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Port Orchard, WA
About Me:
Retired Ophthalmologist. Now UAV hobbyist and filmmaker. Living in Port Orchard, Washington. Non-current pilot with glider, multiengine, instrument and commercial ratings.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Am building Pixhawk flight controller for arduplane. Want to improve my areal videography.
Hometown:
Port Orchard, WA
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"O.K. I seem to have fixed the problem. Here's my solution for others stumped as I was.
I needed to mount the flight controller on its side and still control the aircraft properly in stabilize, FBWA, FBWB, etc.
1. In Mission planner => initial…"
I needed to mount the flight controller on its side and still control the aircraft properly in stabilize, FBWA, FBWB, etc.
1. In Mission planner => initial…"
Space is tight in my RC plane so I had to place my Pixhawk flight controller on its left side. I was able to orient my Ublox GPS + compass conventionally, meaning horizontally with the arrow pointing forward.I believe that the board orientation…
"Here's what I have gleaned so far in researching this further.
1. the APM 2.5 has a built in compass
2. evidently the apm 2.6 does not have a built in compass. (http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-compass-setup-advanced.html)
hence there…"
1. the APM 2.5 has a built in compass
2. evidently the apm 2.6 does not have a built in compass. (http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-compass-setup-advanced.html)
hence there…"
Unlike most descriptions that I can find, my GPS unit only has ONE cable coming from the GPS unit. I can't get the compass to calibrate in Mission Planner. All the points are clumped around a single spot far out in the periphery of the live…
