david.scarbrow
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After what seemed to be months of collecting together all the necessary parts, tools, etc. (including advice, views and ideas from this forum) I finally joined them all up with each other. I loaded and installed the most recent versions of S/W and firmware, downloaded the most recent operators handbook, powered up the machine and set it all up, including the GPS...guess what...everything (well sort of everything) worked as designed first time. It flies like a dream with what I consider to be relative stabilty if I consider the gusty winds conditions it was flying in. I now need to explore the next part of this build which is to do with AP and FPV...I hope my experiences will be the same.
The problems that manifested themselves that made it an almost 'worked as designed' experince are typically more to do with interpretation of instructions and language the end result being that I am not absolutely sure of what to do...eg...is there a foolproof way of seting up RTH...I thought I had followed the instructions OK but when I powered off the radio the machine effectively fell out of the sky. I think it is now probably to do with the settings used in my Hitec aurora 9 radio...anyone got an 'idiots guide' approach to set up RTH successfully ?
Unfortunately for me all my home PCs and laptops are Windows 7 64 bit O/S machines. DHI make reference to simply installing the 64 bit driver in exactly the same way as a 32bit driver...easy...but where is it to download...maybe it is just a matter of that I cannot see the woods because of the trees. I emailed DHI but with no response at all...not even an acknowledgement. I had to resort to using a normal workplace laptop with a 32 bit O/S to overcome that issue...does anyone know where the 64 bit driver is kept ?
The GPS 'dish' and mast are more than a little precarious fixed and balanced on top of my machine but it is going to be so easy to break, probably in the not so distant future...does anyone out there have any experience of using other forms of screening, perhaps like the MK design, that will enable the instasllation of the 'dish' closer to the machine hub without being subjected to electrical interference ?
Oh yes, the machine is a total aluminium framed Bagheera 600 quad, wkm FC, AXI 2814/22 motors, Turnigy Plush 30A ESCs, Flydubution power distribution board, 3S Lipo. Total weight so far is 1.86 Kg and a bit heavier than I would like it to be so I am going to have to do a bit more thinking...views and ideas are more than welcome on this.
I just cannot get my wife to show any real interest in this project so I am on my own here. I am not any where good enough as a 'pilot' to have one hand on the radio and the other hand on a camera but I will provide pics and vids ASAP.
The problems that manifested themselves that made it an almost 'worked as designed' experince are typically more to do with interpretation of instructions and language the end result being that I am not absolutely sure of what to do...eg...is there a foolproof way of seting up RTH...I thought I had followed the instructions OK but when I powered off the radio the machine effectively fell out of the sky. I think it is now probably to do with the settings used in my Hitec aurora 9 radio...anyone got an 'idiots guide' approach to set up RTH successfully ?
Unfortunately for me all my home PCs and laptops are Windows 7 64 bit O/S machines. DHI make reference to simply installing the 64 bit driver in exactly the same way as a 32bit driver...easy...but where is it to download...maybe it is just a matter of that I cannot see the woods because of the trees. I emailed DHI but with no response at all...not even an acknowledgement. I had to resort to using a normal workplace laptop with a 32 bit O/S to overcome that issue...does anyone know where the 64 bit driver is kept ?
The GPS 'dish' and mast are more than a little precarious fixed and balanced on top of my machine but it is going to be so easy to break, probably in the not so distant future...does anyone out there have any experience of using other forms of screening, perhaps like the MK design, that will enable the instasllation of the 'dish' closer to the machine hub without being subjected to electrical interference ?
Oh yes, the machine is a total aluminium framed Bagheera 600 quad, wkm FC, AXI 2814/22 motors, Turnigy Plush 30A ESCs, Flydubution power distribution board, 3S Lipo. Total weight so far is 1.86 Kg and a bit heavier than I would like it to be so I am going to have to do a bit more thinking...views and ideas are more than welcome on this.
I just cannot get my wife to show any real interest in this project so I am on my own here. I am not any where good enough as a 'pilot' to have one hand on the radio and the other hand on a camera but I will provide pics and vids ASAP.