MTnet Builds Flying Machines: Failure Accomplished
12-26-2014, 07:50 PM
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Rebuilt my quad on a new frame.
Tarot FY650 picked up on Amazon for $100.
Super boring video alert
First time flying in a long while and the first time flying with a gopro, so I was not super confident. The camera was wrecking the weight distribution and I was getting all sorts of weird behavior, most notably that it was yawing when using the roll stick. I need to figure out a way to mount the battery hanging out on the back to balance it out.
Just based on first impressions from assembly I would say this is a badass frame. Super rigid and folds up pretty tight. Just feels high quality in general.
Im hopinh to eventually get it running some bigger props and higher cell count.
Tarot FY650 picked up on Amazon for $100.
Super boring video alert
First time flying in a long while and the first time flying with a gopro, so I was not super confident. The camera was wrecking the weight distribution and I was getting all sorts of weird behavior, most notably that it was yawing when using the roll stick. I need to figure out a way to mount the battery hanging out on the back to balance it out.
Just based on first impressions from assembly I would say this is a badass frame. Super rigid and folds up pretty tight. Just feels high quality in general.
Im hopinh to eventually get it running some bigger props and higher cell count.
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12-28-2014, 02:59 PM
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That could be it.
Do you put the level on the motor mount after leveling the frame? I basically just tried to eye-ball it and make sure the mounts were level with the center frame hub surface.
Do you put the level on the motor mount after leveling the frame? I basically just tried to eye-ball it and make sure the mounts were level with the center frame hub surface.
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05-17-2015, 07:23 PM
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You guys ever heard of Lily?
This New Drone Camera That Follows You Is Going To Change The Selfie Game Forever | Gimo
This New Drone Camera That Follows You Is Going To Change The Selfie Game Forever | Gimo
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06-29-2015, 10:47 AM
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just got my first, a hubsan h107l, tiny indoor thing. it is so addicting. ive already burned a motor out and destroyed a set of blades learning to fly lol.
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06-29-2015, 10:47 AM
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just got my first, a hubsan h107l, tiny indoor thing. it is so addicting. ive already burned a motor out and destroyed a set of blades learning to fly lol.
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07-09-2015, 11:12 AM
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Ok, who's playing with 3DR Tower/DroidPlanner 3?
I need some brains to pick. I got all my **** reassembled last night and its time to start playing with autonomous stuff
I need some brains to pick. I got all my **** reassembled last night and its time to start playing with autonomous stuff
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07-10-2015, 11:59 AM
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Due to work I have carte blanche on 35,000 acres of perfectly flat and amazingly boring ag land (provided nothing is currently growing on it) to fly over. I've got a lot of space to play with the autonomous stuff, but its all on my dime and personal time. I'd love to get paid to do this, but someone more senior in our group is running our in house "drone" project, apparently I'm just a hobbyist. 
Anyway, last night I got Tower running on my Nexus 7 and communicating with my APM 2.6 rig via a set of 915MHz telemetry radios. If I get off at 3 today I may go out to one of our quarry sites and see if I can get this working.
The big hassle I'm seeing is the amount of gear you need to make this work. Not only do I need a traditional RC TX, I also need an android device and a laptop. Tower will let you build the autonomous stuff in the field, but you still need a laptop running Mission Planner or APM Planner2 to define a lot of the parameters that are baked into the system. Critical stuff like failsafes and the Fence function need to be setup before hand. Maybe I'm missing something.
Anyway, last night I got Tower running on my Nexus 7 and communicating with my APM 2.6 rig via a set of 915MHz telemetry radios. If I get off at 3 today I may go out to one of our quarry sites and see if I can get this working.
The big hassle I'm seeing is the amount of gear you need to make this work. Not only do I need a traditional RC TX, I also need an android device and a laptop. Tower will let you build the autonomous stuff in the field, but you still need a laptop running Mission Planner or APM Planner2 to define a lot of the parameters that are baked into the system. Critical stuff like failsafes and the Fence function need to be setup before hand. Maybe I'm missing something.
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07-21-2015, 10:52 AM
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Hit up banggood and see if anything has decent reviews on RCG? I've been eyeing this one: Tarot T-2D V2 Brushless Camera Gimbal ZYX22 Gyro TL68A00 For GoPro3 - US$102.99 IDK if its worth a damn, but there you are.
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07-26-2015, 09:47 AM
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Who wants my carbon fiber brushless setup with BruGui controller setup. IPower motors. I gave up on getting it dialed in
Also have an rctimer aluminum gimbal/motor setup... And an entire extra gimbal frame.
So yup... gimbals for sale. One controller that may be bricked (in the static bag) from bad firmware attempt.
2 Brushless, 1 servo based and then extra bits and pieces.
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08-26-2015, 12:29 PM
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Ok, who has experience with the Pixhawk flight controller hardware?
Some of them can be purchased cheap:
Banggood - $84.90
Goodluckbuy - $86.80
Readytoflyquads - $95.00
And of course the "good one" at 3DRobotics - $199.99
Unfortunately the 3.3 ArduCopter firmware no longer fits on my APM 2.6 so I'm stuck with AC3.2.x. This does not sound like a big deal until you realize they pulled support for I2C sonar out of 3.2 (actually, I think they pulled it as far back as 3.0? having a hard time confirming) and I really REALLY want to play with one of these bad boys:
SF10/A (25 m) - LightWare Optoelectronics (Pty) Ltd
Now I could roll back to an older firmware but I'm not 100% sure what version I would need and I don't want to troubleshoot old stuff that no one is using anymore.
I like Mission Planner/APMPlanner and thus the desire to stick with AC compatible hardware. I'm not smart enough to deal with any of the other open source projects that require a command line.
Thoughts?
Some of them can be purchased cheap:
Banggood - $84.90
Goodluckbuy - $86.80
Readytoflyquads - $95.00
And of course the "good one" at 3DRobotics - $199.99
Unfortunately the 3.3 ArduCopter firmware no longer fits on my APM 2.6 so I'm stuck with AC3.2.x. This does not sound like a big deal until you realize they pulled support for I2C sonar out of 3.2 (actually, I think they pulled it as far back as 3.0? having a hard time confirming) and I really REALLY want to play with one of these bad boys:
SF10/A (25 m) - LightWare Optoelectronics (Pty) Ltd
Now I could roll back to an older firmware but I'm not 100% sure what version I would need and I don't want to troubleshoot old stuff that no one is using anymore.
I like Mission Planner/APMPlanner and thus the desire to stick with AC compatible hardware. I'm not smart enough to deal with any of the other open source projects that require a command line.
Thoughts?
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