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adjust the sensitivity of throttle

Started Aug 14, 2011 0 Replies

Hello everyone, I e been testing with my 2038 quad FW, and set all PID and seems to fly well, but noticed that the throttle and is way too sensitive, down or up the quad very fast with a small stick…Continue

 

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Robert Pigeon commented on jim C.'s blog post APM works great with the X8
"Update please! "
May 27
jim C. commented on Jeff Vyduna's blog post Ballistic Parachute Test. 60% Fail > 100% Fail
"I have developed 2 parachute systems for flywing skywalker and X8. this is X8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxh2VlFbLgE"
May 21
Luca Mariotti commented on jim C.'s blog post uav-skywalker parachute
"Adding a parachute recovery system to an existing airframe is not a simple task, there are many variables to deal on but can be done, Take a look here http://www.camsys.it/parachute-recovery-system "
May 21
jim C. commented on Jeff Vyduna's blog post Ballistic Parachute Test. 60% Fail > 100% Fail
"wooo .. ! excellent video..."
May 21
jim C. commented on JP's blog post DroneMapper Aerial Mapping Service Update
"woo .. excellent project to giant steps forward, congratulations JPregardsJimmy"
May 15
Armin R commented on jim C.'s blog post APM works great with the X8
"hey, was just wondering what your setup was (motor/battery) and your approximate cg location? thanks"
May 2
jim C. replied to K.D Stanhope's discussion Photogrammetry Application
"as is the procedure to set the time of the camera with the time of the file. tlog?as the time of the file. tlog? jim"
Apr 27
jim C. replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.30 released!
" load the APM version 2.30 in my 2560, do one test flight and has the absolute heighterrors, sometimes it works well, sometimes not. seems that…"
Mar 19
eduardo commented on jim C.'s blog post APM works great with the X8
"Very nice flight ... where you get X8 ? i am waiting this frame for mounts ..."
Mar 8
Joseph Millette commented on jim C.'s blog post APM works great with the X8
"Great Job... I like the Parachute recovery sys.  "
Mar 8
Agustin Monteverdi commented on jim C.'s blog post APM works great with the X8
"wou amazing esta buenisimo!"
Mar 8
Todd Hill commented on jim C.'s blog post APM works great with the X8
"That was excellent! please continue to follow up on development.  Have you read through this post here?""
Mar 8
Rana commented on jim C.'s blog post APM works great with the X8
"Awesome ! pl. share the parameter file. One thing, I want to know is that the take off was very shaky and unstable, how was the overall performance. Is X8 available for ordering ?"
Mar 8
Michael Sinclair commented on jim C.'s blog post APM works great with the X8
"How did you build the parachute system? Also, do you have any pictures of the parachute system?"
Mar 8
jim C. posted a blog post

APM works great with the X8

I present my X8 test with APM on board ... and modification for parachute landing ... the APM worked wonders with this wing, only I will have to make small adjustments to the PID's ..I want to know if someone launched the camera tracking code? I'd like to try it in this wing X8 .... if anyone can help would greatly appreciateregardsJimSee More
Mar 8
Martin Szymanski commented on jim C.'s blog post uav-skywalker parachute
"Hobby rockets use ballistic chutes also ultra lites do. It would be easy to put something like this on any airframe. It may need to be a little bigger depending on weight of aircraft."
Feb 12

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APM works great with the X8

Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:00am 8 Comments

I present my X8 test with APM on board ... and modification for parachute landing ... the APM worked wonders with this wing, only I will have to make small adjustments to the PID's ..

I want to know if someone launched the camera tracking code? I'd like to try it in this wing X8 .... if anyone can help would greatly…

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uav-skywalker parachute

Posted on February 10, 2012 at 5:00pm 12 Comments

Demo of APM auto mode with Skywalker

Posted on October 19, 2011 at 2:00pm 16 Comments

 

 

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aiplane: skywalker 

TX: futaba 12fg

LRS: 400 mhz

weight: 2250 g

battery: lipo 4 cell…

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