"Thanks Bill! I really admire your work- All the way way back I've followed and I must say the work you have done is most excellent! I look forward to the improvement's I know you'll make. It really has been a long road from the…"
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Rob G replied to Daniel Estes's discussion Adjust YAW Sensitivity"Try adding about %30 expo on your RUDD channel (on the radio) - this will soften the stick response close to center stick."
ModeratorMark Harrison commented on Glenn Anderson's blog post How to succeed without really trying
"I was meaning to pick up a pool noodle to use as landing gear material. I guess now it's going to be for more than that. Great job!"
Richard Boyhan replied to Mitchell Yazdani's discussion What do I need to start"You need either 3S or 4S batteries. The S stands for cells. You need 3 or 4. I recommend 3. Less voltage less speed and default PIDs are tuned for 3. Not sure what telemetry ferguency is allowed in Australia. Try googling it. You really should read…"
William Premerlani commented on Nick Arsov's blog post Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper"Hi Monroe,
Regarding DCM versus Kalman, I would rather not hijack Nick's thread. He is simply trying to make the diydrones community aware of his board.
So I left some comments on your page, if anyone reading this thread is interested.
Also,…"
Bob Doiron posted a discussionFlipping Arducopter
When I was learning to fly my quad I couldn't wait to develop the skills to start doing acrobatics. I had no idea that arducopter was so limited in this area. Here's the stock options:Stabilized Acro (AXIS_ENABLED=1, ACRO_BAL_ROLL = x, ACRO_BAL_PITCH = y)In this mode, you get your familiar stabilize 'earth framed' controls, and the ACRO_BAL parameters set a decay rate on how quickly the copter returns to level when you let off the controls. It's not so bad, but:You are limited to +/-90 degree…See More
William Premerlani commented on Nick Arsov's blog post Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper"Hi Tridge,
Nice to hear from you, as always. I very much enjoy exchanging ideas with you, Jonathan, and all the rest of the Ardu team. It has been a two-way street, you have given our team a few ideas as well. (GPS-denied dead-reckoning is working…"
William Premerlani left a comment for Monroe Lee King Jr."Hi Monroe,
I saw your comment's on Nick's AUAV3 regarding DCM versus extended Kalman. I basically agree with your observations, but I would point out to you that over the last several years the MatrixPilot team has extended the basic DCM…"
walthero replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Very interesting I will experiment with this ;)"
DeveloperR_Lefebvre replied to Josh Potter's discussion Adding a flat hovering pitch curve?
"Yeah, you can do that, but it'll be soft when you're actually in Alt Hold mode.
This also means you are using a Heli profile in the radio. We typically discourage that because it has so many mixes running (revo, etc.), and…"
healthyfatboy replied to Crispin's discussion Follow-me: Location offsets in the group Andropilot Users Group"Yeah, it was a previous request and you said it would be a relatively easy addition so I said I would take it on. I just haven't gotten around to it yet!"
DeveloperRandy replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Palo,
Some comments from looking at your log.
you'll need to add some vibration dampening foam/gel for alt hold and loiter to work 'cuz your vibration levels are out of tolerance (see image below)
Your copter is…"
James Overington replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"I too was wondering about this. I have done quite a bit of magnetic field modelling using FEMM/MagNet and I am aware of how minor movements in current paths can cause large differences in field intensities at given locations. I think that in order…"
Daniel Estes posted a discussionAdjust YAW Sensitivity
I am trying to shoot video, but the yaw is very sensitive on my Spektrum dx7s. Do I need to adjust the radio, or MP? I am sure there is something regarding how to adjust the YAW sensitivity, but I am not having in luck finding a solution. Any help will be greatly appreciated.Thanks. See More
Pavel replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD"Nice FPV flying with Friends on June 2:
MinimOSD r509."
Jon replied to Monroe Lee King Jr.'s discussion APM USB connection issues and Mission Planner"I installed over top of the several month old MP. I then immediately ran the 'update' via the MP UI. It appeared to update several files.
I will run home now to grab my Win8 machine and try a clean install of 1.2.53
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Help needed: APM 2.5 - no communication, neither USB nor telemetry. Otherwise works ok.
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hello everyone, after two weeks of settings and adjustments, the achievement RVJET fly with APM 2.5 in auto mode
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How to succeed without really trying
Posted by Glenn Anderson on June 19, 2013 at 6:00am 24 Comments 7 Likes
My quad is flying better than it should. I almost feel guilty.
I slapped together a frame in a few hours. I use cheap props mounted on long shafts with cheap collets. The motors are not precisely aligned to the frame. The props are not balanced perfectly. Motor centers form a rectangle not a square. APM is strapped to the frame. I never bothered to calibrate compassmot. CG is not in the center of the…
Continue Printing (tiny) batteries
Posted by CrashingDutchman on June 19, 2013 at 4:33am 0 Comments 5 Likes
Novel application of 3D printing could enable the development of miniaturized medical implants, compact electronics, tiny robots, and more. It will probably take a while before this will be used for the hobby markt, but I though the story is nice enough to blog about it.
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Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper
Posted by Nick Arsov on June 18, 2013 at 11:30pm 22 Comments 3 Likes
Hi Everyone,
AUAV3 is now at a reduced price of $94.95 for a limited time.
There are several dedicated developers and most of the cool new features are at least in a beta form. We would like to see more users trying these boards and features. Also recently, 2 AUAV3's flew…
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Boeing's hydrogen-powered UAV takes first flight (last year)
Posted by Chris Anderson on June 18, 2013 at 8:00pm 6 Comments 2 Likes
Designed for a duration of four days at 65,000 feet. The first flight was just 28 minutes and it sustained damage on landing, but otherwise the mission was a success. ]UPDATE: This was a year ago, sorry for missing that. It's taken several flight since then]
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DIY Samsung Trigger for APM
Posted by Jeff Taylor on June 18, 2013 at 5:06pm 3 Comments 8 Likes
In this post I’ll describe how to make your own cable to trigger the Samsung mirrorless cameras NX20, NX210 and NX1000. We’ll be using an ArduPilot Mega 2.5 to do the triggering but you can use any Arduino or even a soldered push button.
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DJI has officially released the H3-2D Gimbal for $699!
Posted by Adam AKAV8R on June 18, 2013 at 3:00pm 16 Comments 1 Like
Well the price has finally been released for the new DJI Phantom gimbal @ $699.00 and comes complete as shown below. The nice features are the ability to charge the GoPro while flying and the ability to output video to your video Tx all contained inside the arms of the gimbal. Full details …
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