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Jacko commented on Bill King's blog post A New Singlecopter Airframe Support for Arducopter
"Is it possible to get a binary of this? Ideally for pix hawk.  I have built for APM but the servos seems to move incorrectly.
Any help would be most welcome as I have an air frame I cannot get airborne.
Thanks"
Apr 17, 2016
Jacko commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post A new chapter in ArduPilot development
"Awesome idea. So what is the mechanism for me to pay for some help from a developer? And how do I know which devs are available for that?"
Mar 11, 2016
Jacko replied to Patrick Weeden's discussion Auto take off settings for catapult- please help
"Use an airspeed detection of around 4m/s. Disable all others. No throttle delay. Launch in Auto Mode.
Works a treat, never had a failed launch over 18 mnths. Remember prop safety though don't arm the pixhawk till just before release. 

See four…"
Feb 7, 2016
Jacko commented on PX4's blog post Fly any VTOL Geometry with PX4
"This looks like the code I have been searching for. I'v been trying the coax and single copter builds for Pixhawk and APM but they are limited and very out of date.
Where can I find the source code for the Caipirinha config? Will this compile with…"
Jan 25, 2016
Jacko replied to Raj Desai's discussion Single Copter build. Help and guidance needed.
"Hi Raj 
Did you make much progress with this? All my requests for help seem unanswered."
Jan 17, 2016
Jacko commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post APM:Plane 3.4.0 released
"+1 on some VTOL as an xmas pressie. Can Santa bring me the code for a hybrid as per the Osprey - that would my choice. "
Nov 30, 2015
Jacko commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Testing laser rangefinders with ArduPlane
"That's an exact description of the behavior I see, yes. I give it a try and let you know how it goes. Though the device definitely was not giving this anomaly when first installed. "
Oct 1, 2015
Jacko commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Testing laser rangefinders with ArduPlane
"Mine developed a lot of glitching. Randomly giving zero height but only momentarily and has never caused a false landing event. Thus far!
I really like this unit though - it is indispensable to get a decent landing with a large RPAS."
Oct 1, 2015
Jacko commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Testing laser rangefinders with ArduPlane
"Perhaps you could post the logs? I'm not really a wizz at this but may help.
Thanks"
Sep 30, 2015
Jacko replied to RG's discussion Traveling international with drones in Agricultural UAVs
"The number one rule is carriage of LiPo is as cabin baggage where the hazard can be dealt with. 
Lipo's for drone must not ever go in the hold of the aircraft."
Aug 30, 2015
Jacko left a comment on Agricultural UAVs
"Well, lets have a conversation about what the differences between these systems might be.
I'll volunteer to put my neck on the chopping block and start that conversation............
My understanding is this maybe something like.

What 'index' means…"
Aug 11, 2015
Jacko left a comment on Agricultural UAVs
"This such a wonderful forum for people working with drones and agriculture and across all levels of that space. Let's be wary of bashing each others efforts, we all share the same core interest after all.
IMHO."
Aug 11, 2015
Jacko replied to RG's discussion Farmer dashboard for interpreting data in Agricultural UAVs
Jul 27, 2015
Jacko replied to David Locascio's discussion Geotagging Pictures From NEX 5 Using APM Planner and Pixhawk
"Sorry to jump topic Michael, but while I have your attention, I'm busy trying to get alternate lanes to work in Mission planner but it seems to be broken! I'm assuming Its my duff grasp of how it works as usual!
Any advise on how this works? Its a…"
Jul 2, 2015
Jacko replied to David Locascio's discussion Geotagging Pictures From NEX 5 Using APM Planner and Pixhawk
"I you want to upload a param file we can see if its set OK. I still struggle with bitmasks if in doubt just enable cam logging in isolation and work from there.
Let me know if you need help to set this."
Jul 2, 2015
Jacko replied to Jacko's discussion Is fly-bar less rotor head better? in ArduCopter (traditional heli) user group
"Yes, works great. Though LIDAR works best."
Jun 17, 2015
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