Posted: 10/5/2015 8:50:01 AM EDT
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So I have been bitten by the quadcopter bug. It started small and is progressing.
Anyways....Does anybody know any sites in North Fulton / South Forsyth to fly? Need somewhere fairly wide open to do some tinkering with a GPS enabled CX-20. ETA: a voulunteer from lostmystuff.net met me out there with a metal detector and found my intact gopro. I'm going to edit some video and post a link. |
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I tried flying at Frankie Allen park, one of my first Phantom flights, during a rushed lunch. Had a few newbie issues and the huge fence around the ball field that probably interfered with the compass. I want to try at piedmont park, but I can only imagine the overzealous security guys thinking it is illegal.
Anyway, good luck. Let us know what you find! ByteTheBullet (-: |
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So I have been bitten by the quadcopter bug. It started small and is progressing. Anyways....Does anybody know any sites in North Fulton / South Forsyth to fly? Need somewhere fairly wide open to do some tinkering with a GPS enabled CX-20. There used to be a RC plane club that had a field on Hwy 20 on the left heading east just before you cross the Chattahoochee. I don't know if it's still there, been a while since I've been in that area. |
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If you don't have a lot of private land, RC clubs are your friend. Public parks that aren't too crowded work too. Just go at times there aren't a lot of people around. The public perception of "drones" has gotten a lot more tolerant lately and people are less scared of them, despite what you see on the news every night. We fly our Phantoms in front of people all the time. Most don't care, some want to watch.
Disclaimer: I recently partnered with a buddy to do UAV terrain mapping/surveying/topography. We fly them a lot. |
| I'd look for RC fields, I don't like the idea of flying around to many people at parks. Giving a smartphone wings can lead to unintentional consequences, especially when its relying on a DJI GPS unit. Some state parks have RC fields too so I'd check into that as well. |
| If you find a decent club or park, please post your findings.... I have a Parot drone... I can only fly around my Cul-de-Sac, or a local soccer field... I would like to find a larger place where I can start to test some of the GPS capabilities of the drone without fear of losing it in a tree or dropping onto a road... |
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Quoted: If you find a decent club or park, please post your findings.... I have a Parot drone... I can only fly around my Cul-de-Sac, or a local soccer field... I would like to find a larger place where I can start to test some of the GPS capabilities of the drone without fear of losing it in a tree or dropping onto a road... |
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I've got 15 acres in west Paulding your welcome to fly on. I'd love to see an overhead shot of the beaver pond. Quoted:
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If you find a decent club or park, please post your findings.... I have a Parot drone... I can only fly around my Cul-de-Sac, or a local soccer field... I would like to find a larger place where I can start to test some of the GPS capabilities of the drone without fear of losing it in a tree or dropping onto a road... Do you have ducks on that beaver pond? 
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If you don't have a lot of private land, RC clubs are your friend. Public parks that aren't too crowded work too. Just go at times there aren't a lot of people around. The public perception of "drones" has gotten a lot more tolerant lately and people are less scared of them, despite what you see on the news every night. We fly our Phantoms in front of people all the time. Most don't care, some want to watch. Disclaimer: I recently partnered with a buddy to do UAV terrain mapping/surveying/topography. We fly them a lot. Have you applied/received the FAA 333 exemption yet? I have a few sites that we could possibly use you on. I am going to PM you my contact info. |
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Quoted: Do you have ducks on that beaver pond? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: If you find a decent club or park, please post your findings.... I have a Parot drone... I can only fly around my Cul-de-Sac, or a local soccer field... I would like to find a larger place where I can start to test some of the GPS capabilities of the drone without fear of losing it in a tree or dropping onto a road... Do you have ducks on that beaver pond? |
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If you find a decent club or park, please post your findings.... I have a Parot drone... I can only fly around my Cul-de-Sac, or a local soccer field... I would like to find a larger place where I can start to test some of the GPS capabilities of the drone without fear of losing it in a tree or dropping onto a road... Do you have ducks on that beaver pond? Do you need help getting rid of said ducks?? 
Or beavers? 
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Quoted: Do you need help getting rid of said ducks?? Or beavers? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: If you find a decent club or park, please post your findings.... I have a Parot drone... I can only fly around my Cul-de-Sac, or a local soccer field... I would like to find a larger place where I can start to test some of the GPS capabilities of the drone without fear of losing it in a tree or dropping onto a road... Do you have ducks on that beaver pond? Do you need help getting rid of said ducks?? Or beavers? |
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So I checked out the field behind academy. Looks perfect. about 1000' triangle.
