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North Wales, PA
About Me:
I'm 23 and I am a light sport aircraft pilot and, of course, a professional UAS pilot and engineer. I work at Keystone Aerial Surveys based out of Philadelphia Northeast Airport (KPNE). I've been flying model aircraft and multirotors for recreation since 2011. Beginning in 2012 I entered into an independent research group named QuadForge at the colllege I attended. My team and I designed a waterproof quad to fly in the Swiss Alps. My commercial professional UAS career began in 2014 with local jobs for hobbiests and start-up UAS companies mainly doing engineering work. After I began my FAA pilot training in the summer of 2015 I began to pilot UAS's professionally working mostly in cinematography. In late 2015 and early 2016 I began to work more in the industrial side of the UAS industry (Ag jobs, inspection, topographical analysis, and photogrametry).
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am interested in just about all sectors of the UAS industry. I like cinematography because I get to fly in manual in scenic locations. I enjoy the more industrial work because I get to work in heavy industry locations and use big expensive UAS toys. I'd like my recreation time with UAS's to be focused on FPV racing. I'll get into it one of these days.
Hometown:
North Wales
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Hello internet,Quick question, would someone be able to explain to me the FILT parameter in the PIDs for arducopter 3.4.1 and above? Thanks in advance.Cheers,Will F
"Lyn,
I'd re-do a radio and accel calibration, if that doesn't work find out where the CG is on your craft. If you find that it is not in the general center of the craft try re positioning items on the craft to shift it to the center. If that does…"
I'd re-do a radio and accel calibration, if that doesn't work find out where the CG is on your craft. If you find that it is not in the general center of the craft try re positioning items on the craft to shift it to the center. If that does…"
"Rene,
Try maybe bumping up the throttle accel, throttle rate, and altitude hold PIDs. Start by knocking up the P values by about 5%-10% and if that has an effect dial it in with the I values. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Will F"
Try maybe bumping up the throttle accel, throttle rate, and altitude hold PIDs. Start by knocking up the P values by about 5%-10% and if that has an effect dial it in with the I values. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Will F"
"Riz,
As Jerald said, this sounds like a battery issue. Be sure to check the voltage of your battery before and after every flight.
Cheers,
Will F"
As Jerald said, this sounds like a battery issue. Be sure to check the voltage of your battery before and after every flight.
Cheers,
Will F"
"Omar,
I'll suggest this because I've accidentally done this before: Make sure your trims are not set all the way up. It has happened to me before where I accidentally knock or push the trim buttons all the way up without noticing and then I cant get…"
I'll suggest this because I've accidentally done this before: Make sure your trims are not set all the way up. It has happened to me before where I accidentally knock or push the trim buttons all the way up without noticing and then I cant get…"
"Michael,
Thanks, I'll drop 'em a line.
Cheers,
Will F
Michael said:
I spoke to a company called Rise Above. They told me that the Zenmuse Z15 is able to be used with the Pixhawk. You should email them abut it."
Thanks, I'll drop 'em a line.
Cheers,
Will F
Michael said:
I spoke to a company called Rise Above. They told me that the Zenmuse Z15 is able to be used with the Pixhawk. You should email them abut it."
"Mario,
Thanks a bunch for posting this video. We just added one more setup to our QC process. Thanks again.
cheers,
Will F
MarioSpeedwagon said:
I don't know if I would word it that way. Mission planner works, but it messes up often enough that I…"
Thanks a bunch for posting this video. We just added one more setup to our QC process. Thanks again.
cheers,
Will F
MarioSpeedwagon said:
I don't know if I would word it that way. Mission planner works, but it messes up often enough that I…"
"Discussion update:
This post, back in late 2013 early 2014, was intended to probe the challenges involved with engineering and designing a quad, that would be flying fully autonomously beyond line of sight in the Swiss Alps, that could see and avoid…"
This post, back in late 2013 early 2014, was intended to probe the challenges involved with engineering and designing a quad, that would be flying fully autonomously beyond line of sight in the Swiss Alps, that could see and avoid…"
"Aryamann Sharma,
Be sure to check on your radio transmitter that you don't have any expos setup. These expos, exponential increases or decreases, can be used for new pilots or for tuning an aircraft, they allow for slowly/quickly…"
Be sure to check on your radio transmitter that you don't have any expos setup. These expos, exponential increases or decreases, can be used for new pilots or for tuning an aircraft, they allow for slowly/quickly…"
"Max,
I'd first do a weight and center of gravity test to determine if your Center of Gravity (CG) is far out to the right. Here are some links that may be of help:
http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/troubleshooting.html?highlight=cen..."
I'd first do a weight and center of gravity test to determine if your Center of Gravity (CG) is far out to the right. Here are some links that may be of help:
http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/troubleshooting.html?highlight=cen..."
"Max,
What kind of video do you hope to shoot, and what flight controller and frame are you using?
Cheers,
Will F"
What kind of video do you hope to shoot, and what flight controller and frame are you using?
Cheers,
Will F"
"Hello internet,
I was wondering if anyone had an update of the arducopter 3.3 feature of outputting NMEA GPS data from the telemetry 2 port on the pixhawk, called a SerialManager function. I found this…"
I was wondering if anyone had an update of the arducopter 3.3 feature of outputting NMEA GPS data from the telemetry 2 port on the pixhawk, called a SerialManager function. I found this…"
Hello internet,I was hoping someone could help me with this question of mine. I am trying to use a DJI Zenmuse Z15 N with the Pixhawk Flight controller. In every manual I read it says that you must use a DJI (wookong or Ace or A2) flight controller…
I have used sonar in the past on quads to help maintain altitude during auto flights, loiter, and land mode. Some colleagues of mine want to try to use sonar not for altitude corrections but rather obstacle avoidance like the functionality of the…
Hello,I've been flying a lot of AUTO mission lately and I have noticed a persisting problem. My quad with ArduCopter 3.0.1 never wants to face the direction it is going, nor does it turn towards the next waypoit, it just 'strafes'. In other words…
Howdy ya'll!I'm a regular APM 2.5 user and I am trying to better understand the dataflash logs to diagnose problems with my craft easier. As I stated I run APM 2.5 with ArduCopter Version 3.0.1, 3DR MTK v2.0 GPS, X-frame, DJI F450, DJI 920 kv…
