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Logan, UT


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Just some guy into r/c airplanes.


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Wanting to know what all the flap is about.


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Aaron Bliesner replied to Gustav Kuhn's discussion Thank you ! in ArduPlane User Group
"Congratulations.  Big milestone."
Oct 9, 2011
Aaron Bliesner replied to jim C.'s discussion XBee signal loss .. in ArduPlane User Group
"I did. Is there any chance you static zapped the XBee on the ground side?  I lost the signal flying close in and have never been able to get that unit to work again.  It's dead."
Oct 7, 2011
Aaron Bliesner commented on Tommy Neubauer's blog post A True Atrocity
"I love the "Darwin Award" comment.
I'm worried about my hobby, but I can't imagine how subscribers to Islam and others with roots in the middle east must feel every time a whack job does something like this.  "
Sep 29, 2011
Aaron Bliesner replied to Anis Nielsen's discussion weird first flight log and kmz generation using fresh apm mission planner 1.0.76 install
"After two difficult flights, no dice on the log.  I got a truncated log file.Log Failure.pdf"
Sep 26, 2011
Aaron Bliesner posted a discussion
Tough flight today. I've had some problems with my XBee so when I finally got everything working again, I updated to 1.0.76 today.  I had 3 successful flights on 1.0.73.   The plane flew through way point 4 approximately as I'd expect.  However, as…
Sep 26, 2011
Aaron Bliesner posted a discussion
Why is the "datetime" value always blank in the status screen?  Can it be turned on? See attached pdf to see the "datetime" location.datetime question.pdf
Sep 20, 2011
Aaron Bliesner commented on Hai Tran's blog post The worlds first ArduPlane F22 Twin EDF
"A flying buddy of mine has a thrust vectoring F-22 (sans APM of course).  They are a little dicey to trim our correctly because the thrust angle changes.  Fly it with fixed thrust and get both the trims and fixed thrust angle dialed first.  That…"
Sep 16, 2011
Aaron Bliesner posted a discussion in ArduPlane User Group
Look at this sample from one of my logs...ATT: -22, 270, 33377GPS: 55511500, 1, 13, 41.6834260, -111.8979900, 0.0000, 1541.7900, 1527.8500, 26.5400, 333.5600ATT: -73, 280, 33393GPS: 55511500, 1, 13, 41.6834260, -111.8979900, 0.0000, 1541.8900,…
Sep 16, 2011
Aaron Bliesner replied to John Klier's discussion GPS time stamp
"Any progress on the update yet or has it already been incorporated?
 
Also, the "datetime" value in the APM Status tab reads blank.  Is there any way of turning it on?"
Sep 14, 2011
Aaron Bliesner commented on Jordan Fryar's blog post Disconnect Motors During Setup!!!!! (WARNING: GRAPHIC!)
"Thanks for posting.  I find it thoughtful of you to share your misfortune with us as a safety reminder.  Hope you heal up well."
Sep 14, 2011
Aaron Bliesner replied to Gerald C. Hughes's discussion IMU output
"I'm looking at it too.
 
Here is a sample from a log from last week.
 
ATT: -427, 272, 18698
GPS: 55471500, 1, 13, 41.6851730, -111.8995000, 0.0000, 1547.2300, 1533.3500, 15.7300, 182.9300
 
What are the units for each value?  Not being a computer…"
Sep 13, 2011
Aaron Bliesner replied to Jonathan Challinger's discussion Magnetometer and magnetic interference?
"I'm working through a magnetometer interference problem at the moment.
I had no trouble with the motor at 9 inches and brushless servos at 7.5 inches.  I flew successfully with no navigation problems.
HOWEVER, I added the digital camera which…"
Sep 9, 2011
Aaron Bliesner replied to Aaron Bliesner's discussion APM Mavlink/Dipswitch Troubles
"Here is what I came up with for my setup.
 
Elevons in/out per diagram.
Mavlink settings:
RCX_REV all =1
Elevon_C1_REV= 0
Elevon_C2_REV= 1
Elevon Reverse= 0
 
Seems to work now."
Aug 29, 2011
Aaron Bliesner replied to Austin W's discussion Elevons
"Austin,
Did it all work after you got the manual transmitter working? I'm having similar problems. I THINK I've followed the instructions to the letter. I'm going through it again right now."
Aug 29, 2011
Aaron Bliesner posted a discussion
My friend and I have been working on setting up the latest APM in an elevon configuration, and we have tried everything we see in troubleshooting guide. Basically, we can get the rc control and the sticks in "stabilize mode" to work correctly, but…
Aug 26, 2011
Aaron Bliesner replied to Shaw Innes's discussion Aerial photos to DEM / DTM
"Also, The guys we work with use ERDAS Imagine for most of their work. There are some plugins that supposedly automate the process a little bit.

If anyone has something better, please contact me.

We have been looking at EnsoMosaic but have had poor…"
Jul 29, 2011
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