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Alberto Mennella posted a discussion
Dear Experts,Someone had experience with this video grabber and Ordroid XU-4 board ?!http://febon.blogspot.com/2014/08/febon198-usb30-uvc-hdmi-grabber-c... goal is to acquire a 1080p@30fps stream (H.264 or RAW)  from GoPro 4 Black through…
Jan 27, 2016
Alberto Mennella commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Full Solo launch video
"@Chris Excellent job Chris! Congratulations to 3DR team and all DIYDrones community. If APM has been the "multirotors' Linux", SOLO is defintly an epic distro! Can't wait to get one... University and academic world are "hungy" for open products like…"
Apr 16, 2015
Alberto Mennella replied to Alberto Mennella's discussion Pause a Mission
"Hi Richard,
what about setting up WP_NAV from 500 (5 m/sec) to 0  with CH6 knob and afterwards put i back to 500 ? Never tried to set up waypoint navigation speed on a value close to 0 m/sec.

Alberto"
Apr 16, 2015
Alberto Mennella posted a discussion
Hello to everybody,One of the most challenging things for drones constructors to overcome is to prove the reliability of the autopilot system used.I was wondering If any quantitative reliability assessment at least for Hardware components has been…
Feb 3, 2015
Alberto Mennella posted a discussion
Hello to everybody,Is it possible with mission planner to pause a mission at run time?!I have a hexacopter with APM 2.5 (AC ver 3.0.1) programmed to fly over a testing area with Mission Planner (ver 1.3.7). The idea is plan an auto mode mission with…
Nov 1, 2014
Alberto Mennella commented on CrashingDutchman's blog post AR.Drone style EPP Quadcopter Frame 450mm (835mm total width)
"this frame is very sensitive to the wind, I was not able to find a flyable settings with APM 2.6 in medium wind condition. With no wind is just excellent in all modes"
Jul 28, 2014
Alberto Mennella replied to Arshish Maneckji's discussion AMP 2.6 Loiter mode not working - Please help with Log analysis
"Hi Arshish,

I followed this discussion as I'm having similar issues on LOITER. My LOITER "works", but if I compare it with ALT_HOLD the copter response seems more sluggish (and not flyable in light/moderate wind). this happens both when the copter…"
Jul 27, 2014
Alberto Mennella replied to Alberto Mennella's discussion Quad over oscillation in AUTO mode
"I made additional tests and I realized that when in AltHold, Loiter or AUTO there is a significant  problem on yaw. In fact when the copter is in one of these modes it stays stable, but If I Yaw even very gentle with the stick, it drops very fast…"
Jul 20, 2014
Alberto Mennella replied to Alberto Mennella's discussion TFR4 SB PPM Out ?
"Well, it does not have a PPM Out as TFR4 does, but it supports Futaba S.BUS and it is an excellent Receiver!"
Jul 17, 2014
Alberto Mennella posted a discussion
Hi guys,I had a strange crash with my foam quad in auto mode. The quad frame is the following:http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__36688__Extra_Large_EPP_Q... a pretty big frame and…
Jul 17, 2014
Alberto Mennella posted a discussion
I was wondering if this Futaba compliant FrSky Receiver TFR4 SB supports also PPM Out as the well known FrSky TFR4. I'm afraid it does not...Anybody had any experience with it ?Thank you.Alberto
Feb 11, 2014
Alberto Mennella replied to Nhat Quang Luong's discussion AC3.1 rc5 yaw issue
"Thank you very much Randy! Can't wait to test the new firmware on the same platform..."
Feb 11, 2014
Alberto Mennella commented on Quadrocopter's blog post Hobby King does it again!!
"I was wondering about the maximum pan and tilt servos range: something like +-70° per pan and +-45° per tilt ? I hope such system can cope with  a NADIR poiting angle for tilt (+ 90°) "
Jan 27, 2014
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Nov 9, 2013
Alberto Mennella replied to Alberto Mennella's discussion APM 2.0 Arducopter 2.9.1b HW issue
"3 cell 4000 mah lipo, no gimbal, no servos. It has always been working great. Now for some reason it cannot be powered from ESCs...i had a tarot brushless gimbal which was powered by the same source..."
Oct 25, 2013
Alberto Mennella posted a discussion
Hi,I had a very strange crash with my quad. I made dozens of successful missions with APM 2.0 - 2.9.1b Arducopter firmware. I felt this platform was very stable and did not upgrade to 3.0.1 on this frame.Well I had a crash few seconds after taking…
Oct 25, 2013
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