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John replied to John's discussion Droidplanner on Kindle Fire HD?
"I curretly have the original Nexus 7 with Droidplanner, but the price of the Amazon Fire HD is very attractive. However, i know that Amazon has its own App store, and was wondering if Arthus Benneman has made it available on the Amazon app store.…"
Dec 10, 2014
John replied to John's discussion Droidplanner on Kindle Fire HD?
"No one knows? Or perhaps the Ground Stations category is not the right one for this question?"
Dec 10, 2014
John posted a discussion
Does anyone know if Droidplanner can be installed on the Amazon Kindle Fire HD?  I understand Amazon has their own "App Store"--  It would be good to hear if anyone has DroidPlanner 2 on Kindle--perhaps with or without rooting?
Dec 8, 2014
John replied to John's discussion Porta-quad -- autonomous mini quadcopter designed for APM and Pixhawk
"Porta-quad 2 now available. Http://porta-quad.com. Packs into the smallest Pelican box, and capable of carrying Pixhawk, 3dr radio, full FPV gear, 2200mA battery for long autonomous flights."
Dec 8, 2014
John replied to John's discussion Porta-quad -- autonomous mini quadcopter designed for APM and Pixhawk
"Video using Droidplanner and Nexus here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAtevstAoDk&list=UUrud-PGo8leMw..."
Oct 5, 2014
John posted a discussion
I have designed a portable quad that folds and fits into a standard transmitter case, runs with 1800kv to 2300kv motors and 6" props and designed to carry gps, 3dr radio, osd, fpv Tx and board cam, and GoPro. Quite crash proof.More details here:…
Oct 5, 2014
John replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
" Separate clean BEC power on the flight controller side worked for me--but not sure what will happen if the two sides of the OSD are already connected with the solder blobs--that's beyond my electronic knowledge.  Good luck and let us know how it…"
Apr 20, 2014
John replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
"when you say you took off the 5V power supply from the APM, did you replace it with anything?  

I notice one poster said that was a solution, but with the OSD I have, the 5V side was not powered (I have not modified it to connect the two sides of…"
Apr 20, 2014
John replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
"There are two sources of power each powering one "side" of the OSD board, the 12V from the battery, and the 5V from the flight controller.  In my case, the brownouts causing the failure were on the 5V side.  When you say you have a BEC, to which…"
Apr 20, 2014
John replied to Navigant's discussion MINIMOSD STOPS OVERLAYING DATA
"I have an albeit underpowered mini quad (Hobbyking C20 motors and 12A escs), and I was getting a lot of brownouts on my MinimOSD where it would shut down whenever I would quickly add throttle.  It was ok if I gradually added throttle, but if I…"
Apr 18, 2014