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Male


About Me:

I'm a software engineer with a new found love for electronic/robotic engineering


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I love the idea of autonomous drones and see them as a big part of our foreseeable future.


Hometown:

Provo


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Jackson Rollins replied to Jackson Rollins's discussion APM gets lost & drifts 3km - how to get logs?
"I don't know too much about the logs but it seems like the log process may have been interrupted since the drone went down due to battery failure.

What I know is that I had the drone performing autotune in alt-hold and after a while it stopped…"
Jun 19, 2016
Jackson Rollins posted discussions
Jun 14, 2016
Jackson Rollins replied to Jackson Rollins's discussion Uncontrollable Drone Flies Away
"I received a call from a local police office asking me if I lost a drone and to describe it to him. I pulled the log earlier today and here it is:

http://cl.ly/3v0g3m02273l/2016-06-09%2015-20-34.log

I'm not very good with viewing the logs but I…"
Jun 14, 2016
Jackson Rollins replied to Jackson Rollins's discussion APM gets lost & drifts 3km - how to get logs?
"I'm looking at this log and the GPS isn't completely accurate. It shows about where it landed, but not where it took off. I'm currently viewing this with TERMINAL > Log Browse. This is my first time browsing a log so I'm not sure exactly what to…"
Jun 14, 2016
Jackson Rollins replied to Jackson Rollins's discussion APM gets lost & drifts 3km - how to get logs?
"I looked around for a while in case there was a "new" way but I completely overlooked this way. I was able to download all the logs, now to figure out how to view them.. Thanks for your help and I'll post back once I know what happened!"
Jun 14, 2016
Jackson Rollins posted a discussion
Yesterday I was flying my APM 2.6 when it stopped obeying the RC and sat still. Not matter what I did the drone would not respond. I changed through every flight mode and even cycled the RC power a few times with no response.This would have been…
Jun 10, 2016
Jackson Rollins replied to Jerry Hatrick's discussion Running Mission Planner on OSX
"Hey all,

I personally use windows 10 (you can download the ISO for free from microsoft) via Oracle's Virtual Box which is also free. It runs Mission Planner 1.3.37 like a dream.

If needed, google how you can do the following:
- Download virtualbox…"
Apr 15, 2016
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Apr 6, 2016
Jackson Rollins posted a discussion
I had arducopter plugged in and connected to mission planner via USB. I kept getting a warning that the battery voltage was low.I disconnected from mission planner then unplugged the usb cord.I plugged in my lipo battery.the board flashed the green…
Apr 6, 2016
Jackson Rollins replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Unable to update ATMEGA 32U2 PPM Encoder with FLIP
"I've been dealing with this for days.. It all started when I tried to install new firmware via APM Planner 2.0.18 and it told me it couldn't contact the bootloader. Subsequent googling led me to forums with information similar to this one.

I've…"
Apr 2, 2016