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Will Morrish replied to Will Morrish's discussion Pixhawk log info - help work out why I crashed!
"Hi Rob,
sorry to trouble you but I'm hoping you may be able to help me again!
I've setup my new quad however the loiter/position hold mode is not as good as it used to be, whenever I engage it I get quite an amount of drift. The compass has been…"
Aug 11, 2014
Will Morrish replied to Will Morrish's discussion Pixhawk log info - help work out why I crashed!
"I ended up getting a hobbyking dead cat quad, cant complain for £30ish all in :)
The buried motor still turns so it could be ok, I'll spin it up and see how off center (or not it is)
back to flying!"
May 15, 2014
Will Morrish replied to Will Morrish's discussion Pixhawk log info - help work out why I crashed!
"Hi Rob,

I think in that case it must have been the wind, SSE was home so it was pulling in the right direction but there was a strong northerly wind.. live and learn, next time drop far lower before RTH I guess.
I saved the FC, RX and 5 of the…"
May 13, 2014
Will Morrish replied to Will Morrish's discussion Pixhawk log info - help work out why I crashed!
"Hi Rob,
thank you so much for the info, this reassures me a lot!
My setup was (as it was destroyed in the crash!!):

Carbon hex frame Q800-http://www.dronetrest.com/t/q800-hexacopter-build/41
30A SimonK ESC
5000MaH 30C lipo
X8R receiver
2213-935kv…"
May 13, 2014
Will Morrish posted a discussion
Hi guys,can anyone help dig out from my flight logs why I had a fly away with my hex? Logs are here:Log - https://www.dropbox.com/s/fi80fz7hkkfveep/Log.log[1] Kmz -https://www.dropbox.com/s/osolp2i8ym5pl31/Log.kmzThe hex seemed to stop responding to…
May 11, 2014
Will Morrish replied to Will Morrish's discussion PIxhawk Compass setting in mission planner / 3DR Compass
"Aha great stuff

I'd been selecting APM with external due to the picture of the 3DR compass
I had the maiden flight at the weekend as I was suffering very odd GPS lock issues of loiter being violently off, I'm hoping this dud setting (on my part)…"
Mar 18, 2014
Will Morrish posted a discussion
Hi all,I've got an odd thing happening with my setup.In mission planner I select : intial setup / mandatory hardware / compassThen as I've got a 3DR external compass plugged into the pixhawk I select PIXHAWK/PX4The setting seems to save.. however…
Mar 18, 2014
Will Morrish replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi Rolf,

is it possible to get the RSSI info into the pixhawk? I can't get this out of my minimosd, and im wonding if I need to have the teensy TX going into the minimosd?

thx"
Mar 11, 2014
Will Morrish replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi all,
quick FYI/watch out... if you wire all of your telemetry together on one RX bus (teensy, MinimOSD + wireless telemetry) be careful when plugging in the minimosd... I hit the wrong pins and fried my teensy.. another is on order now!

While…"
Mar 10, 2014
Will Morrish replied to Rolf Blomgren's discussion APM MavLink to FrSky X8R S.Port converter
"Hi Rolf,

I just want to first of all say thank you for this, this is so easy to achieve its fantastic, great work!
I now have my Hex with a pixhawk outputting telemtry from pixhawk to my Taranis control, laptop via wireless and also OSD
I did have…"
Mar 4, 2014