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Darren Royle commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Flight of a "Cyclocopter"

"always good to see a different way of doing things . keep up the good work. I am sure that this type of project helps inspire new ways to solve problems"

May 23

Darren Royle commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty days behind the scenes at 3DR. May 1

"not sure ? but I bet I want to buy it!!ahaha"

May 1

Darren Royle replied to Michele's discussion Alt-hold problem

"hi Michele sorry to butt in , the antivib spacers you are using are not that great for the APM , I have found . So maybe try what Richard surrguested . I use moongel at that minute and it works well , but I am not sure how well it sticks…"

Apr 17

Richard Boyhan replied to Darren Royle's discussion apm2.5 auto take offvideo

"Yes. Going from 0 to 20 meters is a lot. You should reduce and then add another waypoint to get to 20 meters."

Apr 14

Darren Royle replied to Darren Royle's discussion apm2.5 auto take offvideo

"hi Richard I had the altitude set to 20m . Maybe would have been better a bit lower do you think ?"

Apr 14

Richard Boyhan replied to Darren Royle's discussion apm2.5 auto take offvideo

"I find if you spin the motors first before hitting auto, it takes off smoother. What altitude did you set for take off?"

Apr 13

Darren Royle posted a discussion

apm2.5 auto take offvideo

I am looking for a bit of advise on how to smooth the flight out and slow take off speed down a little.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO17asbxAdI&feature=youtu.be But I am very please with the test.here my setup:xaircraft 450keda 1050kvhobbywing skywalker 20amp9x4.7 genfan propscheers See More

Apr 13

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Darren Royle commented on M.S. IBN SEDDIK's blog post Today I tried my quadcopter, but I didn't like it...

"hi how did you have your flight modes set ? Go through your set up again ,as if first time setup and take nothing for granted , check and double check. and try not to be too disappointed if its your first quad you probably have a few…"

Mar 30

Darren Royle commented on Romushock's blog post TurniDrone 9x

"1 of the best mods i have seen . well done . whats next to modified ?"

Mar 18

Darren Royle posted a discussion

First full Auto WP flight ...with "moon gel"and good advise...

Today i had my first fully auto flight . With 5way point . The "moon gel"works well for dampening .But i am keeping a close eye on the glue to gel joints ,as i am not convinced they will last .Plus the help from forum member like Richard Boyhan and others. Made my flight successful.Cheers But it did need time spent setting up . Which does help learn how the system workswhich is a good thing (even if some…See More

Mar 17

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Darren Royle replied to Alex O.'s discussion APM 2.5 Alt Hold (SCARY!..)

"hi alex follow richards advise and you will get good results . his advise as got me flying in alt/hold really well. I am using" moon gel " which is working well BUT after only about 15minutes flying i have noticed the…"

Mar 16

Darren Royle replied to Darren Royle's discussion Please check out my graphs ....Moon gel

"hi richard i change the INS_MPU6K_FILTER to 20hz and also change thottle- mid to 525 I had a test flight in a breeze and light rain . The alt/hold work the best yet ,rock soild even at low altitude (about 4 feet) So fingers cross i can…"

Mar 16

Darren Royle replied to Raj Joshi's discussion Setting Minimum Throttle to avoid pitfall while switching from Altitude holding modes(loiter,alt_hold) to manual modes (stabilize,acro)

"hi like richard pointed out ,leave min and max alone. it sounds like you just need to build up flying time in manaul mode .so then you will gain the confidence you need . and remember its better to switch from auto to manaul when you have plently of…"

Mar 15

Tim Green replied to Darren Royle's discussion Please check out my graphs ....Moon gel

"Mine's roughly the same, somewhat noisier, when using the same scale ... "

Mar 15

Darren Royle replied to Darren Royle's discussion Please check out my graphs ....Moon gel

" well , i just need a break in the weather here in northern england . and i can try flying way points again ."

Mar 15

Richard Boyhan replied to Darren Royle's discussion Please check out my graphs ....Moon gel

"I'm not sure. I believe it has something to do with the rate of sampling. Set the filter to 20 hertz is slowing down the rate of sampling. I believe the default is around 40 hertz."

Mar 15

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8	MAAT final version is being tested
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