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videographer, photographer
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quads for AP
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"Bill, just wanted to say thanks for sharing your designs. I just became one of the beta testers this morning when the boards were released. :^)"
Had lots of fun with this one. It was one of the controllers I used to make this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPVtFDo83Us&list=UUo3OMj9gCzRMRq...
the openpilot board I have is very smooth and wobble free once the PIDs were tuned. My APM2, OTOH is giving me more of a challenge. I just cannot get rid of the bounce without the controls feeling like mush. I was wondering if anyone with both…
"If you want redundancy, Y6/Hexa is not recommended. If you lose a motor you will lose considerable lift. I have built quads, coax quads, hexas and y6s. The only configuration that still actually flies very well in a motor-out scenario is the coax…"
I took my APM2/Y6 out for its maiden today. At first, it seemed ok, a little wobbly, but this is only with a few PID iterations. Something just doesn't feel right though. After some forward flight in stabilize mode, if I return the elevator to…
"I am in the process of tuning my APM2 quad. Should i post q's here or in the ardu forum?"
"Hopefully Bill has been secretly finalizing and manufacturing the boards"
"somehow fubared my libraries, so just reinstalled arduino and 2.0.46 seems to be compiling just fine now. thanks for confirming it was a libraries issue,"
i've been trying to get the new beta uploaded but always get the same error on compile.copied the new libraries over but no help. D:\_Quadcopter\arduino-0022\libraries\AP_RangeFinder\AP_RangeFinder_MaxsonarLV.cpp: In constructor…
My hexa is flying pretty smoothly, but it has a minor twitch even in a slight breeze. I want to set it up for video, so I'm more concerned with smooth rather than acro type movements.Ideally I would like the heli to slowly correct itself if it is…
naturally was pretty cool to see my arduhexa run a simple flight plan. i used 40 ft for my home and waypoint altitudes, but the heli easily hit 100 ft. quite disconcerting, as it gets small pretty fast. in all GPS modes, loiter, rth and auto, the…
Not sure if this has been addressed yet, but If the RTH and/or position hold or any other auto mode is active when you arm the system, immediately after arming, the copter will attempt to fly away. In my case, it was directly at me and unfortunately…
"you probably have the wrong arduino board selected in your options"
I'm used to letting the gyro on my conventional RC heli initialize free from any motion until it is ready. I have been doing this out of habit for my quad, but I never recalled reading that this was necessary for the arducopter boards.
