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Just getting into UAVs


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Ben Schmidtke Jr replied to Ben Schmidtke Jr's discussion Dual Rudders
"I figured it out. Between standard an advanced configuration in the mission planner I was able to route the first rudder
channel to channel 6 and reverse the polarity."
Feb 7, 2016
Ben Schmidtke Jr posted a discussion
I recently purchased a Mini SkyHunter and want to move my APM and install it in this plane. Theplane is a box tail and I have installed the optional rudder servos in the tail. Right now I have oneservo tied to channel 1 on the receiver, and the…
Feb 6, 2016
Ben Schmidtke Jr commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post ArduIMU V3 is finally here!
"The ArduIMU V3 test program looks like it will display data from the BMP085 pressure sensor. But the IMU code doesn't appear to put the data into the binary output. What is the format for the packet that should be used (or doesn't the test program…"
Nov 30, 2012
Ben Schmidtke Jr commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post APMRover 2, a fun UGV project for full autonomous recon missions...
"I've been having trouble with the rover following waypoints as well. What I have found is that I have to calibrate the compass every time I cycle power. After the calibration it's better, still not quite right."
Nov 18, 2012
Ben Schmidtke Jr commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post APMRover 2, a fun UGV project for full autonomous recon missions...
"I'm trying to run with APMrover10f with the magnetometer added in (for various reasons). What I'm seeing is that if the rover is pointed more-or-less north, the orientation in the mission planner looks correct. but as I rotate the rover to the west,…"
Sep 7, 2012
Ben Schmidtke Jr commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post APMRover 2, a fun UGV project for full autonomous recon missions...
"You say that input channel 2 is used to control the throttle on output channel 3. I don't see that in the code anywhere. It looks like input channel 3 controls output channel 3?"
Jun 26, 2012
Ben Schmidtke Jr commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post APMRover 2, a fun UGV project for full autonomous recon missions...
"Clearing the memory didn't solve the problem. That was with rover 20b. I fell back to rover 10f, and it comes up and talks to the mission planner. Not quite sure what the problem was."
Jun 15, 2012
Ben Schmidtke Jr commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post APMRover 2, a fun UGV project for full autonomous recon missions...
"I'm trying to get my rover connected to the Mission Planner. It gets somewhere around "94 parameters out of 181" loaded, and then fails. Is there a way to know what the problem is? It's very consistent, stopping after RC3 DZ or RC4 MIN."
Jun 13, 2012
Ben Schmidtke Jr commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Roundup/Review of all the EasyStar clones
"OK, I'm just getting started with UAVs. Why 7 channels for the radio? I can think of 5, if ailerons are used."
Feb 3, 2012