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Permalink Reply by Gianni Dalerta on April 10, 2012 at 10:55pm

I believe you just need to have VM ware or parallels running windows on your mac to run Mission planner. Your plane mods are very cool. :) Would love to see video of it landing!!

Permalink Reply by Jerry Luther on April 14, 2012 at 12:52pm

Gianni,

Here's a link to a recent flight where  I had the vid running and edited it down to a short zip around the bay and an onboard landing shot.

http://calljerry.biz/WaterMonsterVid-SH.mov

Aerial Photography site:

http://calljerry.biz/aerialphotography.html

I have avoided running Windows on my Mac but I suppose I'm going to have to make the leap. I take it most of this group are software engineers or at least youngish geeks who can handle code work. I don't or won't. Old dogs choose which new tricks to attempt. 

So, my feed back is to go into telemetry as a first step. So, at the risk of really showing my ignorance, what exactly does that entail. I can upgrade to a Spektrum DX8 and get the telemetry gear and my batt voltage, temp, RPM, and signal strength will appear on my Tx screen. That's cool but so what. Am I being encouraged to get a different TX with sensors for speed, altitude, range and location where the data will appear on a PC laptop I need to get specifically for this use?

I really appreciate your contact.

Jerry

 

Permalink Reply by Gianni Dalerta on April 14, 2012 at 5:35pm

Yeah. I hear ya. I have had both of them running before, makes make mac work to hard. Maybe getting a small netbook or cheap laptop just for the hobby.

Permalink Reply by Jerry Luther on April 14, 2012 at 12:57pm

John,

So, my feed back is to go into telemetry as a first step. So, at the risk of really showing my ignorance, what exactly does that entail. I can upgrade to a Spektrum DX8 and get the telemetry gear and my batt voltage, temp, RPM, and signal strength will appear on my Tx screen. That's cool but so what. Am I being encouraged to get a different TX with sensors for speed, altitude, range and location where the data will appear on a PC laptop I need to get specifically for this use? I'm looking for a starting place.

I really appreciate your contact.

Jerry

3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on April 14, 2012 at 4:08pm

The Spektrum telemetry kit won't do you much good, since it doesn't work with APM. You should get the new 3DR Telemetry kit, which will connect to a laptop and give you full autopilot control as well as full aircraft and autopilot status. 

Permalink Reply by Jerry Luther on April 14, 2012 at 4:56pm

Roger that, I'm thinking of getting a used PC laptop rather than getting bogged down in the dual Mac/Windows interface.

Thanks Chris

Permalink Reply by John Moore on April 14, 2012 at 7:04pm

Im a Mac guy, my primary computer is an iMac but for my UAV I use a $400 MSI Windows laptop. That being said, Boot Camp on Mac works very well, its easy to use, and if you already have a Mac laptop its definitely cheaper to buy a copy of Windows than to buy a new computer.

Permalink Reply by Jerry Luther on April 14, 2012 at 7:45pm

My old iBook just died and I was thinking of replacing it with an iPad since I use it for mobil commo mostly. So getting an MSI laptop for this function seems like a good move. I'm upgrading my G4 mini to a 2010 duo which I could make field ready with a small portable monitor if need be. Thanks John.

Permalink Reply by Gianni Dalerta on April 15, 2012 at 10:49am

question. I have mac book pro and have wanted to load up bootcamp but am scared about the partitioning part. Is it safe to do after the fact or is bootcamp best to get going on a clean install of osx.

Permalink Reply by Jerry Luther on April 15, 2012 at 1:17pm

Its been a while since i've partitioned a drive but it usually requires a clean drive to create the partitions, than load up the separate sections as if they were different drives. The desktop will appear to have separate drive icons and they can be dismounted as separate drives. Currently, your data is scattered across the entire disc and partitioning should not be possible.

Permalink Reply by John Moore on April 16, 2012 at 4:28pm

Boot Camp allows you to partition without losing any existing data. I did mine a year after I originaly bought my iMac.

Permalink Reply by Jerry Luther on April 16, 2012 at 4:38pm

Ah, yet another reminder of how out of date I am. Good catch, John.

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