About

Gender

Male


Location

Brookvale, NSW


About Me:

FPV planes and now quads.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I bought APM2 to get RTH and loiter for my FPV plane. I'm thinking of moving it to my quad for position hold. Maybe I need a second one? lol


Hometown:

Sydney, Brookvale


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Eddie Furey left a comment on Australia
"A Sydney group would be good, I'd join too."
May 15, 2013
Eddie Furey replied to Warren Purnell's discussion MR4 Discussion in Australia
"Could you post some pics and a link to it's website? Maybe some specs and pricing info?"
Apr 26, 2013
Eddie Furey replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in Australia
"I think the best idea is not to fly under the approach path. If you insist on breaking the law by doing so then having no lights would probably be less confusing for the full size aircraft. CASA regulations say no model aircraft within 3nm (5km) of…"
Apr 20, 2013
Eddie Furey replied to Mike Mac's discussion Left Hand Loiter
"There's an open request for that feature. Vote for it. :)"
Oct 9, 2012
Eddie Furey replied to Rick Eis's discussion throttle issue ~ 1 notch up & 1 notch down
"I'm going to guess that the answer lies in the size of a 'notch'.
A control channel has roughly 1000 steps, ranging from 1000 to 2000. The upper and lower limits vary with each controller, but 1000 is a rough average. Roughly in the middle is the…"
Aug 28, 2012
Eddie Furey replied to Christiaan van Vollenstee's discussion A neat way of connecting the OSD, camera and Video Telemetry
"My first question is; what video transmitter are you using?

My wiring diagram (if you will excuse me writing a diagram) is...

Power:
3S battery positive connects to camera power and minimOSD video-in V+
MinimOSD video-out V+ connects to video…"
Aug 28, 2012
Eddie Furey replied to Stephen Gloor's discussion Mode1 V Mode 2 Radio Assignments
"James is right. I fly mode 3 (also in Australia) and it's the channels that APM cares about, not how the channels are controlled. Throttle is always channel 3, aileron is always channel 1, regardless of which mode your transmitter is. For the sake…"
Aug 28, 2012
Eddie Furey replied to bergsprekken's discussion camera disturbs the gps
"I had a similar problem. I put the GPS out on one wing. (ArduPlane) It get's a lock much quicker when it's away from the other electronics."
Aug 25, 2012
Eddie Furey replied to Eddie Furey's discussion Creating a switch to set "home".
"I just had a brainwave. The telemetry radios connect via the same port as the OSD right? We've got a menu in MinimOSD-extra for changing some settings. Couldn't I add a 'Set Home' section to the menu then have the OSD send the same command to the…"
Aug 21, 2012
Eddie Furey replied to Eddie Furey's discussion Creating a switch to set "home".
"Thanks for all the suggestions of taking a laptop/notebook to the field. All I want is to set my home location. I thought it was a small, simple request. I don't want to go and buy a laptop or a telemetry radio system just to set home.

The…"
Aug 21, 2012
Eddie Furey replied to Eddie Furey's discussion Creating a switch to set "home".
"Ok, I've played around a bit more and I think this mission will work.

LOITER_UNLIM (lat, lot, alt)
DO_SET_HOME 1
DO_SET_SERVO 2 1000 (move the elevator as a confirmation the script has run)
DO_JUMP 1 -1

Does that look right to someone?"
Aug 12, 2012
Eddie Furey posted a discussion
I've been looking for a way to set my home location after the APM2 is powered up. So I can get everything working on the edge of a field, then walk in to the middle and set home before I launch.If I create a simple mission:DO_SET_HOMEWould that…
Aug 12, 2012
Eddie Furey posted a discussion in ArduPlane User Group
I think my roll PID needs adjusting. Unfortunately I can't take my PC to the field so I'm hoping someone could suggest an adjustment to save me many trips in the car. :)I'm currently using Chris' default Bixler param file. My Bixler weighs about…
Aug 6, 2012
Eddie Furey replied to Dean Walker's discussion FPV Kit?
"Quad/Hex/Octa-copter or plane?
What range are you expecting? (1-2km is a good starting point)
What gear do you already have?"
Aug 6, 2012
Eddie Furey replied to Alex's discussion How much interference is normal with FPV video?
"As previously mentioned, make, or buy, a pair of circularly polarized antennas. They will reduce your multipathing down to almost nothing. Also get your receiver antenna up high, 1m high or more is ok, 2 is better.
Have a quick read about…"
Aug 6, 2012
Eddie Furey posted a discussion
I have a problem, that the GPS is not particularly accurate by the time the home location is set automatically. My home location is often 50m away in some random direction, which (since I live in a city) is often close to a road.I have put in a…
Aug 5, 2012
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