First session with AP Hexacopter
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youtube.comPosted Jun 23, 2016, 5:11 PM UTC
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youtube.comNice build man.Looks like your gps is tilted?
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Not a huge deal. Mine is tilted too on my Y6 and it doesn't have any noticeable impact on GPS accuracy.
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Good to know.I just assumed it should be level but apparently not.
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There is no accelerometer in it, and the compass doesn't much care what angle it's at, that's why the calibration process is so involved.
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Yeah the mast was damaged in transport unfortunately. Ordered a replacement and I'm probably going to anchor it when it's retracted this time around. I flew all manual though, didn't want to risk weird autopilot data with it tilted like that.
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Awesome AP Hex, I just recently got a QuadFrame Six which is quite similar. I would like to know what you got as those white strobes?
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Sure! They are Flytron strobes http://www.flytron.com/12-led-systems and I got mine from RMRC. Single units in the back and dual units on the sides.
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Hey all, I lurk here a lot and figured I'd show off my own rig. I started getting into the hobby last fall and in about 6 months I went from knowing next to nothing to learning how to pilot on a mini-quad and went straight up to expert level building. Took about 2 months to build (had to RMA some parts, waited for others to be shipped) and yesterday it finally took its first flight.
Thanks to everyone in the community for being active, without countless hours of forum research I probably would not have had the skills I needed to do this.