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I have a tricopter running ardupilot.


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Eric Day replied to Mike Muscroft's discussion iOS Apps in 3DR SOLO
"No. This is a hack on iDroneCtrl to enable it connects to a simple Bluetooth serial module. This module can be found everywhere. If you need a device, just buy from http://www.fightingwalrus.com/, and you do not need my software/hack."
Jun 29, 2015
Eric Day replied to Mike Muscroft's discussion iOS Apps in 3DR SOLO
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Jun 29, 2015
Eric Day replied to Mike Muscroft's discussion iOS Apps in 3DR SOLO
"I use their app on my iPad 2, by patching the app to allow connecting my HC-06 bluetooth serial module. I am a Bluetooth developer for jailbreak iOS devices. I fixed their China map offsets in their app, added voice for msg like "PreArm: Need 3D Fix""
Jun 29, 2015
Eric Day replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"I think the interference will not cause any noticeable effect to your RC if the quad is not far enough from the tx. RC will basically do some kind of checksum and drop the bad packets. I guess the interference will cause packet errors and reduce the…"
Jun 8, 2015
Eric Day replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Randy, is 2.4G used as RC in your setup?"
Jun 8, 2015
Eric Day commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Solo app now live in iOS and Android app stores
"@Bill Bonney What about legacy Bluetooth? I mean Bluetooth 2.1. I can enable this with jailbreak.For example, create a tweak to forward tcp connection to a RFCOMM connection. Then Tower app just have to support tcp connections."
Jun 8, 2015
Eric Day replied to Efi Gy's discussion Hexacopter crashed on radio failsafe test.
"}else{
// set landing state
land_state = LAND_STATE_DESCENDING;

// if we have gps lock, attempt to hold horizontal position
if (GPS_ok()) {
// switch to loiter which restores horizontal control to pilot
// To-Do: check that we are not in failsafe…"
May 11, 2014
Eric Day replied to Efi Gy's discussion Hexacopter crashed on radio failsafe test.
"This bug is fixed in 3.2.
With 3.1, you can set the fail safe to user defined values.
Throttle below 980(check the apm settings), all other channels are 1500."
May 11, 2014
Eric Day replied to Efi Gy's discussion Hexacopter crashed on radio failsafe test.
"It's bug in apm.
When the copter is start to land, it still process roll/pitch commands from rc receiver.
A simple workaround could be setting your rx to send roll and pitch as 1500 when in fail safe."
May 11, 2014