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Oklahoma
About Me:
Retired US Army Paratrooper, Combat Vet of Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and more. I know the value of UAVs and am a long time RC pilot, Amateur Radio Operator and embedded programmer who is really excited about DIY'ing them.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Most interested in long loiter time and medium to long distance operating.
Hometown:
Stratford
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"Monroe, Parallax makes the Basic Stamp & several other PIC microcontroller-based boards (among a large number of other items), but they in no way originated the PIC chip, which is made by the Microchip company [url]http://www.microchip.com/[/url]."
"The maximum range of any radio is the result of many elements, mainly antennas and altitude. As for the power output of the 3DR radio, it is listed in the information supplied by them. The max output is 100 milli Watts, but it can be reduced through…"
"Depending on what your receiver will do and how you connect it to the Pixhawk, you should be able to either connect to the servos on the receiver directly, or configure the servo output of the Pixhawk to "pass through", which will simply do exactly…"
"Part of my reply was culled because of the html-like angle brackets I used.
I said "I believe it's a half wavelength" before 'length' in my previous post."
I said "I believe it's a half wavelength" before 'length' in my previous post."
"Travis, I can't provide a reference right now, but using a length of 75 Ohm coax is a standard technique for transforming the impedance seen by the radio."
"What an elegantly simple solution! I am using the same combination of frequencies in my X8,so have been following your comments to Iskess closely. I will model a couple of options in EZNEC and test them in real life, and post my findings as well.…"
"Joe, many thanks for the great explanation. I am a longtime Ham - KM5MM - but have never "gotten into" VHF/UHF, preferring HF CW contesting, so that is one antenna book I have never read.
Anyway, I appreciate the detailed theory which will allow me…"
Anyway, I appreciate the detailed theory which will allow me…"
"Gotcha. Thanks, I misunderstood what you were saying. And, as with the other commenters, full support for what you're doing!"
"NOT trying to start an argument here, but did you even read section 336 of 112-95? You included the prelude in your very informative article, but you seem to be doing a bit of mis-information yourself.
When you read on past the prelude, you see…"
When you read on past the prelude, you see…"
"I think there is an error on the main PID page link here:
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http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/configuration-files-for-common-airf...
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The Skywalker X5 is listed, but the photo is of the X8. I have an X8, and would love to have a more…"
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http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/configuration-files-for-common-airf...
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The Skywalker X5 is listed, but the photo is of the X8. I have an X8, and would love to have a more…"
"Individuals *should* be armed, to protect themselves and their families. While I like the idea of putting a .22 on a large multi-copter and playing with it on my (rural) property, and while I hate the idea of any more anti-gun laws, I fully suspect…"
"If you can *fly* it without a rudder, the APM can control it without a rudder."
