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Arducopter APM2 hexa. Lasersaur. TOM 3D printer


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Arducopter for photography


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Winnipeg, MB, Canada


Activity Feed

ward replied to Joonas's discussion Motor redundancy with PID tuning
"I flew my Octo for the first time yesterday. On two flights I had a prop explode. The Octo flew very poorly but did land. I lost almost all control but it stayed relatively level. I agree that this area needs more work. One note: if this had been my…"
Aug 20, 2012
ward replied to Palmer Eldritch's discussion Strange motor behavior
"I am getting the same situation on my octo.  Each time I calibrate my ESC's I get a different motor stalling out or running slow.  I have tried the APM2 ESC calibration and the direct-to-receiver calibration. Both seem to calibrate properly.  As…"
Aug 6, 2012
ward replied to Dan Gray's discussion Version 1.3 of APMLogVisualizer.... With Nice Graphs.
"Very cool. Nice job. "
Jul 17, 2012
ward replied to Jerry Normandin's discussion I've got some stable parameters for a hobbying sk-450 frame ntm 26-28a motors and blueseries 30amp esc to share!
"How heavy is your quad?  Thanks for the parms.  Very helpful.  Watch parm did you find gave you the best return for a good loiter.  My 2kg quad swings about 3 meters in a 10km wind. No gusts. "
Jul 1, 2012
ward replied to Jerry Normandin's discussion My Turnigy 9Ch just arrived. Following the wiki for the stock firmware for 6 flight modes.. mix menu selections on my radio are different.
"I am using the Hobbyking Rhino 2620mAh 3S 11.1v Low-Discharge Transmitter Lipoly Pack.  Works perfectly."
Jun 28, 2012