Recent content by kallend

How does an injunction granted in a Texas District Court have any relevance outside of Texas?

Maybe because no-one is having any problems with it. Mine is working perfectly.

My gimbal is running 49B_r61 firmware with the default settings that came from Aeroxcraft. My roll is not centered, it is off by about 2 degrees which makes all horizons tilt in the video. I understand that later firmware versions have a roll offset adjustment that _r61 doesn't have. I also...

Any progress yet? Did you check that your Rx output to the board is functioning correctly (by, for example, plugging a servo into the channel and seeing if you can move it)?

Well, I'm very far from an expert on this, but if you change firmware version you most likely need to change the stability parameters too. One of the problems with using open source software. Suggest you start from scratch with the PID settings. The Aeroxcraft manual has, I believe, some...

My *guess* is that you have the same issue that I had. The "Absolute" box on the RC control in the GUI was not checked and the RCmin and RCmax values needed adjusting. Assuming you have r61 loaded (that is what came with mine) you can get the correct drivers from Aeroxcraft's web site, and all...

Rob tells me the Phantom version has "Absolute" as its default RC mode. He also now has the drivers on his own site so no need to go searching for them anymore. Shot some video with it last night. Super smooth, no more need for Mercalli.

Follow up. Turns out the rail mount gimbal was shipped in "Incremental" rather than "Absolute" mode for tilt control. A simple mouse click in a check box fixed it. Gimbal now works perfectly. The bad news: to get to the check box required hours of work locating and installing drivers for...

Private pilots have been trying work arounds of a similar nature for decades, so they could do what actually requires a commercial certificate. FAA is well aware, and the administrative law judges are well aware too. The FAA always wins in court in cases like this.

It's fixed up now, but it took me several hours of reading the instructions and this thread. Your comments were helpful, thanks. I would suggest to Rob that he sets the default RC setting to "Absolute" as I'm sure that's what the majority of users would want. I also suggest that he correct...

I have found a source of the required ftdi drivers, at http://www.x-drivers.com/catalog/drivers/usb_data_cables/companies/ftdi/models/virtual_com_port/26606.html

Sorry, but I find this quite unacceptable service. I bought this gimbal as a ready to USE device. Clearly there is a problem with a setting. I have now wasted several hours trying to follow the instructions which are for the most part written for techie geeks. I used a Windows XP computer to...

Thanks guys. What in particular would need changing? Other than the R/C controlled tilt the gimbal is excellent for stability and smooth video and I don't want to mess up any of the stability parameters. Is there a way I can inherit them from the existing set-up?

Yes, a servo moves correctly. I'm sure it's probably a setting in the firmware that needs fixing. However, I am not familiar with the board (since the gimbal came as "ready to fly" with no information.)

I'll see if I can make a video. Is there a preferred way to post video on this forum? HOWEVER, the gimbal behaves just as I described it. The position of the pot on the Tx controls only the speed at which the pitch angle changes. It does not in any way set an end point to the movement. The...