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• T3

  Richard Boyhan October 4, 2013 at 3:33am

  Cool video thanks for sharing. I assume that's your house, hell of a backyard. Thanks again
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  tahines October 3, 2013 at 8:40am

  Well, finally got my Y6 all mounted up with Tarot Gimbal.  This is the 2nd flight just messing around and getting the feel of the craft.  Seems to work very well.  When I get above the trees, you can see the wind.  I ran right at 6 minutes and only used 2800 mah.  This was surprizing to me.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eThAlCdqyKA&feature=youtu.be
• Mike P October 2, 2013 at 12:16pm

  @Wessie, thanks for the link. that's interesting. I'm actually dealing with compass issues right now. My compass almost seems like it's 45 degrees off.
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  Wessie October 2, 2013 at 11:21am

  A new development/something to watch for when you think about adding external LED's and a buzzer to your Y6/ Quad

  http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/apm-2-6-magnetic-interference
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  Amos Olson September 30, 2013 at 6:27am

  Wessie: yes, I have a simple servo attached to the bottom with a loop hanging on it.  When I flip a switch on the TX the servo rotates 60 degrees and drops the loop.  It's simple, but it works... and it's fun to see a ball drop from 150 meters in a field (of course, I did a very low drop for the public exhibition)
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  Wessie September 30, 2013 at 12:33am

  Amos, that IS cool. Do you have a release mechanism for the ball?
• 3D Robotics

  Chris Anderson September 29, 2013 at 9:31pm

  Amos: Love it!
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  Amos Olson September 29, 2013 at 9:21pm

  My Y6 delivered the "game ball" to the field at a local high school's Homecoming Football Game.  A crowd of people about 100 meters away was in awe of this beast! :)
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  Wessie September 26, 2013 at 6:31am

  PS. the Nav Strips WILL have to be powered with a Transistor driver board, otherwise your APM will brownout because of excessive current draw on the pins.
  
  I would not go more that the 2 led's native from the A-pins.
  If you are interested I can make a drawing and post it, alternatively Jani (JDrones) makes a great led driver board that pretty much does the same thing and more.

  

  jD-IOBoard v1.1, MCU controlled IO Board for driving LEDs, Relays, Servos

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  Wessie September 26, 2013 at 6:25am

  No Logic Board, its already IN THE CODE. How cool.
  Just follow the instructions in this great post by Scott.
  
  you will need ;

  1  x red led + 100 ohm resistor
  1  x blue led + 150 ohm resistor
  1 x 5V buzzer (NOT piezo element/speaker)

  2 x servo tails.
  thats it! A bit of solder, and no more guessing if you have GPS fix or not, or armed or not.
  thats it