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Loxahatchee, FL


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quadcopter FPV flying


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West Palm Beach, FL


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Ivan R commented on Patrick McKay's blog post Remote ID Proposal Outlaws Home-built RC Aircraft
"i agree the AMA has totally missed out on everything the last 10 years...they are a complete waste"
Jan 17, 2020
Ivan R replied to al's discussion Can someone recommend a hexacopter frame and build instructions
"FY690S"
Mar 2, 2019
Ivan R replied to Roly's discussion Advice needed: Best Gimbal & Action camera combo?
"great gimbal, i have one, i just wsh it had 360 degree pan"
Mar 2, 2019
Ivan R replied to Fixxer's discussion Pixhawk 4 experience(s)
"I just got a pixhawk 4...working great, dont regret it....and who said they are lower quality sensors?"
Jul 25, 2018
Ivan R replied to Alex's discussion Custom build hexcopter drone
"I wouldnt use a racing ESC...go with hobbywing x-pro...cant go wrong with those, very reliable and simple. also use lower KV like 580 sunnysky motors
I dont know anything about that FC...I would go with a Pixhawk 4 with Ardupilot...very proven."
Jul 25, 2018
Ivan R replied to Jan Overby's discussion Pixhawk crash, I would appreciate some help to analyze log
"this one is simple, mechanical issue likely motor/esc failure, look the the outputs going crazy after 6:42:30 as FC tries to compensate for a motor failure, also note the large divertion between requested roll and actual roll, most definitely looks…"
Jun 3, 2018
Ivan R replied to Charles Linquist's discussion Telemetry and HD video over 4G
"not speaking for OP, but with the Navio2 board I do this today with MavProxy via TCP, with Mavproxy you can multicast to different tagets Sushanth J said:
Hey, The system seems to be a very useful backup to RFDs. You mentioned about a special…"
Apr 17, 2018
Ivan R replied to Charles Linquist's discussion Telemetry and HD video over 4G
"pretty nice, you should definitely do it....am kinda of doing the same thing, except manually, i run 2 simultaneous copies of MissionPlanner GCS, one connected via IP to the 4G modem and the other one serial to the RFD900x, either can fail and…"
Apr 13, 2018
Ivan R replied to Charles Linquist's discussion Telemetry and HD video over 4G
"btw i just use a RPi3 with Huawei 4G USB dongle and mavlink telemetry/control via MP and also have RFD900x radios for backup and RC control...I connect MP to the RPi IP and another MP instance connected simultaneously via RFD900x and it also does…"
Apr 13, 2018
Ivan R replied to Charles Linquist's discussion Telemetry and HD video over 4G
"Charles, am surprised to hear the cell tower reception is worse at altitude...i get pretty good signal  (4 bars) on mine at 300ft or so, and the tower nearest is like 1 mile away.....i always thought with signal it would be better at altitude due to…"
Apr 13, 2018
Ivan R replied to Dez's discussion 3dr wifi module default password
"you can replace the crappy firmware on it which only allows it to be a hotspot with this one below thats much better and can act as a wifi client

https://github.com/jeelabs/esp-link"
Apr 11, 2018
Ivan R replied to Charles Linquist's discussion Telemetry and HD video over 4G
"I do this today using FlytOS with a Pi3 and a USB 4G modem, you dont need any special server if you get a static IP from your ISP , i then use my own home PC   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJrobih0Kqk&t=18s"
Apr 11, 2018
Ivan R replied to David Nagle's discussion Walkera G-3DH and Pixhawk.
"u only need relays for hooking up servos, looks like you still have 4 ports left for output of pitch and yaw RC control thru pixhawk
you just need to do the pixhawk gimbel setup and map the input RC channels from radio TX out to the pixhawk output…"
Apr 11, 2018
Ivan R replied to Barry Hagen's discussion Telemetry radio question
"Must have for me, gotta love guided point and click flying from my android, can't do that with just plain osd"
Dec 7, 2017
Ivan R replied to Miguel A's discussion mRobotics Pixhawk / ESP8266 / MavESP8266 (1.1.1 firmware)
"i use TCP, works just fine and have an ESP8266 using serial-bridge firmware to connect from my wifi network to the 3DR radio
check out this link for the ESP8266 bridge

https://github.com/jeelabs/esp-link/releases"
Dec 6, 2017
Ivan R replied to hugo delaroux's discussion In case of lost drone, best move ? in UgCS
"all you need is one of these in your drone   RF-V16....has save me recover mine from places I would have never found it...."
Jun 7, 2017
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