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  • Aaron May 17, 2016 at 12:30pm

    Building a fixed wing long range mapper. Curious what the Pixhawk 2 will bring? Support for multiple camera systems, basic on-board processing, running dual GNSS? Any confirmed dates for release?

    Respectfully 

  • Senyao Lian May 16, 2016 at 11:44pm

    I download a set of code iCGS on github ,but it can't run in Xcode.who have the code about UAV ,please contact me ,thank you!!!

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    Jani Hirvinen April 4, 2016 at 4:50pm

    NOTE!  WE HAVE MOVED! ==============================================

    We now have a new shiny discussion and support forum for ArduPilot, Pixhawk, Linux and supporting projects at http://discuss.ardupilot.org.

    Please come visit us there for all things ArduPilot. We look forward to seeing you.

    Full announcement @ here

  • DG March 26, 2016 at 9:11am

    Any new information?

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    Philip March 10, 2016 at 7:33pm
    Hi Richard
    Key advantages are, built in vibration isolation, heated IMU, modular, redundant power and additional sensors.
  • Richard Kennedy March 10, 2016 at 3:11pm

    Thomas [ or anyone ] what is expected to be advantageous for the pix 2 compared to the pix 1? thx

  • Phil Horner February 26, 2016 at 5:48pm

    By New Zealand standards, that's Spidezilla!

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    Philip February 26, 2016 at 5:39pm
    By Australian standards, that's not a big spider....
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    Thomas J Coyle III February 26, 2016 at 12:50pm

    @Fnoop Dogg,

    That is just the FCU removed from its carrier board. It is a very compact flight controller by itself, but is about the same size as a PH1 when attached to its carrier board.

    Regards,

    Tom C AVD

  • Fnoop February 26, 2016 at 12:36pm

    Is that a tiny tiny tiny pixhawk2..

    or a FECKING GIANT SPIDER?!!!

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