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Semi Retired


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Been flying quad for couple of years,(KK2) My eyesight not so good now, so thought RTL might be useful! Having great fun with AMP 2.5 3.0 is Brilliant


Hometown:

belper


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andrew goodwin replied to Andrew Peedin's discussion Turnigy 9X TX
Aug 10, 2013
andrew goodwin replied to Hugues's discussion Optimize your vibration levels with unsuspected technique (thx Forrest Frantz for that) in ArduCopter User Group
"Well great ....... I originally Had the amp 2.5 secured with thin foam double sided tape ....and  was flying without problems .... Interesting to note that since I began using moon-gel etc ,  and trying to "reduce"  vibrations, as per advice .... I…"
Aug 9, 2013
andrew goodwin posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
Need some advice ! .....3.0.1 amp 2.5had problems this evening .... was in loiter, moving it around a bit and then letting it hold position ...no problems, I then switched to circle mode quad banked left and kept banking left I switched to loiter…
Aug 8, 2013
andrew goodwin replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"Help ! I need some advice .... have been having problems with quad misbehaving ... when in auto and this evening when switching from loiter to circle  .... quad sort of banked left and kept banking ..no response to switching back to stab mode and…"
Aug 8, 2013
andrew goodwin replied to Rob Bartlett's discussion Now I'm crashing all of a sudden - 3.0.1
"Hi
Am also 3.0.1
I had a couple of interesting incidents last night,
Had been flying around tweaking pids, x 4 battery's no problems
Sent it off on couple of missions which were ok
Then on next takeoff (on auto) it got to foot high and headed…"
Jul 27, 2013
andrew goodwin replied to Troy D. White's discussion Need Help: Motors Won't Arm, ESC's Calibrated
"Hi
Try moving throttle trim down a free clicks ?
Then try arming
A"
Jul 13, 2013
andrew goodwin replied to Greg Harper's discussion New APM 2.5 arming issue
"Hi
Have you gone through setup ?
Accelerometer , compass ?
As board will not arm until these are completed.
A"
Jul 13, 2013
andrew goodwin replied to Davis James's discussion ArduCopter flight modes in ArduCopter User Group
"Check out


How To: 6 Flight Modes in APM 2.5 using a DEVO-10

Posted by Steve Johnson on April 27, 2013 at 12:35am in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter)Send Message   View Discussions"
Jul 13, 2013
andrew goodwin left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"After stripping/checking/rebuilding quad after dropping from the sky, i could find nothing wrong . I have tested today with new Rx and all seems ok ! So suspect Rx was cause of problem! So am happily flying again"
Jul 12, 2013
andrew goodwin left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"3.0.1
Have had brilliant results with this,
But !
Couple of days ago while testing pos hold my quad went off on its own, no response to controls, went up to 20 odd mts then wandered over to where my car was parked, then shut down (just missing my…"
Jul 11, 2013
andrew goodwin replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Hi, Just like to say ... BRILLIANT ! updated to 3.0.0 last week .... loiter rock solid (neo 6 v2) even in 12 - 16 mph wind, circle mode, really works well ..... Well done all responsible ...I am having great fun with this !
Incidentally My…"
Jun 29, 2013