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Trinity, FL
About Me:
I am a private pilot (PP,MEL,MEI) and have done a lot of professional work with RF modems and high speed data links.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
So far, I've worked with the EasyStar platform, Dragon DOSD+ and now the ArduPilot Mega. Very impressed with Mission Planner and can see a lot of potential in the combination.
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"You could also look at --
http://www.troybuiltmodels.com/items/TBMFPVX8-84.html
Their kit price is US$199 compared to FPVModel's US$299. Big savings right there."
http://www.troybuiltmodels.com/items/TBMFPVX8-84.html
Their kit price is US$199 compared to FPVModel's US$299. Big savings right there."
As of the more recent versions of ArduPlane, the firmware no longer does an automatic level on startup. Instead, that has become one of the initial startup steps when installing it in a new plane.In the past, I have glued a bubble sight onto the…
"Toby,
Thanks for commenting, I have seen your videos and that's part of what made me start to research the topic. As you know, the difficulty is finding a cellular-based IP device that also has a serial input. Not exactly your common…"
Thanks for commenting, I have seen your videos and that's part of what made me start to research the topic. As you know, the difficulty is finding a cellular-based IP device that also has a serial input. Not exactly your common…"
"I had a similar incident that resulted in the loss of the airframe. The plane was sent out to a waypoint at 1 mile distance to check both the 3DR telemetry and the OSD video. The plane started to orbit the waypoint but was continuously losing…"
I took my antenna tracker hardware out to the field today with the goal of flying around and confirming that it would follow the airplane around.The tracker is Maestro-based and is responding correctly to both the Pololu config program and to the…
This 3G modem has caught my attention as a real possibility to become a "component" replacement for the "XBee" and "3DR" class telemetry radios most of us are using. It comes from Cooking-Hacks.com, you can see the catalog page here…
"Carl,
Here are some pictures of how your 3DR radio box came out. I downloaded the .stl file from thingiverse.com, then uploaded it to shapeways.com and they made it into a nice precision part set.
The only change I plan is to use a small piece of…"
Here are some pictures of how your 3DR radio box came out. I downloaded the .stl file from thingiverse.com, then uploaded it to shapeways.com and they made it into a nice precision part set.
The only change I plan is to use a small piece of…"
"Pieter,
Thanks for posting, I was beginning to think that no one else in the DIYDrones community either sees this or considers it a safety issue.
To your question- AutoTakeoff is supposed to make the plane climb straight out until it reaches the…"
Thanks for posting, I was beginning to think that no one else in the DIYDrones community either sees this or considers it a safety issue.
To your question- AutoTakeoff is supposed to make the plane climb straight out until it reaches the…"
I've been working with the Auto Takeoff macro and have experienced the problem where the throttle goes to "max" as soon as AUTO mode is selected. The documentation and other posts tell me that I should close the throttle and put the APM in AUTO…
"Luis- This is an amazingly great collection of almost everything needed to get an ArduPlane into the air ! Thanks many times over for your efforts."
"Michael,
Any progress on this?
Thanks."
Any progress on this?
Thanks."
"That's possible, except that the XBee modules (from DIY Drones store) have work continuously and flawlessly for months. Another user is also now getting comm problems- http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/apm-planner-connect-problems
And, when I fall…"
And, when I fall…"
I just tried the update from 1.1.83 to 1.1.87 and now an unable to connect to the airplane. No changes to the hardware, but the connect window keeps getting params and says "Already got ..." for a while, then aborts. I'm using a Dell laptop with…
My Az-El mount is sitting on the bench, almost ready to go to the field. But, it doesn't seem ready yet. The hardware was set up and ranges configured with the Maestro Control Center. Azimuth is on channel zero and elevation on channel one. I…
I'm using an APM2 from the first batch and am, having some trouble with the compass/magnetometer enable setting. The board set has been flying and I'm just investigating the compass as prep to moving it to a quad.I can check Planner's enable box…
"Just to make sure I didn't miss something in the setup, I read through the Wiki's Airspeed Sensor setup page. (http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Airspeed) The second sentence says--
"It is not recommended for most new users, however, as…"
"It is not recommended for most new users, however, as…"
