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Panacea, FL


About Me:

I own a machine shop in Nth Florida specializing in the manufacture of silencers for firearms


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I am interested in gps controlled flight for aerial mapping


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Panacea


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Richard Thompson replied to Richard Thompson's discussion No flight modes after update
"Downloaded 1.2.83 from archive and loaded, reloaded backup config files for my quad. Big lesson learned today. Change is not always good. lol

thx for all the input "
Apr 13, 2017
Richard Thompson replied to Richard Thompson's discussion No flight modes after update
"I have no menu items down the left side when clicking the configuration Icon at the top other than Planner. Its continualy trying to download and update firmware. I seem to have no access to the settings in the quad.
WTH is going on here, does it…"
Apr 13, 2017
Richard Thompson replied to Richard Thompson's discussion No flight modes after update
"I was using mission planner 1.2.83 build 1.1.5063.12264 before accidental upgrade"
Apr 13, 2017
Richard Thompson replied to Richard Thompson's discussion No flight modes after update
"well more than a little disappointed, was just in a clean hover at about 15 foot altitude, pulled switch for loiter quad flipped up side down and slammed into ground,  broke a carbon fibre arm and exploded about $100 in props. I am not at all…"
Apr 13, 2017
Richard Thompson posted a discussion
I have avoided updating mission planner for over two years since everything has worked flawless for what I use my qaud for. Somehow this morning while launching mission planner from desktop it has updated to version 1.3.46. I am having a never…
Apr 13, 2017
Richard Thompson commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Using drones to spot "apple scab" infections
"I think this is wonderful, I use one to check gates almost a mile away here on our farm. I do have to wonder where all the control freaks are screaming about commercial use, faa certification, los and ama ."
Nov 3, 2013
Richard Thompson replied to Richard Thompson's discussion Fried MUX Still safe to fly?
"WHile trying to attempt firmware update, Laptop recognises Arduio Mega 2560 on com 11. choose com 11 from pull down, baud rate is set to 115200, I have not clicked connect. Download firmware, click pic of the quad. Status bar scrolls across a total…"
Nov 2, 2013
Richard Thompson posted a discussion
Is there anyway to salvage an apm 2.5 board that will not connect?I have one of the HK 2.5 boards in a quad that has somewhere around 40 flights behind it and has been rock solid. Today I flew an auto flight, returned no isuue. I swapped batteries,…
Nov 2, 2013
Richard Thompson replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion APM:Plane 2.74 released
"I have begun setting up apm2.5, I have loaded ardupilot 2.74b.
Transmitter is 9xr with dragon link. I have calibrated receiver, been thru bind process . Set elimits to on, set channel 3 (throttle) to -125% , calbrated radio and it show pwm of 910 on…"
Oct 27, 2013
Richard Thompson replied to Richard Thompson's discussion Problem configuring throttle failsafe in ArduPlane User Group
"I have verified again that when the transmitter is shut off my throttle output channel 3 is dropping to 910 but the apm is holding throttle at the level its at on signal loss and centering the other channels"
Oct 27, 2013
Richard Thompson replied to Richard Thompson's discussion Problem configuring throttle failsafe in ArduPlane User Group
"ArduPlane:FS_SHORT_ACTN  and  ArduPlane:FS_LONG_ACTN are both set to 1"
Oct 26, 2013
Richard Thompson posted a discussion in ArduPlane User Group
I have begun setting up apm2.5, I have loaded ardupilot 2.74b.Transmitter is 9xr with dragon link. I have calibrated receiver, been thru bind process . Set elimits to on, set channel 3 (throttle) to -125% , calbrated radio and it show pwm of 910 on…
Oct 26, 2013
Richard Thompson replied to mark's discussion How is this guy getting this FPV range/ battery time? in ArduCopter User Group
"we are currently flying with dragon link 433mhz radio system and I have a number of long range flights at 350-400 foot altitude , the longest  have been 3.7 miles and 4 miles to turn around on 8000mah pack
 
Even assuming the video is edited the…"
Oct 24, 2013
Richard Thompson commented on Joshua Johnson's blog post How can DiyDrones surpass RcGroups!?
"I think the biggest improvement that could be made would be a switch to a more conventional user friendly directory/forum structure so we could find our away around the various forums. Go to the forum page of the group mentioned in your title,…"
Oct 24, 2013
Richard Thompson replied to Richard Thompson's discussion Need help figuring out why qaud falls during auto-tune
"I am a little confused, dev team ask for feedback on autotune, here is a log from a crash during autotune , anybody?"
Oct 23, 2013
Richard Thompson replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"could you guys look at my log in this thread and let me know if anything major stands out .
I have had the same quad drop at the same point during the auto-tune routine 2 days in a row and the pile of destroyed motors and carbon fibre is growing.…"
Oct 22, 2013
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