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I'm an Electronic, Mechanical and Embedded Software Engineer and I like toys, who doesn't?


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I want to fly autonomously something stable from the comfort of my desk in the workshop.


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Elliot replied to Elliot's discussion Only getting warnings on MinimOSD
"I fixed mine by throwing it in a box and buying an RVOSD5 :)"
Jun 20, 2013
Elliot replied to Elliot's discussion ArduCopter V2.8.1, 3DR Radio and HK GCS
"I gave up trying.
My hexcopter runs arducopter with the 2.5 board without telemetry and I now use RVOSD5 with the RVGS and HKGS for my planes which is flawless and graphically has a far superior OSD."
Jun 2, 2013
Elliot posted a discussion
Hi,I'm having some trouble mixing CH6 in with the tilt for the camera mount.When I select the input channel to 6, it goes crazy witht the travel being extreme.If I pass the middle point it goes fully in that direction and it very twitchy jittering…
Jan 24, 2013
Elliot posted a discussion
Hi,Just flight testing my ballistic chute and was wondering if anyone else has done one and has covered the different scenarios?I'm cutting all the ESC PWM signals and ejecting mine out of the back on the following conditions:Zero G for 200ms and…
Dec 22, 2012
Elliot replied to Elliot's discussion ArduCopter V2.8.1, 3DR Radio and HK GCS
"So everyone using HK hasn't been able to upgrade AMP?

Does this mean that if I go backwards then I could end up with issues and bugs which hadn't been addressed in that older version of Aducopter or is it just th mav element which is older?"
Dec 21, 2012
Elliot replied to cxgiacomo's discussion Not getting any data readout with APM 2.4 and latest HK lite
"Do I need to use Mav 0.9? If so then do I need to downgrade my firmware by doing the APM Setup (Plane and Quad) using the Mission Planner 1.2 mav 0.9?"
Dec 21, 2012
Elliot replied to cxgiacomo's discussion Not getting any data readout with APM 2.4 and latest HK lite
"I seem to be having this exact same problem although I'm finding it difficult having read through this thread to establish what exactly the issue was and the steps to resolve it?"
Dec 21, 2012
Elliot posted a discussion
Hi,I've looked through and don't see that my issue has been addressed.I'm using the 3DR Radio modules with the Ardupilot Mega 2.5 and have had no issues connecting to the Mission Planner (57600).For some reason I can't seem to get it to work with…
Dec 21, 2012
Elliot replied to Boris Matuschka's discussion Ardupilot Antenna Tracking via Videolink?
"I would like to use an AAT antenna tracker which uses the GPS data and a single audio channel(e.g left) of the video feed via an audio modem, I also want to have the AMP telemetry which I would like to use via audio modem on the other (e.g. right)…"
Nov 26, 2012
Elliot replied to Elliot's discussion Only getting warnings on MinimOSD
"Something else that I have noticed, at the same point this happens the voltage reading goes to 8.14v (it's a 3s) and current 14A ???"
Nov 19, 2012
Elliot posted a discussion
Hi,I've recently installed a MinimOSD which I've set up and flashed twice, it detects the heartbeats and looks ok for a few seconds then just puts up and overspeed warning.I seem to be able to cycle through three warnings including overspeed and…
Nov 19, 2012
Elliot posted a discussion
Should there be some sound on the HUD AVI recording?
Oct 23, 2012
Elliot replied to Elliot's discussion Secondary voltage/current sensor
"Any news on the second sensor input for arducopter yet?

It would be nice to know what my video battery is doing, I have to keep testing it with a Li-Po checker after each flight."
Oct 22, 2012
Elliot replied to Elliot's discussion Alt_Hold off and it falls from the sky!
"I've got a power distribution board, the Ottopilot is soldered with tin wire=
both sides directly to the board and the battery wires directly to that.. I=
t's pretty solid, only 20 years of soldering under my belt :)

The log file seems to be…"
Sep 30, 2012
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