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Male
About
Location
Manchester
About Me:
I have over 20 years experience with electronics and the last 13 of those have been with Microprocessors and Microcontroller's. I decided to have a go with RC planes which I have always wanted to do. Having combined the two hobbies I'm now gettting into drones. I've also started to get into amature radio and have made many usefull modifcations to my GCS setup based on what I've learned on the radio courses.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I'm not really trying to develop a fully automated system because I enjoy flying the planes myself. I would prefer to develop a good ground station system with an autopilot on the the airframe to take over flight if I need a break or in case of communications problems. My dream system would be to develop a cockpit similar to what those flight sim guys develop but controlling my uav from it instead of flight sim. it's not extactly portable but could be a lot of fun.
Hometown:
Burnley
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"Hi Muhammad, I fly out on the tops on some local hills and the nearest building is a couple of miles away so I'm certain it's not 2.4Ghz interference, also make sure wifi is off on my phone just in case.
I'll give the 360 a try and see what…"
I'll give the 360 a try and see what…"
Hi,I'm not sure if this may have been asked before but has anyone had any problems with the range of their 2.4Ghz equipment through the use of a 5.8Ghz video transmitter? I was out over the weekend and noticed my plane seemed to have lost it's…
"Hasn't Google been in trouble recently for invasions or privacy regarding collecting WIFI data while driving their cars around with camera's on board looking into everyone's property? I fly FPV whenever I can and would never give it up as a result…"
"Just spotted there has been a few people asking for this code sample and just seen that there is an upload button. A bit late but might be useful for anyone else who come across this post.vb joystick.zip"
"HI Chris, I am developing a similar project although I capture the video to a standalone screen and DVR. Mine is written in vb2010 but most of it should compile in vb.net, you are welcome to a copy of the source if you like. Although not the best…"
"HI Martint, Yes the duty cycle can be got around by simply applying a low signal on the reset pin. The signal only needs to be very short and the units connect again straight away. The 10% duty cycle is fixed an cannot be changed but please bear in…"
"I Tried the easyradio LPRS 433 modules last year and had nothing but trouble with them regardless of what baud rate I used. After having many unexplained nose dives or sudden climbs at different flying locations I decided to put the easystar back on…"
"No problem. I've emailed you the Visual Basic project.
James"
James"
"Thanks Janne got it going now, I did look at the data sheet but sometimes it's even better to see and example from someone who has already been there and done it. That's saved me from putting a can over the antenna."
"Reinaldo, I haven't looked in detail at your link in but it looks like you are trying to connect a joystick to a pc and send it to a serial based servo controller?
If this is a the case I have some sample visual basic code using directinput, All…"
If this is a the case I have some sample visual basic code using directinput, All…"
"Great work. I've flown an easystar all summer using the same modules having had binding problems with spektrum gear. please could I ask what the strings were you sent to put the 868 into command mode and the power settings strings ? I've the same…"
"Looks like a great project. You might be as well to build in a standard transmitter and receiver into your diagram just in case. It's fine manually controlling the autopilot until the autopilot/ground control/Xbee (or whatever) locks up and then you…"
"Fantastic! thanks for the reply. I think i'm going to go down the conversion route based on that."
"Hi Nathaniel, I have a 40 size nitro trainer i'm considering converting to eletric simpy because I have had enough of the mess caused by using fuel and problems with then engine itself (so much so I haven't even got this one in the air yet). I also…"
"A great turotial. Looking forward to part two."
"I wouldn't worry too much about the video. It may be high tech but it's a small expensive toy and if someone decides they want to use it in that way chances are they have already tried it with something they bought from the supermarket, toy store…"
