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Albuquerque, NM
About Me:
Retired DOD Electronics Engineer; ex-Navy & Los Alamos Electronics Tech; current Water Utility Authority Electronics Tech (soon to retire again)
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Have a Q-Boat from OCEANSCIENCE with Trimble GPS & SonarLite SONAR from OHMEX controlled by FUTABA 7CAP transmitter, FUTABA FP-R1380P 8 Channel Receiver (4 are used) & Roboteq AX1500 Digital Motor Controller. The boat has 2 screws & a rudder; used to profile the buildup of mud & silt on the bottoms of some very large settling ponds and grit basins. An autopilot would be very handy to guide the boat in a pre-programmed grid to obtain repeatable position data which is stored on-board in a Brookhouse NMEA 0183 Data Logger.
Hometown:
Albuquerque, NM
Activity Feed
"A boat with twin screws has a separate control for each: Forward and Reverse. Helps in tight turns. Driving both with one control, both making the same turns in the same direction, will not do. We need TWO Throttle Channels."
"It's great that some talented folks are smoothing the way for Rover operation. There are still a few (not so talented) of us who need a second throttle channel for running boats with twin screws and consider that to be a major issue. Please help!"
"While cleaning up the ArduRover firmware, it would be very helpful for the few of us working with twin screw boats if the Elevator channel could be converted to a second throttle."
"It would be very helpful for the few of us working with twin screw boats if the Elevator channel could be converted to a second throttle."
"Alain--
A few of us are attempting to do the same thing with boats that have 2 screws. I've gone into the C++ code in several files, found references to elevators and changed them to copies of the throttle code. But I'm not a programmer and can't…"
A few of us are attempting to do the same thing with boats that have 2 screws. I've gone into the C++ code in several files, found references to elevators and changed them to copies of the throttle code. But I'm not a programmer and can't…"
"I got an APM 2.5 with plastic case for my RC boat. While operating in the boat, the 5V pins must be jumpered to get power from the receiver. But for programming, the board gets its power from the USB cable. Since the jumper is already installed…"
"Tom--
Last Friday I connected my APM 2.5 to my laptop and oggled the flashing lights! The APM came to life. Using Mission Planner, I looked thru a list of parameters & commands. Mission Planner now has an ArduRover configuration, with some new…"
Last Friday I connected my APM 2.5 to my laptop and oggled the flashing lights! The APM came to life. Using Mission Planner, I looked thru a list of parameters & commands. Mission Planner now has an ArduRover configuration, with some new…"
"Chris Anderson left a comment that the manuals are linked in the Product Listing. What I've seen there isn't quite enough. What are the Eagle Files? I downloaded them (2) but don't have an app to open them."
"Tom--
I'm learning a lot about my system setup and about the APM2.5! The receiver (Futaba FP-R138DP PCM1024) uses only 3 channels, 2 thru 4. As I mentioned, #5 is connected to the B switch. #2 is the Elevator & 3 is the Throttle. These are…"
I'm learning a lot about my system setup and about the APM2.5! The receiver (Futaba FP-R138DP PCM1024) uses only 3 channels, 2 thru 4. As I mentioned, #5 is connected to the B switch. #2 is the Elevator & 3 is the Throttle. These are…"
"Tom--
I received my APM2.5 with LEAS-6 today. Problem: No manual, user or otherwise, and I can't find it on 3DR. I've seen references to it, and really need something in-depth so I know where to go, what to do to get this boat running. My…"
I received my APM2.5 with LEAS-6 today. Problem: No manual, user or otherwise, and I can't find it on 3DR. I've seen references to it, and really need something in-depth so I know where to go, what to do to get this boat running. My…"
"Tom--
I Googled Z-Boat and the pics look like a full sized boat! My Q-Boat is maybe 6 ft. long and carries no passengers. Right now it maneuvers via Radio Control. I think I've decided on the ArduRover APM 2.5, but I'm a bit concerned about the…"
I Googled Z-Boat and the pics look like a full sized boat! My Q-Boat is maybe 6 ft. long and carries no passengers. Right now it maneuvers via Radio Control. I think I've decided on the ArduRover APM 2.5, but I'm a bit concerned about the…"
