"I agree with Jay. Hobbyking are great for their cheap prices, and if you're flying around a park you can risk the occasional malfunctioning servo. I'm not sure I would fly a UAV out of sight trusting Hobbyking's quality control to…"
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Creating a switch to set "home".
Started this discussion. Last reply by Graham Dyer Nov 22, 2012. 55 Replies 1 Like
I've been looking for a way to set my home location after the APM2 is powered up. So I can get everything working on the edge of a field, then walk in to the middle and set home before I launch.If I…Continue
Setting home location accurately (within a few meters)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Eddie Furey Aug 5, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
I have a problem, that the GPS is not particularly accurate by the time the home location is set automatically. My home location is often 50m away in some random direction, which (since I live in a…Continue
Maximum angles, centi-Degrees wrong?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Eddie Furey Jul 30, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
In all of the documentation it says the maximum, and minimum, roll and pitch angles are in centi-Degrees.eg,Maximum Bank Angle (ArduPlane:LIM_ROLL_CD)The maximum commanded bank angle in either…Continue
Tags: LIM_PITCH_MIN, LIM_PITCH_MAX, LIM_ROLL_CD
APM2 compass always swings back to NE.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Eddie Furey Jul 27, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
It took me a while to notice this, in fact I did a test flight before without noticing the problem, so I'll post a video.The compass in my APM2 swings back to between 20 and 50 degrees as soon as the…Continue
Tags: compass
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Eddie Furey replied to Iman Sadeghzadeh's discussion Hobby King Ardupilot in the group ArduPlane User GroupEddie Furey commented on Advanced UAV's group Australia"A Sydney group would be good, I'd join too."
Eddie Furey replied to Warren Purnell's discussion MR4 Discussion in the group Australia"Could you post some pics and a link to it's website? Maybe some specs and pricing info?"
Eddie Furey replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"Sorry if I offended you. I guess I've been hanging out on rcgroups too much lately.
I saw the pics of the plane you're building. Looks like a professional job. I assumed you were a newbie, my mistake. I hope my apology removes any desire…"
Eddie Furey replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"Yeah ok. I assumed it from "I live under the main approach path to Adelaide airport". But what I said still holds true, just maybe I didn't need to say it, so ok point taken."
Eddie Furey replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"I think the best idea is not to fly under the approach path. If you insist on breaking the law by doing so then having no lights would probably be less confusing for the full size aircraft. CASA regulations say no model aircraft within 3nm (5km) of…"
Eddie Furey replied to kevin's discussion Need Advise PLS!!!! in the group ArduPlane User Group"From my personal experience, the mediatek GPS works fine as long as you keep it away from the other electronics, especially cameras. I have mine about 10cm out on one wing and never have any problems.
Airspeed sensor is nice, but I find that having…"
Eddie Furey replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD"Why not:
if (rssi < -99) rssi = -99;"
ModeratorGraham Dyer replied to Eddie Furey's discussion Creating a switch to set "home".
"DO_xxx commands currently need a dummy waypoint placed after the DO_xxx commandeg:
WAYPOINT_1 DO_SET_HOME WAYPOINT_2
Home will be set at WAYPOINT_1 but will not work if WAYPOINT_2 is not there."
Eddie Furey replied to Steven G's discussion Bench Testing Fail Safe"I'm sure the Dev Team can give you a better answer, but basically you can't test the motor speed on the ground.
As long as you have a GPS lock you should be able to see the APM switch to RTL mode on the ground (I think), but to…"
Eddie Furey replied to Mike Mac's discussion Left Hand Loiter"There's an open request for that feature. Vote for it. :)"
Eddie Furey replied to Dean Roczen's discussion NEWBIE choosing a tx/rx for Quadcopter"I'm a Turnigy 9x fan, but you have to do the upgrades. If you're wanting something you can just take out of the box and use then don't get the Turnigy."
Eddie Furey replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD"Burt,
Space is obviously becoming an issue, but I was thinking of an auto-calibrate rssi feature and I don't think it would take up any more room than the setup menus.
Getting the high value is easy since the user is there using the setup…"
Eddie Furey replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD"Burt is right about the two things not working well together, but I believe Ch 5 is the Flight Mode default for ArduCopter. So it's best to leave all the channels in and let the user decide."
Eddie Furey replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD"Awesome work Pedro! From the code it looks like off/setup is panel 3, right? I'm looking forward to playing with this. :)"
Eddie Furey replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD"Many of the guys in Australia write their mobile phone numbers on their planes in case this sort of thing happens. A few have had phone calls and got their plane back."
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