About

Gender

Male


Location

Westville


About Me:

Owner of www.fishtec.co.za


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

My goal is to create an autonomous craft to survey our South African inland waters with a range of about 10 hours per mission.


Hometown:

Scottburgh


Activity Feed

John Easton replied to John Easton's discussion Pixhawk Boat Project for Large Area Mapping in ArduBoat User Group
"Hi Steven,
No I have not, but it would be nice as I believe the Network2000 is essentially CAN.

Follow a more recent development here ... https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/john-eastons-boat-navigation/27373/29"
May 5, 2018
John Easton replied to alfonso riccardo analfino's discussion ASV Hydrographic project in ArduBoat User Group
"Hi, this will be a better place for this - https://discuss.ardupilot.org/c/ardurover/arduboat"
Apr 17, 2018
John Easton replied to John Easton's discussion Pixhawk Boat Project for Large Area Mapping in ArduBoat User Group
"dang thuy said:
Sir! Have you finished this project? I think this is Great!


I am still busy with it as we have upgraded to PixHawk2.1 Cube + Here

https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/john-eastons-boat-navigation/27373/20"
Apr 6, 2018
John Easton replied to John Easton's discussion Mapping Boat 'Fly Away' during Mission - WHY? in ArduBoat User Group
"1 - I thought this is the Arduboat User Group
2 - Why would I need commercial support?
3 - Yes it is terrible, hence this thread."
May 20, 2017
John Easton posted a discussion in ArduBoat User Group
Boat: 3-meter trimaranMotor: 2.5hp Suzuki 4 strokeController: PixHawkMapping Speed 14-19kph (4-5m/s)Fly Away - a. During the North / South routes everything seems ok, except the wobbly courseb. When the East / West routes start, it immediately fails…
May 20, 2017
John Easton posted a discussion in ArduBoat User Group
Hi all, as some of you might remember I was having a problem with my survey boat zig zagging terribly while carrying out a mission.  At first I thought it was a Mission Planner parameter setting, but it turned out to be the little L298N H-Bridge…
Nov 3, 2016
John Easton replied to Ben's discussion boat turn with a "S" tack in ArduBoat User Group
"Hi Ben,
For throttle, any little servo works fine, just remove the idle spring.
For steering a car's wiper motor works fine, just find one with little to no play in the arm.
Regards
John
Ben said:
John,
  I want to build a similar boat like your,…"
Sep 3, 2016
John Easton replied to Ben's discussion boat turn with a "S" tack in ArduBoat User Group
"I think your boat is performing exceptionally well, mine is nowhere near as good.

http://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/correcting-a-wobbly-path-between-way..."
Sep 2, 2016
John Easton replied to John Easton's discussion Pixhawk Boat Project for Large Area Mapping in ArduBoat User Group
"Spot on as always David, it had changed from 5 to 3, thank you very much"
Jul 18, 2016
John Easton replied to John Easton's discussion Pixhawk Boat Project for Large Area Mapping in ArduBoat User Group
"I have also noticed that the value does change when doing calibration, but when I go to Flight Modes it doesn't move (green highlite) 
It is as if the flight mode channel 5 selector has been turned 'off'"
Jul 18, 2016
John Easton replied to John Easton's discussion Pixhawk Boat Project for Large Area Mapping in ArduBoat User Group
"Hi David,
I loaded your settings you posted a week ago regarding tracking of a boat, but seem to have rune into a problem and are not sure if it is related or not.

Problem:
- can't select Mode (Manual / Auto) from radio

Diagnosis so far:
- Radio…"
Jul 18, 2016
John Easton replied to Richard Sterling's discussion Boat zig zaging in AUTO in ArduBoat User Group
"Had the same thing but got it sorted out and she ran perfectly, then did a Mission Planner update and it is now worse than ever and I can't remember what I changed.

I will try some of these settings and let you know."
Jul 8, 2016
John Easton replied to jahzer john jahzer's discussion waving problem in ArduBoat User Group
"I have the same problem. Managed to get rid of it then did a update and now it is back, and I cannot remember what my setting was. :-("
Jul 7, 2016
John Easton left a comment for Tipu
"Hi Tipu"
Apr 13, 2016
John Easton replied to John Easton's discussion Pixhawk Boat Project for Large Area Mapping in ArduBoat User Group
"Great little unit, has the same vertical resolution as the HDS9 Touch Gen3.
The Elite is now replaced by the Hook, and has a slightly brighter screen and faster processor."
Apr 12, 2016
John Easton replied to John Easton's discussion Pixhawk Boat Project for Large Area Mapping in ArduBoat User Group
"David, 
Yes, that did the trick with the FailSafe, thank you.
I will have to play around with the STEER2SRV P and I values, but P was definitely too low at 1.8.
Yes, it turns beautifully to starboard, but port is very erratic.
Keep you posted.
Thank…"
Apr 12, 2016
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