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walthero commented on AKRCGUY's blog post Another Noob pilot wrecking it for the rest of us...
"Smoking kills. Works on cigarettes. Also with a permanent wider arm check which is not possible to turn of."
Oct 4, 2013
walthero commented on John Arne Birkeland's blog post Another multicopter crash into a crowd..
"I think a wider armcheck is a good alternative for safer flying. With no possibility to disabling. With efficient error messaging in MP it would be possible even for beginners to solve.Normally I find ARM_check rather annoying, but for safety…"
Sep 18, 2013
walthero commented on Kevin Hester's blog post You really should use a radio GCS (even if you are new)
"How to extend the range on a 433Mhz sender?I'm already use an USB extension cable (2m) and the range is only 10-15 meters (up in the air) with LOS.
As far as I understand this short range is caused of the USB port (noise) on the Ground Module since…"
Aug 14, 2013
walthero replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"Can someone please tell me how far the APM board could be mounted (in cm in z-axis)Also how far from center of frame could the board be mounted?And how to set this offsets in MP?"
Aug 12, 2013
walthero replied to William Burkert's discussion APM 2.5/6 and Light Sensitivity in ArduCopter User Group
"After reading whole of this tread I'm quit sure the light sensitive barometer reporting suddenly drop or rise in altitude is causing the motors to shut of if reporting to high and opposite when reporting to low cause the motors to accelerate at…"
Aug 10, 2013
walthero posted a discussion
He claims the industry not have done  any development the last 100 years !!Google translation of the article here...After reading this I think no longer time will have same priority when I'm charging my batteries.
Jul 29, 2013
walthero replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"Any reason I'm not able to search in discussions from these pages now?
Any word I search replies:Our apologies - we couldn't find any discussions matching your search. Suggestions: Make sure all words are spelled correctly Try different or more…"
Jul 21, 2013
walthero commented on u4eake's blog post U4eake's showleds, arming and low battery warning leds
"To save some time to collect components and solder you can buy it here. Plug & Play.
http://shop.geniusdrones.com/APM-LED-Control-from-Genius-Drones-APM..."
Jul 16, 2013
walthero commented on u4eake's blog post U4eake's showleds, arming and low battery warning leds
"Works great for GPS, ARM & Buzz(arm). In fact I have only sat LED option to "107" and no compiling at all.Running v3.0.1 on APM2.5.2"
Jul 15, 2013
walthero replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"So I figured out the reason to my crash. Could not realize after all these successfully flights that my pids or any thing else suddenly should be "offset".
Leonard got me on the track. I usually use 3s or 4s battery. Some how I grabbed a 5s battery…"
Jun 30, 2013
walthero replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"After several successfully flights I changed WPNAV_ACCEL to 100 and Loiter PID to 0.2 as warned in this thread.
After takeoff when doing some maneuvers the machine suddenly starts to wobble aggressively before it flips. Because of nearby trees i did…"
Jun 30, 2013
walthero replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"I have been testing V3, all candidates and must say as so many other people. This is great! 5 different F550 with APM2.5 and 2 S800 has been tested with this DJI killing platform.
Though I have not tested Auto functions, both AltHold and Loiter is…"
Jun 29, 2013
walthero replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Just updated MP from 1.2.53 to 1.2.56When entering CLI I get this messages from two different APM2.5 boards:
Board 1:command received: FGGOING DOWN FOR REBOOT

Board 2:3command receive: OINGDOWNFORA EBOT

Something messed up?"
Jun 26, 2013
walthero replied to Craig Elder's discussion APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released
"Tried mission with 6 waypoints.
Defined Auto as my sixth flightmode.
After takeoff i switched to Althold and than Loiter before i switched to Auto. The machine went very fast the right direction and the speed rised. I wenbt back to Loiter but than…"
May 20, 2013
walthero replied to Craig Elder's discussion APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released
"Problems with v3.0 rc2.APM 2.5 w/ublox on S800 standard configuration 2 x 6S 8000mAh
Drifting to right all the time and ended with a minor crash, suddenly impossible to control before crashing.
Logs attached from 2 flights.Can't find current voltage…"
May 19, 2013
walthero replied to Craig Elder's discussion APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released
"Here are the log files...2013-05-05 09-16 34.log2013-05-05 09-16 34.log.gpx"
May 5, 2013
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