About

Gender

Male


Location

Concord, NC


About Me:

retired USAF & college prof. W4GHV


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

gps, baloons


Hometown:

morganton, nc


Activity Feed

bobarry replied to Joe Breznai's discussion General setup Questions
"Joe, thanks so much for your comments and information! I'm learning rapidly but have so much to go.
The two major 'learnings' so far: I found finally that my Turnigy 9x needs to be in the acro airplane mode, NOT one of the heli modes. I also found…"
Jul 7, 2013
bobarry left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"I had problems arming, but it worked when selecting arm in the mission planner. Then I read that the throttle trim needed adjusting so that the down & to the right for four seconds really cuts the throttle to zero.

good luck.  bo"
Jul 4, 2013
bobarry replied to Joe Breznai's discussion General setup Questions
"I have a system very much like yours, so i will be following your every move to learn more. I've only accomplished flips on the floor so far, & haveittle flying experience. I'm hoping to do 90% 'automatic' (or computer controlled) flying, to reduce…"
Jun 30, 2013
bobarry replied to Alex M's discussion Settings not being saved, automatic dissarming in 2-3 min
"Join my club, this retired elec eng/college prof is getting stumped too easily.

I tried to lift off the floor for the first time and the same happened. Lots of noise though. I cant wait unitl I hit 100%. :) Will probably get run outdoors by my…"
Jun 29, 2013
bobarry replied to nEiLz RC's discussion Resistor Voltage Divider for APM 2.5
"judging from the schematic of the volt/curr board offered by Sparkfun, I'm going to use a strinv of 10k+4.7k+4.7k, connecting the last 4.7k to A1 line, with a .1uF cap across it.   See schematic on Sparkfun
bo"
Jun 29, 2013
bobarry left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"Help! I put blades on my Turnigy motors, tightened down the cute hubs, revved up to see what happens & one of the hubs flew off!
What can I do?
The hubs have 2 holes on them but it is clear thru them, so set screws aren't in order.
Fortunately I…"
Jun 29, 2013
bobarry left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"Thanks Randy, I'm new to this and didnt know about that forum. I think it was a casual comment, not in that area. Lots of reading going on and my Arduflyer is almost ready for something (hopefully takeoff). I have 0 experience in RC, just a computer…"
Jun 29, 2013
bobarry left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"I'm already anticipating my first quadcopter crash. I saw someone wanting to sell their Arduflyer 2.5 & ublox GPS for a reasonable price and can't find the note anywhere.
Help?!
Bo Barry"
Jun 29, 2013