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Cape Town
About Me:
RC for over 30 years, Telecommunication Specialist, Programmer... Utopist... truther
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Developping drones for Nature Reserve Africa www.DronesForNature.com - Ever tried to inhale money? - Project Archelon - We develop a drone, swimming in the ocean, powered my hydrogen and solar, filtering water 24/7... removing plastic from the ocean!
Hometown:
Heidelberg, Germany
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"Hi Jay
I am no specialist... should ask Paul but he is not around at the moment. We do some movie work from time to time. So I kinda understand your short terms a bit ;) Can also say you talk like them (movie dudes) ;) not everybody knows what is a…"
I am no specialist... should ask Paul but he is not around at the moment. We do some movie work from time to time. So I kinda understand your short terms a bit ;) Can also say you talk like them (movie dudes) ;) not everybody knows what is a…"
"You mean visual sensor follow me? Have you tried the GPS follow me from Andropilot? The update is all 2 seconds... not sure how fast you ride your skateboard... dont put the copter on "head" hight... put it above house/tree level... with wide angle…"
"Hi Andi
Why not take the power from one of your ESC?
If you draw to much from the APM.. you might risk a brown out.. I never tried to connect video over it.. but even if I connect a servo.. I use a ESC as power source.. juuuuuust to be sure.
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Why not take the power from one of your ESC?
If you draw to much from the APM.. you might risk a brown out.. I never tried to connect video over it.. but even if I connect a servo.. I use a ESC as power source.. juuuuuust to be sure.
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"First tuning sucks.. but you have to fight yourself through it :)
You could also have a vibration issue.. APM is nicely set on a good foam?
Start tuning in Stabalize Mode.. when that flys stable, fine tune in Acro. You have a video so I can see how…"
You could also have a vibration issue.. APM is nicely set on a good foam?
Start tuning in Stabalize Mode.. when that flys stable, fine tune in Acro. You have a video so I can see how…"
"Solution is written BIG on the product website I found:
• Compact 40 amp Brushless ESC
• With builT-in 3 amp BEC
• 40 amps continuous, 45 amps burst
• 55mm x 26mm x 11.6mm, 35g plus
• Handles up to 12.6V …"
• Compact 40 amp Brushless ESC
• With builT-in 3 amp BEC
• 40 amps continuous, 45 amps burst
• 55mm x 26mm x 11.6mm, 35g plus
• Handles up to 12.6V …"
"Do you use a Spectrum Transmitter (DX6,DX7,DX8)?"
"You can autostart in Guided Mode... put a guided mode target and activate the mode.. thats how I start my copters auto.
I would suggest to use loiter for movements. :) And the idea with the "Spring" I do not recomment at all... that can cause some…"
I would suggest to use loiter for movements. :) And the idea with the "Spring" I do not recomment at all... that can cause some…"
"Hi Raph
First I have to say that I believe any X2 config is inefficient. Only reason I would use it is, if you need redundancy.
why i don't like it is simple. The prop inside the stream of air is not doing the work it should but adds the full…"
First I have to say that I believe any X2 config is inefficient. Only reason I would use it is, if you need redundancy.
why i don't like it is simple. The prop inside the stream of air is not doing the work it should but adds the full…"
"The noise you hear are vibrations... mainly the prop vibrations..so if you balance your props with a special tool.. you will reduce the noise level.
A good balancer just holds the prop with magnetic fields, use sandpaper to scrape the edges of the…"
A good balancer just holds the prop with magnetic fields, use sandpaper to scrape the edges of the…"
"Fix pitch copter have the issue of oscillating on fast descents. The reason is the construction of the props, to go down in altitude, the copter has only one possebility, reduce the prop speed, become more wobbely. The better balanced the copter and…"
"Is it flying in one direction or just toilet bowling? Sounds more like a bad calibrated compass.. how much you get in the compasmot?
Cheers
J"
Cheers
J"
"ArduPilot is based on Arduino.. I would go this way and see if you end up in the air... remember that a Rover is far more crash resitant... Arduino gives the advantage of low resource cost and you can assign, read out, control,.. what ever sensor…"
"Hi :)
Quads are more efficient on flight time but come at the cost of no redundandency. A Hex... my prefered... has 1 boom to fail and still able to fly. A Octocopter can loose 2... highly unlikely.. a good quad is as stable as a octocopter.. but…"
Quads are more efficient on flight time but come at the cost of no redundandency. A Hex... my prefered... has 1 boom to fail and still able to fly. A Octocopter can loose 2... highly unlikely.. a good quad is as stable as a octocopter.. but…"
HiI have a few APM in use.. but got a PX4 to test a new system. Did all the config and setup of the IOBoard. Telemetry (3DR 433 MHz) on UART5 and PX4Flow on the UART2.. where I get stuck is the RC.TXT file. Where do I find an example what I have to…
"Mhhh no specialist here.. simple look.. how you make the LRS run with the MavLink Protocol... same frequency doesnt mean they speak the same language.. i never looked into LRS.. so I might state complete bogus... but I think the LRS can only…"
"I ask myself more the question how many battery patents are rotting in the drawers of all the oil multis. Things happend, but as our system only supports change carried by money, a lot of technology got bought to reduce future competitor risk.
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