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Santa Barbara, CA


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UAV specialist


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Terrain point clouds, digital elevation models


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Forest Mapper commented on Hugues's blog post 3DR Telemetry module recycled with DIY dipole & Bluetooth (tested succesfully on Droidplanner)
"Reset APM on USB connect does not resolve problem either"
Jan 28, 2015
Forest Mapper commented on Hugues's blog post 3DR Telemetry module recycled with DIY dipole & Bluetooth (tested succesfully on Droidplanner)
"DOES NOT WOEK WITH MP FOR WINDOWS"
Jan 28, 2015
Forest Mapper commented on Hugues's blog post 3DR Telemetry module recycled with DIY dipole & Bluetooth (tested succesfully on Droidplanner)
"This thing does not work with Mission Planner for Windows. You can however connect with QGround Control. I think it is a timing issue where the BT module takes too long so MP times out. I am going to try re-directing to a vifrtual com port and then…"
Jan 28, 2015
Forest Mapper replied to UAV_Enthusiast's discussion MAVLINK 1.0 Checksum Protocol
"I am generating the correct checksum for MavLink packets using the CRC16CCIT 8408 polynomial in VBA. The 1021 polynomial DOES NOT WORK for me. I don't care what the documentation says, the checksum  is NOT the CRC16CCIT X.25 standard. The header…"
Jan 28, 2015
Forest Mapper replied to Mateusz Sadowski's discussion How to read acceleration from APM using mavlink (c++)?
"The accelerometer output is fused with the GPS. Turn off the GPS control parameter. That will stabilize the output for other projects."
Jan 25, 2015
Forest Mapper replied to Mateusz Sadowski's discussion How to read acceleration from APM using mavlink (c++)?
"Sean, I built a powerful forestry laser using the APM and its accelerometer. I access the data steam through an Excel com port VBA.

Why not write your own custom code ? It is fairly easy.

The data stream is Hex message #ID 1E. It comes in…"
Jan 25, 2015
Forest Mapper left a comment for obarrero
"I frequently use auto-take-off on my FX-61 and I have encountered this problem when launching into a crosswind, or when the Level flight roll limit parameter(ArduPlane:LEVEL_ROLL_LIMIT) is set to an angle above 0 degrees and my compass is not…"
May 16, 2014
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