Tyler Troutt's Discussions (21)

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Finally airborne but still issues

Hey guys, so after 9 months I finally got my large quad in the air. I changed ESC's from afro 30a to Hobbywing 40a. I went 40a just because. Anyway, I am running a pixhawk on a x650f frame that has been stretched. I am using 4114 330KV motors with 15

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Been away for a while

Hey guys So I have been away for almost a year at this point and now I am back. I downloaded the GCS (mission planner) update and also updated the FW in my pixhawk. I was curious on what all changed? Was hoping that you guys would be able to give me

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Best folding propss for multicopters?

Hey guys I am trying to find the best folding props for my quad. I am using 4114 330kv motors. I got some cheap plastics on there right now. I got them originally just to get me by until I could find something that performed better. I am looking for

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Starting PID Values for Larger Quads

I am being told that my problem with my quad lies within the control loops of the flight controller. That being said I am not able to fly my quad to tune it. So where do you start with tuning. Before I lengthened my arms and up'd my motor size from 2

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Erratic Behavior when flying

Hey guys I need a bit of help here. I am getting really frustrated. I can get the quad to lift off the ground. It requires constant input on my part to keep it from hitting something really hard. It will roll all of the sudden at almost a 45 degree a

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Moving to an X8....

First I want to say that I hope I put this in the right category. Second this is not something I am going to do right away. Its probably going to be 6 months before I put this into action. Just planning now so I can get a good design down and get eve

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Overlap in mission planner

Hey guys I have done some searching on google and in the forums here trying to find a fix for this issue. I found one thing that talked about resolution but it didnt help me.

I am using windows 10 and a resolution of 1920x1080. Some of the boxes and i

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The purpose of a companion

Hey guys ive been doing alot of reading about ardupilot and the pixhawk the past couple weeks and have alot of questions. Most i am answering through searches but, i wanted to ask this one in the forums.What all can you do with a companion like a ras

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Rx connection dropping all the sudden

I am having an issue and am not sure why it is happening.

I switch flightcontrollers from librepilot revolution to the pixhawk. I also have the 915mhz telemtry radio other  those 2 things everything on my quad is the same. I am running a frsky xjt mod

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First flight with pixhawk!

So a little background information first. I just switched from librepilot had a revolution board, I work for months trying to get GPS working on that flight controller, was unable despite all the help from the developers on the forums and such. So, I

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Cannot get HC-05 Bluetooth working

Hey guys I spent the night last night trying to get the HC-05 bt module with no success. Baud rate got changed through AT commands to 57600 I also changed its name to Ardupilot to match the GCS. Its connected to pixhawk through Telemetry 1. I can pai

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Giddy like a school girl

Hey guys i just received my pixhawk in the mail yesterday. Started setting it up and reading through the wiki.....i could not believe what all you can do with this thing!!

Its absolutely amazing. I am so excited to use it and experience all it can do.

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Flight Controller Choices

I wasn't sure where to put this as far as category but, I need a recommendation I am wanting to replace my CC3D Revolution on my 550 with something APM. So I am needing a recommendation from you guys. These are the things I am wanting.

GPS modes, Posi

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Navio2 vs ardupilot mega vs revolution

Whats up guys. So when i first got into quads i did very little research on flight controller and ended up picking the revolution fc. I have three of them now. One on my 550 quad and one on my 250 size quad. So far the have been performong fine altho

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