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sarasota, florida


About Me:

building my second drone first one was kk2,,, this one is 3dr adrucopter apm 2.5


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levittown


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doug ducko commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Introducing the new better, cheaper APM 2.5+ kit (with power supply/sensor, enclosure, new GPS)
"does this kit come with the proper wires and connectors in the proper configuration for gps?"
Jan 29, 2014
doug ducko replied to doug ducko's discussion loiter mode causes copter to drift away fast
"thanks to everyone that replied,, i will be trying all suggestions, soon, i have spinal surgery next week so i cannot really do anything right now,,,,,,i will report back after my operation"
Oct 4, 2013
doug ducko commented on PX4's blog post PX4 and 3D Robotics present Pixhawk: An Advanced, User-Friendly Autopilot
"it says right in the description pre orders 199 dollars that is the price 199 dollars"
Sep 2, 2013
doug ducko replied to doug ducko's discussion loiter mode causes copter to drift away fast
"i dont get it with mavlink i can watch my quad fly see where it took off from and see its motion on map in MP i will be flying it is very stable autotune mode worked this time,, if i go to loiter mode i can watch it slowly take off on screen ,,so it…"
Aug 31, 2013
doug ducko replied to doug ducko's discussion loiter mode causes copter to drift away fast
"compassmot 20% i tested gps in terminal i looked in logs it always at least 6- 8 sats, i have to try auto trim tomorrow again,, i wiped eprom reloaded firmware 3.0.1 set everything up and will try doing auto trim again after i fly it around a bit"
Aug 29, 2013
doug ducko replied to doug ducko's discussion apm wont arm, throttle setting problem
"i fixed this problem by erasing eprom in terminal then loading 2.9b firmware on apm,,did full setup it worked great.
then i loaded 3.0.1 firmware and setup,,worked well"
Aug 29, 2013
doug ducko posted a discussion
everything was working fine quad flew great,,,now if i go into loiter mode it rolls right every time,, alt hold works using gps??, also had problem after flying a bit i tried auto calibration and cant even control it in autosetup mode,,,going to…
Aug 29, 2013
doug ducko replied to Denis Belnap's discussion Arming the APM 2.5
"i think john is getting to the point of using the power module and bec power,,,,you dont want to do this ,, if you use power module you have to cut red wire on bec`s,,,i could be wrong though"
Aug 29, 2013
doug ducko replied to Henry's discussion Help finding root cause of quadcopter spiral and crash in auto mode
"how are you powering apm, and what was your batt level. if you use jp1 and power through esc you get alot of crazy stuff if your battery voltage drops low even for a second. i had same crash as you describe resulting in full rebuild,, mine would…"
Aug 24, 2013
doug ducko posted a discussion
in going through the setup everything goes welli have an adrucopter set to x quad using adrocopter board. in mission planner i did motor test for proper orientation (no problem)( this quad flew great with kk2,but i want loiter and rtl and all the…
Aug 21, 2013