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Phoenix, AZ
About Me:
Geospatial research and services. www.cooperaerial.com www.geoblu.org
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Relating images to the ground and making sense
Hometown:
Phoenix
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"re-inventing the wheel. I want the last 10 minutes of my life back"
Is there a way I can program the apm 2.5 to my futaba 8fg? Using a 6 channel rx? Any help is appreciatedThanks,Jared
"This was the quote I was referring to. Since I made the change, not 1 incident!
“For multicopters we typically all use lipos. The ESCs must be set for NiMh and no or soft cut-off because this makes the ESC low voltage cutoff lower so one or more of…"
“For multicopters we typically all use lipos. The ESCs must be set for NiMh and no or soft cut-off because this makes the ESC low voltage cutoff lower so one or more of…"
"Also,....switch setting on esc from "lipo" to "ni-xx", like above comment, I would rather lose a battery to low voltage than the aircraft. If (even 1 esc) at "lipo" setting, and esc detects low voltage, then it could fall out of the sky. Just…"
"TESTING? In a parking garage with vehicles around to damage? They call that in Cali or anywhere else - stupidity!
No wonder people have such a negative attitude against us - UAV pilots.
C'mon people, how can we accept and promote this mentality?
I…"
No wonder people have such a negative attitude against us - UAV pilots.
C'mon people, how can we accept and promote this mentality?
I…"
"Typical knuckleheads! These are the guys who make life (multirotor world) difficult for us who play by the "rules" and use our common sense when handling these aircraft. In a period of less than 48 hrs, he received, built, and attempted flights,…"
"My question is, "where did the 2nd pilot (PIC is right seat), put his cigarette (can be seen in his left hand at beginning) while working the collective stick and talking thru a headset? :)"
APM 2.5; how can I do a quad (x8 over/under - "x" mode) setup in MP?Any help would be appreciatedJared
"I use a wood spider quad as my platform to test. it has a lot of area to mount/velco and to screw stuff onto.woodytrainer.jpg"
"MP planner has a nice tool to calculate your coverage based on lens and digital back.
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you can fly in stable mode and take a photo at 100' above ground and measure the image size.
once you have the image size, you can develop your waypoint…"
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you can fly in stable mode and take a photo at 100' above ground and measure the image size.
once you have the image size, you can develop your waypoint…"
"great job! keep up the great work."
I must be a complete idiot about getting parameters set for my quad. I have done everything I can think of on setting and still I get no positive results. I have a DJI FW450 quad and having set all parameters the way I think is correct is resulting…
Here is a solution to having a cover for your APM 2.5 board:Can be found at any convienence store that sells icee, slurpee, slushie, etc. - 22oz cup lid - velcro 4 spots, done!
