About

Gender

Male


Location

Rochester, NY


About Me:

20 years electric flight experience, former AMP'D columnist on RC Universe, reviewer for drone360 magazine. Current interest is VTOLs and QuadPlanes.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

drone technologies, APM copter and plane, and their applications


Hometown:

Rochester, NY


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Greg Covey replied to Christopher Lee's discussion Pixhawk not being recognised by windows 10
"Download the driver below and you should be all set.

CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers"
Dec 18, 2018
Greg Covey replied to Randy's discussion figuring out the Antenna Tracker
"Steve,
There are complete instructions here.
Cheers!"
Jan 21, 2018
Greg Covey commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Pixhawk Mini now just $92 on Amazon
"Hi Chris,

That's a great combo deal and less than half the price of the Holybro Pixfalcon Combo.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!"
Dec 24, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Kevin Garland's discussion Quad Plane Issues V3.6
"Hi Max,
Try starting a new subject (thread) on the ArduPlane v3.8 forum. You should be able to register and then post in that forum.
Cheers!
    Greg C.
MAX GALVAN ASTUCURI said:
buen día Greg, intento ingresar al foro pero no tengo resultados me…"
Dec 5, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Randy's discussion figuring out the Antenna Tracker
"Hi Patrick,
Nice setup! The Ubiquiti NanoBeam was less expensive than I expected. I didn't see a cone pattern for it but the 25dBi gain is impressive for the price.

Did you print the 3D parts yourself or send out for them? I was wondering what the…"
Sep 9, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Randy's discussion figuring out the Antenna Tracker
"Wow, that's some serious tracking gain! What distances are you planning for? Is it a commercial tracker design? Anthony Verloop said:
There are still some modifications to be done, but the concept is working very fine. Once it is finished, I will…"
Sep 6, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Randy's discussion figuring out the Antenna Tracker
"Here you are...
AntennaTracker_v080.param"
Sep 4, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Randy's discussion figuring out the Antenna Tracker
"Thanks, Jeff!
Jeff said:
I just compiled v0.8.0 for the pixhawk if anyone needs it, since it is no longer available."
Sep 3, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Kevin Garland's discussion Quad Plane Issues V3.6
"Pete,
Before Tridge fixed the original issues, I converted my CL-84 back to stock. I decided to stick with my FireFLY6s and QuadPlanes for now. The QuadPlanes use Plane v3.6.0 and I am waiting for v3.8.0 before upgrading.

My hope is that Hobby King…"
May 18, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Kevin Garland's discussion Quad Plane Issues V3.6
"Hi Pete,
Are you using a beta build from Tridge or are you making your own builds from master?
It sounds like your issue is something basic like either the quadplane feature is not enabled or your frame type is not set right. Have you posted your…"
May 17, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Kevin Garland's discussion Quad Plane Issues V3.6
"I would recommend posting your issue on the appropriate APM Plane release forum below. There are many active QuadPlane users (and developers) on the APM forums.

Arduplane Forums"
May 16, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Randy's discussion figuring out the Antenna Tracker
"In the upper right corner of Mission Planner you can simply select which MavLINK COMM device you want to connect to. In the images below, you can see the change in COMM ports and GPS satellite count between my tracker and copter."
May 10, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Greg Covey's discussion PX4/Pixhawk Flight Core Controlling FireFLY6 VTOL
"Hi babak,

What was your final solution? babak said:
hi Greg, I finally amend this problem, now I can transmit from hover to forward flying
tnx for your help"
Apr 3, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Greg Covey's discussion PX4/Pixhawk Flight Core Controlling FireFLY6 VTOL
"Jimmy,
Today, there is tiltrotor support for the FireFLY6 in APM Plane v3.8.0. No AVA key is needed. You can find pre-release firmware and setup information here. Also, the PX4 stack supports tiltrotor for the FireFLY6 hardware.
Good luck!
Jimmy…"
Apr 3, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Randy's discussion figuring out the Antenna Tracker
"Hi Patrick,

Your tracker looks great! I'm glad you got things ironed out. The Pixhawk Lite does have several incorrect pinout diagrams so the images below are for others that may want to use this $47 low cost controller for their tracker. The…"
Jan 9, 2017
Greg Covey replied to Greg Covey's discussion PX4/Pixhawk Flight Core Controlling FireFLY6 VTOL
"Hi Andreas,

Thanks for the information. I have also found a video on YouTube below. I think it is you but I could be wrong.

E-flite Convergence Autonomous Mission Flight"
Jan 4, 2017
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