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Jan Swanepoel replied to Jan Swanepoel's discussion Pixhawk Altitude Accuracy
"Still haven't found a real solution. One option is to log the raw pressure values and then convert it to height. This gives the 100% barometer height and not the one combined with the accelerometers and appears to be more accurate. But this means…"
Jan 29, 2016
Jan Swanepoel replied to Jan Swanepoel's discussion MAVProxy exception
"If I recall correctly my problem was with the select() function used in the Python code of MAVProxy. According to the documentation for the select() function, it only works for sockets on Windows, which unfortunately I am running. On Linux it works…"
Jun 16, 2015
Jan Swanepoel posted a discussion
HiThrough a number of tests (comparing with a fixed reference point) I noticed that my Pixhawk can have an altitude error of up to 9%. This meant that if I aimed to fly at an altitude of 100m I could in fact be flying at 91m. This is not always the…
Mar 12, 2015
Jan Swanepoel posted a discussion
HiI have recently installed MAVProxy and played with it a little. Upon running I get the following:Failed to load module: No module named wp... (and some other modules, rally,fence and terrain) but read in a post here that its because I did not…
Aug 15, 2014