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Antwerp


About Me:

64 year retired engineer with a keen interest in electronics, programming and model aircrafts


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Did some exeperiments over the last 4 years with home built autopilot gear (FIR horizon sensor, GPS and barometric pressure sensor). Decide to step up an buy a APM 2.5 hardware.


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Jean Taeymans replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion APM:Plane 2.74 released
"Hi All,
Yesterday I crashed my model, I really don’t know how it came, I hope someone can shed some light.  See the log file in attachment retrieved from the APM after the model was found. 
The model has the APM2.5 hardware built in and has been…"
Aug 10, 2013
Jean Taeymans posted a discussion
Hi to all,In the parameter list published in the Wiki “Appendix”/”Parameters and their meaning” (which is a great help), I read about e.g. the “TKOFF_THR_MINSPD” parameter.  However this parameter does not appear  in the advanced parameter list of…
Mar 18, 2013
Jean Taeymans posted a discussion
Hi,I got my APM2.5 module a few weeks ago and until now I could perform only static (i.e. non flying) tests (I believe it is a good way to get to know the product first).  Everything seems to work all right, except for the auto calibration of the…
Mar 13, 2013
Jean Taeymans posted a discussion
Hi to all,I intend to operate my autopilot model in a more or less full automated way, a typical mission consisting of a auto take off, a fair number of waypoints and a auto land. For a number of reasons I want to be able to interrupt such a mission…
Jan 23, 2013