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David Schack posted a discussion
I have an Arducopter v2.6 on my quadcopter and am just starting to get it flying. Yesterday I took it to the park for the second time for some test flights. The flight went as follows:Take offClimb to about 3 feetHover for a few secondsClimb to…
Apr 19, 2017
David Schack posted a discussion
Hello,I am attempting to use an arducopter v2.6 with firmware v3.2.1 and APM Mission planner v2.0.23 running in Ubuntu 16.04. When I arm the device through APM mission planner it waits about 10 seconds before disarming. I believe that I have…
Feb 2, 2017
David Schack commented on Chris Anderson's blog post BlimpDuino home page
"If I did the math right, it seems my blimp is getting 156 grams of lift (156 payload, not including the envelope). I did this by weighing the weights I was given with the helium fill, while attached to the balloon (They are on a nice pretty pink…"
Aug 1, 2010
David Schack commented on Chris Anderson's blog post BlimpDuino home page
"I would like to mention for anyone interested, that I was able to get my blimp filled at Kroger (grocery store), for $2.99. This appears to be a much better deal than the party city helium tanks, though I can't comment on the helium purity yet."
Aug 1, 2010
David Schack commented on Chris Anderson's blog post BlimpDuino home page
"Wow, thanks for the very quick reply, I sent you my address. Thanks a lot!"
Jul 21, 2010
David Schack commented on Chris Anderson's blog post BlimpDuino home page
"Well, my kit (ordered from Maker Shed) didn't contain the motor driver IC, so I will have to wait for them to ship me the chip before I can finish my blimp, but I did write a python program to control the blimpduino through a serial connection. Here…"
Jul 21, 2010
David Schack commented on Chris Anderson's blog post BlimpDuino home page
"Thanks, I will probably pick one of these http://www.robotshop.com/sfe-serial-enabled-16x2-lcd-white-on-black...) up with my next order.Good work on the blimpduino, that looks like an great price for everything that comes in the kit.
P.S. FedEx just…"
Jul 21, 2010
David Schack commented on Chris Anderson's blog post BlimpDuino home page
"I am thinking about ordering an lcd for my Blimpduino (which should arrive today), but I need to know whether it has enough pins to drive one. As I'm sure you know it takes 6 pins to drive a standard character lcd. Does the Blimpduino board have 6…"
Jul 21, 2010