Will Snodgrass's Discussions (38)

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Trolls

All of us know about them, most of see a few daily. Hell, allot of us have even trolled at one time or another, or at least partaken in the act of trolling.

And then there's the flip side, What I like to call "the Jerry Springer effect". We will keep

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Powering your APM2

There has been some discussion as of late concerning how to power your APM2. When I first started out, I used a Cheap ESC (HK SS) to power my APM, and I thought it was doing a good job.....until I switched to a HK Blue series / Mystery ESC 30amp and

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Huge Log file?? .avi?

Im running my PC of an SSD as my main drive (With a secondary 1TB) and I was trying to hunt down about 20Gigs of Space that was being taken up. I went through my program files, got it down to the APM folder, then to logs, and then I cam upon a 16GIG

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Turnigy HAL Frame

IS anyone else out ther using one of these?

I would be really interested any PID adjustments that have been made to fly this frame. Also if anyone has pictures of there setup, please post them.

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APM settings

I really hope I'm not missing something obvious.....But is there a way to reset ALL settings to default?  I was thinking of flashing my APM2.5 with a plane's code, and then back to quad. But that would reset the camera gimbals settings would it?

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Reversing motors and props below CG

Awhile back there was a thread about putting the props below the CG in order to get a more stable design. Now on my plane I can get most of my quads weight above the CP......But Is it enough to count? Im going to attach a photo with one prop up, one

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Aerila Photography / Mapping

I have the opportunity to do some aerial photography with my bixler using a GOPRO flying in a Lawnmower style pattern. I'm not sure whether or not I should do video or a series of pictures every few seconds.

What I would like to do is create a stitche

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Bixler Motor mount

I just got my Bixler in the mail from HK.

I received the model that comes with a 2620-1900kv Brushless Outrunner , and I bought a 1300mah lipo to go with it for now.  ....... I am going to set it up with an APM,  telemetry, and a GoPro camera inside t

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Failsafe info,test....

I see allot of posts  regarding the APMx in regards to a failsafe. Some Constructive, some not so Constructive....

 

That's why I was surprised to see that there isn't allot of info out about the failsafe testing mechanism that is in the latest Arducop

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GOPRO Bixler

Im coming from the copter side, but I need longer range.....

Basically I want to map large areas, but every time I see a go pro on a plane it's pointing forward......Well I need it to point straight down. My search turned up some videos, but no actual

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Turnigy HAL Frame

Does anyone know the tube size for the Turnigy HAL (Heave Aerial lift) ?

I want to use the motor mounts from Quadframe as I used them in my Turnigy Talon V.2 and I got tired of them bending. I ordered one of the motor mounts from quadframe and they se

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3DR to new 5 Pin

Does anyone know what the pinout is for the new 5 Pin connector?  I want to connect my 915 3DR radio to it, but since were no longer using a pin header I bought  the new 5 pin cable.....But it has positive (or a red wire anyways) on the outside pin s

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Multi drone comunication

I saws this on a BBC news site...There basicly using a hexcopter drone like we would, but what is interesting isa little further in the video it shows multiple drones communicating with each other to decide which one(s) will target which area after t

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