Comment by Kirill on November 10, 2011 at 1:50am

Nice slides! But the last one is shocking, be careful with it.

I also did the similar presentation for University conference. I'd like to share the scheme of APM which I made. It might be useful for someone. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28761563/scheme.jpg

Comment by I.S. on November 10, 2011 at 2:33am

Shocking but necessary slide at the end.

When I go flying to the park I look for a lonely place always but after some time people start arriving and placing closer and closer to the copter, they see it flying so stable and still in the air and get overconfident, not realizing that things can go really bad in a split of a second.

 

@Kirill: nice scheme but as far as I know temp and baro are digital (read by I2C), so no ADC for them.

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on November 10, 2011 at 8:09am

Hey, that's me!

 

In your slide you mention Altitude Control as "To Do". Obviously you've already got that with APM. Did you mean something else?

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on November 10, 2011 at 8:13am

I.S.: That's correct

Comment by Kirill on November 10, 2011 at 8:18am

I.S. and Chris, thanks! I'll correct that.

Comment by Kirill on November 10, 2011 at 9:10am

BTW, nice photo!

It's a good idea to use a portable table, like the one I have. It's convenient to put all the stuff on it rather than on the ground. And it prevents laptop, transmitter and so on from dust and sands and thus scratches.

Distributor Comment by Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk on November 10, 2011 at 4:01pm

Hi Mark,

 

Great set of slides, you should mark them as NSWE(Not Safe While Eating) the last slide is a great reminder to all the non prop (blade) removers out there why they should be removing them!

 

As for the use of the table, thats a great plan, I use my flight "tub" to get to the field and the set up on it:

 

 

Regards

 

Martin.

Moderator Comment by Mark Harrison on November 10, 2011 at 5:03pm

Here's where people seem to be posting the scary pics:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1144377

and somebody posted this nice pool-noodle based prop holder which in addition to keeping props immobilized while working on a model keeps the blades from snagging during transport.

 

Comment by Kirill on November 12, 2011 at 11:09am

Here is corrected version of the scheme: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28761563/scheme_updated.jpg

Thanks again for noticing!

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