Gender
Male
About
Location
Laurel, MD
About Me:
I'm a product manager for a software company and super interested in drones. It is such an exciting technology and I'd love to make a contribution in moving it forward. I have a bachelors and masters in Electrical Engineering and a MBA.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Currently experimenting with Quadcopters
Hometown:
Washington, DC
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Hello, I'm trying to implement an accurate geo-referencing system that allows me to geotag pictures with milisecond accuracy. The timestamps embedded in the mavlink messages are to a second resolution, however there is a mavlink_gps_raw_int_t…
Does anyone know where to get the timing enabled ("T" series, such as the Neo-8MT) chips? I can't seem to find any online vendors that sell the complete system (chip + additional hardware such as FTDI for USB interface) except CSGShop…
"So after doing some experimentation, I've discovered that the GPS used on 3DR copters don't provide the timing information necessary for RTK computations. For more info, read my blog here:…"
Hello, I want to use RTK lib for post processing the GPS coordinates collected by the on-board GPS on an Iris+. The data needs to be in raw format for RTKlib to be able to use it. Does anyone know if it is possible to store the full data captured by…
Hello Everyone -I'm trying to integrate information from Mavlink messages into a 3D Game Engine in order to visualize the drone in a virtual world. I'm able to obtain the drone position/orientation from the information in…
"FWIW, here's another google group thread about this exact same issue:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/drones-discuss/fnWYM48pGys/3ohG6D96pFUJ
This is a hardware problem with the sensor on board the pixhawk. The gyro offset can suddenly drift…"
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/drones-discuss/fnWYM48pGys/3ohG6D96pFUJ
This is a hardware problem with the sensor on board the pixhawk. The gyro offset can suddenly drift…"
"Not sure what you mean by mandatory. Of course it is not mandatory to do so. However it is perfectly reasonable to fly the Iris, land it, let it sit for a few minutes without disconnecting the battery and then fly again. If it has been sitting for a…"
"Thanks Dave! My Iris is only about 3 months old, so hopefully under warranty as well. I'm just surprised that this wasn't caught during flight testing of the product before release. There are a few google group threads about this topic too where…"
"I also have a support ticket open about this, but wanted to hear the community's opinion about this issue. Thanks!"
Hello Everyone-I've had two flyaways so far because of what appears to be random gyro offset drift. During the first flyaway the drone almost crashed into a house before I was able to crash land it and in the second flyaway it crash landed on the…
"Bump. Anyone? I'd think 3DR engineers would be interested in helping to diagnose erratic flight logs? "
"Hi Pat, I'd like the template as well. Can you please pm me one?
Thanks,
Ankur"
Thanks,
Ankur"
"Hello: Update - I partially got over some of the jitters from the scary experience yesterday and did another flight test today in a big park. I flew the quad very close to the ground so I could land it quickly in case anything went wrong - tried…"
Hello - I took my Iris out today for a survey and had a very scary experience. I've had the Iris for almost half a year now and have flown many missions and have logged many hours of manual flying, so I'm a fairly competent flier. I normally fly…
Hello, I'm considering adding a Sonar to my Iris to measure low altitudes more accurately. The barometer used on the Iris appears to be MS5611 that has a resolution of 10cm according to the data sheet. Adding a sonar (for example MB1240) should give…
"Hi Andre, thanks. I'm using ArduPilot 3.2. Any suggestions on where I could look in the code for a minimum speed (if any)? Also is EKF enabled by default or is the DCM the default option for sensor fusion?"
