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Guillaume Jouvet posted a discussion
Hi everyone,For a research I'm doing, I would like to use a quadcopter to land on a glacier (but a crevassed area, a kind of no-go-zone ...) in order to leave a sensor for a few hours before flying back to me. As I will be far away (but still in the…
Apr 6, 2018
Guillaume Jouvet replied to Guillaume Jouvet's discussion Stall (spiral of death) of a X8 Skywalker after switching to RTL
"hi Adolfo,
Unfortunately, I did not find any clear reasons that can explain such a bad behavior. What you describe looks similar to my crash indeed, and I'm surprised that this kind of stall is not more documented. Still, I noticed that my…"
May 23, 2017
Guillaume Jouvet posted a discussion
Dear all,My X8 fixed-wing (running under arduplane 3.7.1) stalled and crashed after entering a spiral of death caused by a too high bank angle. My X8 was successfully auto-tuned, it flew a few times before without any issues. After 30 minutes of…
Apr 27, 2017
Guillaume Jouvet replied to Guillaume Jouvet's discussion How the Pixhawk behaves at high latitudes? (close to magnetic North pole)
"hi adam,
I can give some feedbacks from my last year experience at a latitude of about 79°. First of all, I confirm that the 3dr compass was completely unreliable, i.e. it used to drift all the time. However, after setting COMPASS_PRIMARY to 1 (this…"
Jun 5, 2016
Guillaume Jouvet posted a discussion
Dear all,I use to fly a Skywalker X8 for AUTO mission with with an onboard Pixhawk and the last artduplane firmware, and I'm still struggling about the best way to have a reliable airspeed. On the one hand, I flew once without using any airspeed…
Mar 1, 2016
Guillaume Jouvet posted a discussion
Dear all, Any idea how the Pixhawk mounted on a flying wing will behave when flying a mission at very high latitudes (~ 80°). Due to the proximity of the North pole, magnetic compasses are usually no longer reliable. Since the Pixhawk also includes…
May 18, 2015