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Pickering, Ontario, Canada


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IT guy


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Hexacopter build started.


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Pickering


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Richard Gardner replied to Eugene Greenwood's discussion Pixhawk vs. APM 2.6
"No problem glad to have helped out. I love it to the point I am adding another mini to a TBS discovery clone I am building. My only complaint would be the wiring of it. Its not as easy to wire as a regular APM, but it works well"
Jun 10, 2015
Richard Gardner replied to lppier's discussion Mini Quad with APM?
"I have it fitted to my mini 250 and it rocks.
I love it.
I have features the reast of the guys don't have.
Its stable and fun. My flying has improved emensely since making the move to apm"
Jun 10, 2015
Richard Gardner replied to Eugene Greenwood's discussion Pixhawk vs. APM 2.6
"Pixhawk for sure. The newest code deals with retracts and other features just not avaiaible in the APM. APM is out of head room and cpu. I have yet to meet anyone disappointed with the Pixhawk. That said.
It like the APM, needs time and attention to…"
Jun 9, 2015
Richard Gardner replied to Eugene Greenwood's discussion Pixhawk vs. APM 2.6
"I have the HKPilot mini on my zmr250 frame and it rocks.
I confess I have all the bells and whistles.
GPS OSD telemetry and so on. A little over kill for the 250 class machine. But it flies really well.
Real stable and I blew the guys at my club…"
Jun 9, 2015
Richard Gardner replied to Cody O.'s discussion Switching from Serial to Ethernet
"Yes I agree.
I am going to play with it further in teh coming months as I beleive its a cool way to have the copter deliver telemetry data and as well streaming video so friends can watch it in other cities.
Perhaps one day even establish a webpage…"
Mar 26, 2014
Richard Gardner replied to Cody O.'s discussion Switching from Serial to Ethernet
"I am not into programming so if that's where your going. I have nothing to add. But since the subject was Ethernet and Mavlink I couldn't help but jump in and say that I got my Mavlink data running over Ethernet here in my home. I am planning to…"
Mar 20, 2014
Richard Gardner replied to Delfin Magote III's discussion RFD900/3DR Radio connected to Arduino or any Microcontroller
"Oh man am I glad I stumbled across this. IT's exactly what I was thinking I want in the field. I have a mil spec tablet computer that I want to send mission data to as well as video. Control my drone from my tablet. Its rezilient, weather resitant…"
Oct 1, 2013
Richard Gardner replied to Richard Gardner's discussion Another Newbie Question
"I thought maybe it might make more sense to explain what I am thinking.
I am considering building an antena tracker., The technology is easy enough to build, Mission planner as the brains, couple of servos, controller and a patch antenna and off to…"
Sep 23, 2013
Richard Gardner replied to Richard Gardner's discussion Another Newbie Question
"Thanks Guys.
More things to play with. Wa hooo.
What a great hobby"
Sep 16, 2013
Richard Gardner posted a discussion
Does Mission Planner have a vide window.I ask becuase I have Windows based Tablet, Rugged field usable type that I am going to use as my ground station. It has USB connectivity and I am going to pump Video to it from my hexa. I can use the PC as a…
Sep 16, 2013
Richard Gardner posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
hi all.Newbie here. In teh middle of building a scratch built Hexacopter and am aat the point where I need to start thinking of a ground station. I have a Windows XP based tablet that I think Mission planner should run on with out a problem. IT has…
Sep 12, 2013