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going over the hill...
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tethered airfoils
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"It was able to be fixed! Instead of a new oil-pan, I ordered a hot air rework / solder station, only about $90, and it works nice. Way good for shrink tubing, and the solder iron heats up very fast. (I did open it up and double check inspect…"
"How do the motors sound so cool and quiet? Is it the isolation from the arm mounts? Or are they big heavy motors and they look like pretty low kv?"
"Not so bad, congratulations on the nice soft cushy tree and bushes."
"Touched up the solder on the x y and neighboring pins. now the y axis works normal again. But the x axis output seems shorted to ground. At the pins on the ADC, the y and z are 1.6 +- now, but the x is 0."
We have here a Hotel 1.0 oilpan 8/19/2010, on a 2560 APMega. :>( It has worked fine for a few flights on a plane, and have been setting up now in a 450 heli. It seemed to be working correctly until tonight... Have done only a few run ups on the…
Has anyone removed the shield to allow remote location (for traditional heli)?Looks like it's possible to desolder the 6 pins (actually only 4 are soldered), and make an extension harness.
"oh! 1.6 inches is same width maybe. well, it will fit in a slightly modified 450 heli frame..."
"How many orders so far ?!?! How about a preorder counter on the store page, that would be fun."
"Seems nice, could be for Chrismas. Someone has ordered it for me!!
Narrower board will fit inside 450 heli frame, APM 1.0 was slightly too wide to fit without modification of frame. Inputs on one end and outputs on other, seems nice. Smaller…"
Narrower board will fit inside 450 heli frame, APM 1.0 was slightly too wide to fit without modification of frame. Inputs on one end and outputs on other, seems nice. Smaller…"
"Sounds like you've solved the issue, supply the system with only 5 volts, or supply the APM with a little higher voltage and use the regulator on the APM to give the APM 5 volts.
Here's why the input voltage may matter.
The main 1280 or 2560…"
Here's why the input voltage may matter.
The main 1280 or 2560…"
"Is it possibly a voltage issue? What is the voltage level of the APM board? If the 5v supply voltage on the APM is high enough, maybe the serial communication high signals from the 3.3v (or lower if the GPS regulator is drooping) GPS may not…"
"That's really neat! Thanks!
I did get fg 2.4 installed and working on 64bit ubuntu 11.04. Just follow the instructions That did take a while, but not a waste of time. These pages helped:
http://www.flightgear.org/download/source-code/…"
I did get fg 2.4 installed and working on 64bit ubuntu 11.04. Just follow the instructions That did take a while, but not a waste of time. These pages helped:
http://www.flightgear.org/download/source-code/…"
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Neat little plane. People can go ahead and make one though. But it is ready made and clean.
@ Chris, do you mean didn't work out for these guys if they have left Joby, or is there some indication that Joby is no longer persuing the wind…"
Neat little plane. People can go ahead and make one though. But it is ready made and clean.
@ Chris, do you mean didn't work out for these guys if they have left Joby, or is there some indication that Joby is no longer persuing the wind…"
"maybe waypoints would have target attitude or rate, in addition to just location"
"Looks like the camera (from laptop or otherwise) is the ground station, tracking / ranging camera not going on the aircraft. That will be pretty neat. Seems to track pretty well.
After the wood, I think step two is to etch a circuit board.
Keep…"
After the wood, I think step two is to etch a circuit board.
Keep…"
