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Herrliberg, Zuerich


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I am married to the best wife in the world and we have 3 boys making life interesting.


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Christof Schmid posted a discussion
I sell 4 pcs Piksi. We used them for some lab testing and evaluation - they are like brand new.If someone is interested, please PM.CheersChristof
Aug 4, 2016
Christof Schmid commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post T3 season two, the multirotor one.
"Larry, Steve

Thanks for representing AQ with such top results.
Way to go.
 
Christof
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Apr 13, 2013
Christof Schmid commented on Christof Schmid's blog post Just finished my new Quad
"After loading 2.5.5 and cellar take off I had a nice flip. I took the quad in my hand and thottled up to find out what's wrong. After 20sec it would have flipped again. Reboot, same procedure. Would have flipped after 20sec.
I smell a bad burned…"
May 29, 2012
Christof Schmid commented on Barry Nash's blog post Almost Ready
"Very nice. Congrats.
I'am still struggling with mine. Some unexpected problems."
May 24, 2012
Christof Schmid commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Congrats to Jordi: One of MIT Technology Review's top entrepreneurs under 35 !
"Congratulations Jordi."
May 15, 2012
Christof Schmid commented on Christof Schmid's blog post Just finished my new Quad
"It's already there on the frontside of upper deck, it's just a bit small in this release.  "
May 14, 2012
Christof Schmid replied to Alan's discussion Arducopter 1.x ?
"Hi Alan
Its simple. 1.x means all software builds below 2.0 for Qudrocopters. I am not exacly sure with what SW release Jason implemented multirotors other than quads. 
2.x means SW builds revision 2.0 and up for multirotors.
 
About unanswered…"
May 9, 2012
Christof Schmid commented on Christof Schmid's blog post Just finished my new Quad
"Thanks for the flowers. The carbon parts are CNC cut and "homemade". The clamps have been on a water jet cutter from 6mm alloy sheet.
Yesterday I had my "cellar - maiden - flight". The APM mount needs some improvement due to vibrations, otherwise…"
May 9, 2012
Christof Schmid posted a blog post
 After beta testing in early 2011 I had some bad crashes and my concept of precise machined and glued carbon did not pay off. It was almost impossible to replace broken parts. This made me think of a different concept.Few parts that can be used all…
May 6, 2012
Christof Schmid commented on Bill Nesbitt's blog post AutoQuad version 6.1
"Hi Bill
This project is amazing. I would be in if you think about selling your boards.
Keep us up to date.
 
Best
Christof "
Jul 27, 2011
Christof Schmid posted a discussion
Jason, thanks for your endless and persistent work. I flew my custom quadro today and tested Stabilize and AltHold.Stabilize worked very good for me.AltHold seemd to be fine when I switched to AltHold at maybe 2m above ground. After a few secs the…
Jul 6, 2011
Christof Schmid replied to Christof Schmid's discussion Advice needed for understanding Servo_roll PID tuning
"Hi Doug
I made the logging work with CLI -> disable cur, enable cur. Last time I used disable all and then enabled log by log.
As soon as I have a log, I will let you know. But the next days are not very promissing. Too much rain.
Best
Christof  
 "
May 12, 2011
Christof Schmid replied to Christof Schmid's discussion Advice needed for understanding Servo_roll PID tuning
"Doug
I was flying today and the code is awsome. The last flight was the "best" regarding orientation of the plane. Unfortunately there where no logs recorded although they where enabled.
 
I think we can close this now.
Christof
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May 12, 2011
Christof Schmid replied to Christof Schmid's discussion Advice needed for understanding Servo_roll PID tuning
"Hi Doug
I was looking at the sin() & cos() as well but I does not seem to solve the problem. We have good corrections this way at east orientation only. If you find a solution without trigo functions - good. I stop then refreshing my geometry skills…"
May 7, 2011
Christof Schmid replied to Christof Schmid's discussion Advice needed for understanding Servo_roll PID tuning
"Doug
I was flying the SQRT corrected compass today. The syptoms persist. Whenever nav_roll turns negative, compass has an upper and a lower cap.
Ah, when we power two negative values we get a positive value. But for one side correction we need…"
May 7, 2011
Christof Schmid replied to Christof Schmid's discussion Advice needed for understanding Servo_roll PID tuning
"Doug
a simple question
Trigo definition: sin2 A + cos2 A = 1
in Compass.pde Line 78
sin_roll = 1  - (cos_roll * cos_roll);
in MHO it should read sin_roll = SQRT( 1 - cos_roll2) according to the trigo rules.
same for sin_pitch.
I did not calculate it…"
May 6, 2011
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