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Rick commented on Vince Hogg's blog post 5KG quad for Sony 5000 - 7000 style cameras. Just waiting for Herelink unit.
"Very nice and clean build.
What is the length between the motors?
What motors are you using?
Any idea of the all up weight at this point?"
May 1, 2019
Rick commented on Hugues's blog post Tutorial how-to: ESP8266 web server (WiFi AP) to remote control a servo
"Nice, concise tutorial.  Please keep them coming !!!"
Apr 2, 2018
Rick commented on Tomi Piriyev's blog post Pixhawk 2.1 with RPI computer Module 3- DRONEE PILOT
"@Aytek Canak   link?"
Jul 11, 2017
Rick commented on Patrick Duffy's blog post Thermal Imaging for your Drone on a Budget
"I gather the Netis WF2561 is on the GCS.
What WiFi dongle are you using on the quad?

TIA,
Rick"
May 6, 2017
Rick commented on Oliver's blog post ACM/APM Futaba T8FG (Super) Mode configuration for all 6 modes
"Here are my single mix settings for a Futaba T8FG Super with the current version 5.0 firmware.
I am using it with a Fr-Sky TFR4SB receiver sending the sbus output signal to my Pixhawk.
The target values are those on the Arducopter wiki…"
Jul 4, 2016
Rick commented on Bill Bonney's blog post MAV Pilot V1.0 for iPhone is available in the App Store
"Looks nice and clean, can't wait to try it out.
When can we expect to see imperial measurements?"
Oct 25, 2014
Rick commented on Ralph Wu's blog post APM Planner 2.0 for Linux
"Well, it works for me on my pi.  Took a while to build, but it starts up quickly and runs well.
As for your library issues on your laptop, make sure you have 'universe' configured for in Software Sources.  Then, you can just install the binary, and…"
Aug 7, 2014
Rick replied to Marty Knoll's discussion Raspberry Pi and Mission Planner?
"Yep, I just compiled it on my Pi using the Linux instructions.  After 5 hours, I left it and went to bed, it was done compiling in the morning. 8-)  Starts up fine, no errors.

As for the display, I use an hdmi-vga dongle.

Rick"
Jul 10, 2014
Rick commented on Bill Bonney's blog post APM Planner 2.0.13 released (was 2.0.12/11 released)
"Ok, nice and clean looking, love the realtime graphing !!!"
Jul 4, 2014
Rick commented on Bill Bonney's blog post APM Planner 2.0.13 released (was 2.0.12/11 released)
"It isn't obvious (to me), but how can we change the default units from meters to feed and the units for speed from meters/second to fps, kph, mph, etc. ?
TIA,
Rick"
Jul 4, 2014
Rick replied to Graham Harding's discussion Futaba T8FG Super Fail Safe Setup
"Thanks for documenting your procedure."
Dec 3, 2013
Rick commented on Ralph Wu's blog post APM Planner 2.0 for Linux
"Have the "cheap four cores-2Gb ram android tablets" gotten down to US$35 yet? 8-)"
Dec 2, 2013
Rick commented on Ralph Wu's blog post APM Planner 2.0 for Linux
"Running native Linux opens up the possibility of running it on the Pi.  I've tried to run MP on the Pi, under mono, and it looks like it would take a rebuild of the source with the mono compiler.

Another similar program, QGroundControl, has been…"
Dec 2, 2013
Rick commented on Ralph Wu's blog post APM Planner 2.0 for Linux
"Fantastic !!!

Please keep us updated."
Dec 2, 2013
Rick commented on noeL's blog post APM 2.6 external compass making a difference
"It would be best to have the GPS higher than the APM.  Don't want to degrade the already weak GPS signals by having the GPS in the shadow of the rest of the 'copter."
Nov 29, 2013
Rick replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"On the wiki page for data flash logs, http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/downloading-and-analyzing-data-log..., it describes how to enable logging of ERR messages.

On my 3.1-rc5, the cli command 'enable all' in the logs section does not show ERR as…"
Nov 7, 2013
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