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Jbeil


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Computer Engineer


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Start-up: dox


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Jbeil, Lebanon


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Nicolas-Michael El Jamal left a comment on Moderators
"Hello!
I am Nicolas, 22 year old, computer engineer graduated last year. I live in Lebanon and I've working with drones for the past 3 years. I used on-board computers in order to create autonomous flight with Pixhawk. The on-board computer…"
Apr 1, 2016
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal left a comment on Moderators
"Hi all, Can you please tell us (new moderators) how to approve blog posts and members? Where can we find the pending lists?
Thanks"
Mar 21, 2016
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal posted a discussion
Hi All,I was wondering why we are still working on regular drones (multi-rotor) since VTOL aircraft have been made? Is there any advantage for copters over those VTOL aircraft?
Mar 17, 2016
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal replied to Fred Hatem's discussion Lithium Polymer Battery
"Hey, I would like to know more about your project!

Nicolas"
Mar 10, 2016
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal replied to Nicolas-Michael El Jamal's discussion LiPo Battery Problems
"So those chargers will help me prevent throwing away batteries? Aren't they a bit too expensive?"
Mar 7, 2016
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal posted a discussion
Hi all!I am sick of using lithium polymer batteries lately. After using a battery for one month, it discharges faster then before. Also, while recharging it, I need to stay close to it for safety reasons (overheat, overcharge, explosions: as…
Mar 7, 2016
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal posted a discussion
Dear all,For those of you interested in the latest news of the drone industry please like our Facebook page, subscribe to our website, and have the chance to become our beta tester!Thank you.Nicolas 
Nov 23, 2015
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal posted a discussion
Dear All,I successfully managed to fly my quad-copter using pixhawk and an onboard computer (RPi). The goto, takeoff and land commands work both on SITL and on the copter. Now, I am trying to give the copter movement commands to track a moving…
Sep 26, 2015
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal posted a discussion
Dear All,I have been searching the internet for a way to calibrate my ESCs without an RC transmitter. I was able to find two solutions:1- Use the software available in the pixhawk: mission planner --> terminal --> connect to px4 --> type setup -->…
Sep 12, 2015
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal replied to Nicolas-Michael El Jamal's discussion Pixhawk & raspberry pi
"Hey All,

I also apologize for my absence, I took also a few months out of the project.
I decided finally to use python to send the movement commands to the pixhawk (via MAVproxy) and I will extend my python module with C++ (OpenCV) using boost. 
I…"
Aug 22, 2015
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal replied to Nicolas-Michael El Jamal's discussion Quadcopter Crash
"Thank you for your quick reply!

I thought this was the problem at first. I wanted to double check. Maybe that's because I placed the 3DR GPS/Compass next to the power module. Magnetic waves might interfered with the compass.

Cheers!"
Mar 24, 2015
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal posted a discussion
Hey Guys,Last week, I had the chance to successfully fly my quad-copter for the first time. Unfortunately, the quad-copter crashed from around 30 m height. You can find here attached the log file. I still don't know what caused this crash. I hope…
Mar 24, 2015
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal replied to Nicolas-Michael El Jamal's discussion Pixhawk & raspberry pi
"Hey Mike, 

Well as you replied to Sergey, you can use the mavlink onboard integration tutorial to achieve your goal. However, since I am on a tight schedule I am willing to send commands via Mavproxy. Using my opencv C/C++ code for image…"
Mar 4, 2015
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal replied to Nicolas-Michael El Jamal's discussion Pixhawk & raspberry pi
"Hey Sergey, 

It's good to know that I am not the only one stuck with this problem.
I managed to successfully send commands to the pixhawk via Mavproxy. 
This is my sequence of commands after running mavproxy.py according to this thread…"
Feb 20, 2015
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal replied to Nicolas-Michael El Jamal's discussion Motor Vibration + Unable to launch copter
"Hey man!

Thanks for the quick reply!

All the frame is made out of carbon fiber. Below is the link to it:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__34236__Hobbyking_X580_Gl...
The ESCs are Turnigy plush 25amp speed controller:…"
Feb 16, 2015
Nicolas-Michael El Jamal posted a discussion
Hey Guys!I am building my own quad-copter. I was able to calibrate everything and finished building it. Unfortunately, you can see in the video attached that one motor stopped and the others did a lot of vibrations. Also, we witnessed vibration of…
Feb 15, 2015
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