About

Gender

Male


About Me:

I am an electronics technician, I have a workshop aircraft. I am a private pilot, flight instructor and model aircraft pilot.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Recently in my company we have started to build uav for hobby and professional use.


Hometown:

Budrio (close to Bologna)


Activity Feed

Fausto Coletti replied to Will's discussion Altitudes in APM 2.68
"Where is the "zero home altitude" button in mission planner ?
 
Thanks,
Fausto"
Apr 10, 2013
Fausto Coletti posted a discussion
Hi all,I'm trying to find an amplifier to boost two-way telemetry 3DR. Does anyone know where you can find one?Cheers, Fausto
Feb 17, 2013
Fausto Coletti replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.69/2.70 released
"Hi Tridge,
I noticed that when turning on the APM board, the compass indicator is reset on the North position independently of the direction where the plane is oriented. For example, if the plane is oriented at 90 ° or east when i boot the APM the…"
Feb 11, 2013
Fausto Coletti replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.69/2.70 released
"You are a great Tridge !
This week I'll try the new features.

Fausto"
Feb 11, 2013
Fausto Coletti replied to elad orbach's discussion my diy ground control station
"Hello elad,
nice job, congratulations.
I am going to get some ideas to make a similar job with my old laptop.

Fausto"
Feb 5, 2013
Fausto Coletti replied to Terry Brooks's discussion Reversing rudder ?
"Hello Terry,
in stabilize mode it is normal that the rudder moves in the direction of the turn.
The mixing rate is controlled by the parameter "KFF_RDDRMIX".
You can adjust the parameter in the apm parameters table:
The value of the adjustment range…"
Feb 2, 2013
Fausto Coletti replied to Søren Kuula's discussion How does one detect a crash?
"Hello Søren,
we have accelerometers on the APM board, I think it is enough to read a peak higher than a certain value of "G" to establish that the aircraft collided with an obstacle or the ground.
Of course is important to filter well the reading of…"
Jan 29, 2013
Fausto Coletti posted a discussion
I have not understood the behavior of the function that activates the engine during auto takeoff. In my case after hand launched the model, just above the threshold speed the engine will start automatically.I read that someone however the engine…
Jan 5, 2013
Fausto Coletti replied to Fausto Coletti's discussion A couple of questions in ArduPlane User Group
"Hello all,
I confirm that I could not find the parameter that defines the start of the engine for  automatic takeoff.
In my case the engine starts when I launch the model at hand when it reaches a certain speed, I think 3m/s in accordance with the…"
Dec 31, 2012
Fausto Coletti posted a discussion in ArduPlane User Group
Hello all,I mounted my APM2.5 on a Bixler to test the hardware and learn how to program the various parameters before trying them on a bigger model.Yesterday and today I made several flights to test the various modes stabilize, fbw, rtl, etc.In the…
Dec 30, 2012
Fausto Coletti replied to Fausto Coletti's discussion RC through telemetry in ArduPlane User Group
"Thanks for suggestions,
I found a diagram of a converter PPM> USB with the source code. I'll try to build it then I will see the performance.
My intent is to have a good range of the radio link with a directional tracking antenna on 433 MHz, perhaps…"
Dec 29, 2012
Fausto Coletti posted a discussion in ArduPlane User Group
Hello all,I was thinking about the possibility to connect the transmitter to the pc to control the model through telemetry.For example, use a normal remote control at 2.4 GHz, which transmits the signal to a receiver connected to the pc, placed a…
Dec 28, 2012