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Philip Giacalone left a comment for Phil Giacalone
"Thanks for the link, John. It looks like the number of downloads is very small so it's difficult to get a sense of its maturity. Do you have any direct experience with this or do you know of anyone that has used it? "
Sunday
John Wiseman left a comment for Phil Giacalone
"Hi, Phil.  The only resource I know of for mavlink in Java is at https://code.google.com/p/mavlinkjava/ There's more information in this thread on the mavlink mailing list:…"
Sunday
Phil Giacalone commented on Simon's blog post APM supports conservation researchers around the globe
"Congrats to Research Drones and to ConservationDrones. It's always great to see examples of drones being applied in a positive way. And especially to support conservation! Congrats again. "
Jun 3
Phil Giacalone left a comment for Phil Giacalone
"Ok, great. No problem. I'll keep you informed as things develop. Best regards, Phil"
Apr 13
Daniel Vreugdenhil left a comment for Phil Giacalone
"Yes that would be interesting, although I am a bit tied up at the moment. With warm regards, Daan"
Apr 13
Phil Giacalone commented on bcrow's blog post Quadcopters (multirotors) are killing us (fixed-wing UAS) in Montana
"Byron, Thanks for starting a good discussion. I commend you for using UAVs in useful ways with positive impacts. I agree with your thought. Do good, get good. We need more of that. Wildlife research/protection are great applications of this…"
Mar 31
Phil Giacalone commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Announcing T3-2, Round Two: the autotakeoff and landing round
"Hi all, Here is my entry for the T3-2 fixed wing competition. The plane is a modified Dynam HawkSky piloted by the UDB4 and MatrixPilot 3.2.1. The flight video is posted here. Please view in HD quality and full screen mode for best…"
Feb 1, 2012
Phil Giacalone commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Restarting the T3 Contest: Now with copters!
"Wow, Ric! That is cool and impressive. Best Regards, Phil"
Dec 11, 2011
Phil Giacalone commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Restarting the T3 Contest: Now with copters!
"Thanks, Ric. Yes, seems we're all living on the 'cutting edge' ;-) But you better look out, man. A bigger motor just arrived in the mail yesterday. You might still be safe, though. They forgot to include the propeller!…"
Dec 7, 2011
Phil Giacalone commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Restarting the T3 Contest: Now with copters!
"Hi Pete, Oops, sorry about that. I just made the photos public. Hopefully you can access them now. BTW, thanks for the excellent Flight Analyzer tool that produced the google earth .kmz files shown above. Best regards, Phil"
Dec 6, 2011
Phil Giacalone commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Ublox GPS back in stock at DIY Drones Store
"Thanks for the info. I've just placed an order."
Mar 23, 2010
Phil Giacalone commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Ublox GPS back in stock at DIY Drones Store
"To use this with Bill Premerlani's UAV Dev Board, should the NMEA settings be selected?"
Mar 23, 2010
Phil Giacalone commented on Philip Giacalone's blog post Introduction and UDB mode switching question
"Thanks, Ben. I'll get on that email list. Ok, I'll setup my Spektrum to use the 3 position flap mix switch."
Mar 18, 2010
Phil Giacalone commented on Philip Giacalone's blog post Introduction and UDB mode switching question
"Hi Morli, Thanks for the info and confirmation. Do you mind if I contact you directly once I get my GPS unit? It sounds like you could help me if I have questions about configuration steps for mode selection. Thanks again! Phil"
Mar 18, 2010
Phil Giacalone commented on Philip Giacalone's blog post Introduction and UDB mode switching question
"Hi Ben, Thanks very much. That explains it! Now I DO feel silly. My GPS unit has not arrived yet, so the UDB is running without one. I'm waiting for a GS407, which has been out of stock at sparkfun. BTW, thanks for the wonderful job on the…"
Mar 18, 2010

Comment Wall (4 comments)

At 5:08am on April 13, 2013, Daniel Vreugdenhil said…

Yes that would be interesting, although I am a bit tied up at the moment. With warm regards, Daan

At 9:43am on April 13, 2013, Phil Giacalone said…

Ok, great. No problem. I'll keep you informed as things develop.

Best regards,

Phil

At 10:21pm on June 15, 2013, John Wiseman said…

Hi, Phil.  The only resource I know of for mavlink in Java is at https://code.google.com/p/mavlinkjava/

There's more information in this thread on the mavlink mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/mavlink/java/mavlink/Rlng59mhUk4/4sfP-I-neUUJ

At 12:06am on June 16, 2013, Philip Giacalone said…

Thanks for the link, John. It looks like the number of downloads is very small so it's difficult to get a sense of its maturity. Do you have any direct experience with this or do you know of anyone that has used it?

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