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How do you set gimbal neutral point and proportional servo travel?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rigel Oct 12, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hello All,I've been trying to figure out how to tune the gimbal on my hexa using ArduCopter 2.7.3 Both pitch and roll movements are not proportional to the movement of the hexa and center points are…Continue
Tags: servo, travel, proportional, point, gimbal
GPSHDOP problem
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jake Stew Jul 19, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes
So I had a bit of a scare today. My hexa was set to loiter mode at about 10m altitude when all of a sudden it just took off like a bat out of hell, due North from its intended loiter position. I…Continue
CH6_RATE_KP tuning not working
Started this discussion. Last reply by Steven Tisseyre Dec 2, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hi everyone,I've been trying to use the CH6 tuning option with no luck. I've set the CH6 option to CH6_RATE_KP and set the min and max values to 0.10 & 0.14 respectively before clicking Write…Continue
Erratic altimeter readings on ArduCopter 2.5.5
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rigel Jun 18, 2012. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Hi Everyone,I recently setup a new hexacopter and loaded ArduCopter 2.5.5. I'm using an APM 1. After plugging in the battery and using wireless telemetry to connect to the Mission Planner the…Continue
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Rigel commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty days behind the scenes at 3DR, May 2. ISO9001:2008 certification.Rigel replied to Monroe Lee King Jr.'s discussion Optical/GPS tracking and antenna pointing in the group Team Prometheus"Very nice! I'm looking forward to see what you come up with for UAV use. Keep us informed."
Rigel replied to Monroe Lee King Jr.'s discussion Optical/GPS tracking and antenna pointing in the group Team Prometheus"Monroe, what are the communications protocols between the PC and tracker? Could this be done with a servo based tracker?"
Rigel commented on Simon Howroyd's blog post Hydrogen Fuel Cell UAV"Horizon has done quite a bit of work on UAV fuel cells. You can check them out here: http://www.hes.sg/
They also sell kits...but boy are they expensive!
Have you found a cheaper alternative?
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Rigel commented on JP's blog post Free DroneMapper 2D Ground Control Point (GCP) Tool"Hi JP, great progress as always. One of the features you may want to include in the future is a way of calibrating camera lenses."
DeveloperKevin Hester replied to Rigel's discussion ArduPlane 2.26 Log problems
"Are you running Mission-Planner on Windows or on some other OS? (Or in a VM?) I found that Mission Planner drops a bunch of characters when run inside of my VM or under Mono.
My 'fix' was either:
a) Use tlogs captured…"
Brenden replied to Rigel's discussion ArduPlane 2.26 Log problems"I'm having similar issues with on board logging. I have yet to successfully download log files from APM via USB.
I flew today and when I tried to download from the tool it says there are no logs but from the command line i get the…"
Rigel commented on Hex Air Robot's blog post making another HeX"Hi George, I'm just curious about your cutting equipment. Would you care to elaborate a bit on the equipment you use? Thanks"
Rigel commented on Stefan Gofferje's blog post How to get your first Arduino-based ground station project on the road"Stefan, Excellent...this is a great help. Thanks."
Rigel commented on Stefan Gofferje's blog post Just another quick technology preview"Nice work Stefan. Would you happen to have any pointers for someone looking to understand the MAVLink protocols? I've gone to http://qgroundcontrol.org/mavlink/start to try and get a clue of how to implement it at a very basic…"
Rigel commented on JP's blog post DroneMapper Signs Multi-Year Contract With The State of Utah - 1/17/13"JP, it's been a pleasure seeing your business grow from its humble beginnings. Keep up the good work and best of luck. "
Rigel commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Fabio Varesano, creator of FreeIMU, dead at 28 :-("RIP Fabio. You were and still will be an inspiration to many of us."
Rigel commented on Manfred Dickgiesser's blog post Spectrum DX8 2 Switches 1 TX channel 6 Flight Modes"Thanks....just on time for a new project!"
Rigel commented on Doug Weibel's blog post Proof of Concept test - Extremely accurate 3D velocity measurement with a ublox 6T module."This is very interesting and mostly miles above my head ;o) Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if I understand this correctly you are measuring the doppler shift in the signal and comparing this to the know satellite position and…"
Steven Tisseyre replied to Rigel's discussion CH6_RATE_KP tuning not working"All solved, operator error !! CH 6 was not calibrated properly.The range is now spot on :-)"
Steven Tisseyre replied to Rigel's discussion CH6_RATE_KP tuning not working"Hi Rigel,
Did you get an answer to this?
I'm trying to do the same on my Futaba using one of the dials and if i set the min to 0.004 and the Max to 0.010 for example, a single click to the left or right of the dials takes it to…"
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The biggest rocket powered quad I know of is set to land on Mars. Don't miss out!
Posted on August 4, 2012 at 12:30am 36 Comments 5 Likes
Curiosity Rover on Track for Monday Landing
Curiosity, the car-size, one-ton rover is bound for arrival…
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Try to do this with your quad! The cup is not attached. If you pay close attention to the cup, you'll notice it sliding back and forth during maneuvers. That's just too cool!
Jago Svensson is a talented aerial photographer and all around tinkerer. I'm sure you'll also enjoy checking out his website here: …
Continue Another GoPro competitor
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 2:02am 9 Comments 0 Likes
I recently noticed these cameras in one of my local stores. By the looks of it they are basically built along the same lines as the GoPros. I'm not sure how they compare, but if anyone has any experience with these little cameras, please feel free to post you comments. You can find more info on their website here: …
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 7:36pm on September 8, 2011,
Cliff Gill said… Rigel, thanks for the comments. Yes, I have had the jitter on roll stabilization with Alpo's code. My recent tests have had lots of intermittent jitter, which was not present back several months ago.
I am not sure why the skywalker crashed, I think the aileron linkage slipped a bit and it began rolling more and more, and before I could get it back to the ground it spiralled in.
I am now trying to get the new camera enabled code up a running instead of alpo's code, but haven't gotten too far yet.
- At 7:38pm on September 8, 2011, Cliff Gill said…
Rigel, Also, your skywalker looks very interesting, can you post a close up photo of your stabilized belly pod? I am also trying to implement something on my skywalker other than the internal gimbal, and your idea might be the best option.
- At 5:46pm on September 10, 2011, Cliff Gill said…
Rigel, When you say you are building it for topo mapping, do you mean specifically for making elevation models and topographic surveys, or more generally for aerial mapping and or orthophotography? Also, the .rar file shows up as a link and I am not able to open or even download it, do you have a suggestion to download and open it, or can you attach a jpg instead?
- At 11:50pm on September 10, 2011, Rigel said…
Both DEMs and orthophotos. Here are the pics:
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