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ottawa Ontario


About Me:

electronics eng bk gnd. but new to this!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

just playing.. buddie gave me his old 1280, so I ordered some motors ecu's and a frame.. more to come..


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Ottawa


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WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"Tried to auto tune again last night.. NO-GO.. no idea what to try next.
the board is remounted in hopes to reduce noise. log did not record noise. Had Error 15 latter in the flight if I read right it means illegal flight mode selected. 
Tried all my…"
May 8, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"Sorry? I don't know what that means"
May 7, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"Pre-arm check is always on. humm.. so this is not a typical issue then.. I have remounted my apm on top of my quad and put it on a damping pad.. I'll see what happens tonight. I hope the vibration has gone down, see if autotune works..  

Personally…"
May 7, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"it's in AltHold.. I tried it in a few other modes as well. 9x (6 position switch)
Stabilize,PosHold,Loiter,AltHold (auto tune),Sport,RTL 

I have tried PosHold, AltHold and Stabilize. every time nothing happens.. I let go of the controller and it…"
May 7, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"Question about damping - vibration

Autotune won`t even try to turn on, MP sees the switch position fine but the APM does not respond.. I`m guessing this is due to Vibration being so high..

Can one of these $5 APM damping boards fix this or is it…"
May 7, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"ya I read all that.. still don't know how to fix it"
May 6, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"what is a OP"
May 6, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"Bad Vibration.. What are you looking at so I can see what you mean? and besides balancing props how do you get rid of that?
Sorry I'm a newb!"
May 6, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"Found out how to Attach file.. here are a few logs from when the error was occurring.. 2015-04-11 15-35-56.bin2015-03-10 14-19-42.bin2015-04-06 13-46-59.bin"
May 6, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"Update On mine. I took the board out of the case.. cleaned it with alcohole and a tooth brush.. examined it under a microscope and found NOTHING! looked good.. 
I put it back in my quad calibrated everything and took it back out. IT WORKED.. no…"
May 6, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"Not sure how you attached the bin..
here is a link to mine in drop box
https://www.dropbox.com/s/631xegi2gfq6b99/2015-04-06%2013-46-59.bin...

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May 6, 2015
WR replied to Gonzalo Garat's discussion APM 3.2 QUADCOPTER Err: EKF_CHECK-2 / Err: FAILSAFE_ EKF-1
"Did anyone get an explanation of this? I keep getting errors like these and others and have had a run away quad 4 times now.. I don't trust it anymore and I can't seem to find or fix anything.."
Apr 27, 2015
WR replied to Randy's discussion Copter-3.3 beta testing
"Any chance you could rename this to 4.0! This would make a clear deviation between APM and PIxhawk.
The reason I say this is that I was given an old apm 1.0 and it took we a lot of reading and a lot of time because I could not find where support was…"
Apr 23, 2015
WR posted a discussion
Moving from a CC3d/kk2.1 to something with a little more smarts! I want to hold position at altitude and launch straight up and straight down with no stick but throttle.. the APM boards sound like they can do it all.. but I need a gps and compass..…
Jan 4, 2015
WR posted a discussion
I'm looking at purchasing a cheap Chinese remoteTurnigy 9x  or 9xr or 9 pro or skyfly..Can anyone tell me what the differences are.. if you were to do it again, would go with the most $$ Pro ver?and If I have to buy tx rx separately what one?Thanks…
Oct 24, 2014
WR replied to Roniel Guzman's discussion Help to choice my motor
"After looking at the posts, I think I may get flamed for saying this..
I'm attempting to build my first quad as well. and my budget is very tight. The suggestions in "getting started" said go with 1000kv.. More KV will give you more speed = in…"
Oct 21, 2014