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Jan Willem replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"On my quadcopter with APM 2.6 controller and firmware version 3.2 rc5 there is still a noticable twitch when passing regular and spline waypoints. It would be great if this can be solved with the upcoming 3.2 release.

Best regards,

Jan Willem
The…"
Aug 18, 2014
Jan Willem replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"Edgar,

Very nice video. What interests me is the smoothness of your video when using spline waypoints. My quadcopter flies equally nice, but when passing a spline waypoint there is a noticable hickup in flight that my brushless gimball can't…"
Jul 29, 2014
Jan Willem replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2 beta testing
"Hi all,

I tested 3.2rc2 on a quadcopter with a Pixhawk and and Apm flightcontroller and let them both fly a short mission.
First with Spline waypoints and then with regular waypoints.
On my quadcopter with the Apm I observed the same issue as…"
Jun 11, 2014
Jan Willem replied to Ted Weerts's discussion Setting up external mag/compass
"Hi Ted,

In my previous message I forgot to mention that you also should do the 'live calibration' in mission planner. That solved my problems.

A link to that discussion: http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/external-magetometer

Best regards,

Jan…"
Mar 4, 2014
Jan Willem replied to Ted Weerts's discussion Setting up external mag/compass
"Hi Ted,

I can confirm that it's just as simple as you describe.
Cut the trace on you board, plug in the compass and finally change your hardware settings in the mission planner to external compass. Be carefull to check the orientation of your…"
Feb 28, 2014
Jan Willem replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"One of the possible values of the variable WP_YAW_BEHAVIOUR is 3: Face along GPS course.
Can someone explain what this value does and how it differs from 1: Face to next waypoint?

Best regards,

Henk de Groot"
Sep 21, 2013
Jan Willem posted a discussion
Hi all,I have what appears to be a simple question: How can I let my quadopter fly a mission of 10 points and keep it oriented at a pre-defined point (the POI/ROI) during this mission?To accomplish this I tried the "Set ROI" command in Mission…
Sep 20, 2013
Jan Willem replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"Hi all,

Did any of you test the ROI feature with firmware 3.1 rc1 and the latest version of Mission Planner with success?

How do you set a ROI in MP? In previous versions of MP a symbol representing the ROI appeared on the map. In the latest…"
Sep 14, 2013
Jan Willem replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"Tested firmware 3.1 RC1 on my quadcopter today.
After performing live compass calibration I tested the following:

- Arming and disarming in Loiter mode --> works perfect.
- TakeOff and Landing in Loiter mode --> works perfect.
- Flying around in…"
Sep 14, 2013
Jan Willem posted a discussion
When using the "SET Roi" command in MP 1.2.78 no symbol is placed on my map and an empty waypoint is added to the waypoint list.Furthermore I'm not able to choose the DO_SET_ROI command in the dropdown list in my list with waypoints. The only option…
Sep 14, 2013
Jan Willem replied to Kevin Hester's discussion New production release 1.6.07 - includes a few on-screen joystick fixes in Andropilot Users Group
"Hi Kevin,

I'd like to be able to see the distance between waypoints and the total distance of a planned mission added to the 'mission planning tab'.
I also put this feature request on your Github page.

Best regards,

Jan Willem
The Netherlands"
Aug 3, 2013
Jan Willem posted a discussion in Andropilot Users Group
Hi all,When planning a mission in the field some info about the total mission distance would be handy. Is this info available in Andropilot?Best regards,Jan WillemThe Netherlands
Jul 21, 2013
Jan Willem posted a discussion in Andropilot Users Group
Hi all,Yesterday I used the RTL command in one of my missions and my quadcopter returned to home position as requested and than tried to land. This last action, the landing, I didn't expect.When I engage RTL with my transmitter it returns home but…
Jul 15, 2013
Jan Willem replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"Hi all,

I'm flying a quadcopter with APM2.5, an uBlox gps module, an external compass and the 3dr 433 mhz telemetry set. I placed the speedcontrollers and my telemetry set as far away from the gps and compass as possible. The result is low magnetic…"
Mar 8, 2013
Jan Willem posted a discussion
Hi all,I'm using MP in combination with APM2.5 and firmware version 2.9.1.I power my board with the 3DR APM Power Module and have voltage and current sensing enabled.Is it possible to determine the amount of amps my quadcopter draws when hovering…
Feb 21, 2013
Jan Willem replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"Hi all,

After a lot of testing anti vibration measures I think my accel Z graph is looking good and I started testing altitude hold. When in altitude hold my quad slowly descends. The first 10 or 20 seconds it stays at the desired height and then…"
Feb 21, 2013
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