I thought the same, and only used signal on my last quad with NAZA, but did read Pixhawk needs the ground. Then I came across this:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=946741
My manual shows all three connected in a diagram but without further explanation. I don't suppose...
Great photos thanks! So good in fact I'm sure the city-level rulers must struggle somewhat with supporting the agenda against drones when the drones do so well to promote the city.
Have you ever had a failure of one motor/prop/ESC in a hex/octo where the additional drive redundancy prevented a...
I haven't seen much Austin video except for the debacle at the courthouse a year(?) ago where a well-intentioned modeler unintentionally allowed the media to represent the hobby in a bad light. But there is plenty out there to feed on, and we will all feel like criminals shortly if we don't...
:) If you're lucky you may be able to break that rule at 3AM. I'm 30 minutes away on the other side of Austin in Liberty Hill, and anything south of 45/620 is downtown as far as I'm concerned. I try not to venture in if I can avoid it.
Nice build. I'm working on something very similar but a more budget quadrotor. Same motors, 6S. Wish I had found those ESCs before I ordered the Platinum 30s but they should be fine too. Did you add extra caps to the ESCs on the arms?
Is there any concern with the packs atop the Pixhawk? I'll...