"Thanks for the input guys, but I figured it out... There is a setting in StandardParams that I changed.
Rudder Mix (KFF_RDDRMIX) was set to .5 and I changed it to 0. This eliminated the issue that I was seeing. Hopefully this helps someone else…"
Jul 18, 2012
Troy Backus posted a discussion
Just got APM2, and setup a test bed to bench test before I stick it in the plane and go.. I noticed something I think is odd.  In stabilize mode, when I use rudder, I also get some aileron...  Problem is I get aileron that is opposite what it should…
Jul 17, 2012