This afternoon I needed a break so I went out to fly it in our office park. We have a fairly open area surrounded by apartments and houses but my area is big enough to stretch out if I don't hot dog. Anyways I had it at about 200' flying in manual mode with GPS lock and it started jittering. Then the thing ascended a bit and hovered. I had no control (Which should make it return) so I switch to return to home mode. Nothing. It leisurely started heading south about 200 yards then descended into the trees. It hit something and crashed and broke up with my Gopro flying into who knows where. Headed back out with a metal detector tomorrow to see if I can find the camera (although its probably damaged) The go pro was not it wifi mode. The only thing suspected of causing stuff like this other than control module failure is some sort of interference. It definitely wasn't flying out of control. It was just like it had somewhere else to be. |
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Quoted: So I checked out the field behind academy. Looks perfect. about 1000' triangle. This afternoon I needed a break so I went out to fly it in our office park. We have a fairly open area surrounded by apartments and houses but my area is big enough to stretch out if I don't hot dog. Anyways I had it at about 200' flying in manual mode with GPS lock and it started jittering. Then the thing ascended a bit and hovered. I had no control (Which should make it return) so I switch to return to home mode. Nothing. It leisurely started heading south about 200 yards then descended into the trees. It hit something and crashed and broke up with my Gopro flying into who knows where. Headed back out with a metal detector tomorrow to see if I can find the camera (although its probably damaged) The go pro was not it wifi mode. The only thing suspected of causing stuff like this other than control module failure is some sort of interference. It definitely wasn't flying out of control. It was just like it had somewhere else to be. |
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Quoted: So I have been bitten by the quadcopter bug. It started small and is progressing. Anyways....Does anybody know any sites in North Fulton / South Forsyth to fly? Need somewhere fairly wide open to do some tinkering with a GPS enabled CX-20. Many folks fly next to Lanier Tech by the side of The Collection on Ronald Reagan Blvd off exit 13 in S Forsyth. |
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So I checked out the field behind academy. Looks perfect. about 1000' triangle. This afternoon I needed a break so I went out to fly it in our office park. We have a fairly open area surrounded by apartments and houses but my area is big enough to stretch out if I don't hot dog. Anyways I had it at about 200' flying in manual mode with GPS lock and it started jittering. Then the thing ascended a bit and hovered. I had no control (Which should make it return) so I switch to return to home mode. Nothing. It leisurely started heading south about 200 yards then descended into the trees. It hit something and crashed and broke up with my Gopro flying into who knows where. Headed back out with a metal detector tomorrow to see if I can find the camera (although its probably damaged) The go pro was not it wifi mode. The only thing suspected of causing stuff like this other than control module failure is some sort of interference. It definitely wasn't flying out of control. It was just like it had somewhere else to be. Were there power lines nearby? It Ascending makes it sound like it lost remote signal or GPS and went into rtl mode but it's compass readings were off. We're you in stabilize or loiter mode? |
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Were there power lines nearby? It Ascending makes it sound like it lost remote signal or GPS and went into rtl mode but it's compass readings were off. We're you in stabilize or loiter mode? Quoted:
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So I checked out the field behind academy. Looks perfect. about 1000' triangle. This afternoon I needed a break so I went out to fly it in our office park. We have a fairly open area surrounded by apartments and houses but my area is big enough to stretch out if I don't hot dog. Anyways I had it at about 200' flying in manual mode with GPS lock and it started jittering. Then the thing ascended a bit and hovered. I had no control (Which should make it return) so I switch to return to home mode. Nothing. It leisurely started heading south about 200 yards then descended into the trees. It hit something and crashed and broke up with my Gopro flying into who knows where. Headed back out with a metal detector tomorrow to see if I can find the camera (although its probably damaged) The go pro was not it wifi mode. The only thing suspected of causing stuff like this other than control module failure is some sort of interference. It definitely wasn't flying out of control. It was just like it had somewhere else to be. Were there power lines nearby? It Ascending makes it sound like it lost remote signal or GPS and went into rtl mode but it's compass readings were off. We're you in stabilize or loiter mode? Compass was calibrated 48 hours ago using the plugged in tutorial in mission planner. It was in full manual mode. I had made a couple successful rtl try's yesterday and nothing had changed. It was all going great until it wasn't. From what I have read this happens with the Cx-20 periodically I also wonder if the $150 deal from bang good was to get rid of the defective batch ;) |
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Sux it crashed. These things are pretty sweet and that mapping/survey/topo sounds intriguing...
OP, is your copter fixable or toast? If anyone is looking for a large 40+ acre field field to fly in let me know. We could probably work something out in exchange for some of the HD video. Commerce/Athens area. 1hr 15 min from ITP Atl. |
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What am I looking for? It's the open source model. Quoted:
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They have so many different versions, you really don't know what you'll get. Did yours actually have a apm or was it one of the other versions? What am I looking for? It's the open source model. This is helps identify some of the models. Mission planner should give the version if its an apm. A lot of the issues stem from the apm not being fastened down correctly. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2223149 |
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This is helps identify some of the models. Mission planner should give the version if its an apm. A lot of the issues stem from the apm not being fastened down correctly. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2223149 Quoted:
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They have so many different versions, you really don't know what you'll get. Did yours actually have a apm or was it one of the other versions? What am I looking for? It's the open source model. This is helps identify some of the models. Mission planner should give the version if its an apm. A lot of the issues stem from the apm not being fastened down correctly. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2223149 If I recall correctly it was 3.1.2? Does that sound right. |
| Yep it's apm, I'd update to this, and make sure that the apm is properly secured to the antivibration foam. Good luck finding the gopro, they aren't made of much metal. http://quadcopter-robotics.blogspot.ie/2015/05/upgrading-firmware-to-315-cheerson.html?m=1 |
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Turn the volume up after the crash. We were nearly stepping on it half the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPbCeOcSUfo |