John Cousins's Discussions (13)

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Introductions. Drop in and say hello!

Hi there fellow sandgropers! Jump on in and tell us a little about yourselves, how you got into UAV / UAS, where you live, fly and what you're up to!

 

My name is John Cousins and I live in Willetton. I started out as an aeronautics "geek" at Kent Stre

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Mugin UAV 3m

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I have decided it's time to move up to a large UAV airframe.

I still have the giant payload master in the build, but it is taking forever as if i'm not working offshore, i'm busy test flying ardu-equipped foamies.

I'm going to keep flying

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Current Australian UAV regulations.

Hey there all. I've been busying myself with test flying foamies and getting all my Ardubugs ironed out.

I haven't checked in on the CASA regulations for ages...

Finally I feel i'm ready to step up to a large airframe so have a Mugin 3m wingspan airfra

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Telemetry Port

Hi all!This isn't a discussion about wireless telemetry but more to do with the telemetry port itself.Could somewone tell me what the signal voltage levels are on the tlemetry port on the Ardupilot Mega.I hoping to test my telemetry link by using a s

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Telemetry port (Port3) ?

Hi there all.

 

First of all, to give you a little run-down on my situation... I work on an oil rig and I have been playing around building and testing my APMega after hours. I haven't been able to test GPS yet as there are restrictions on the use of e

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A little confused...

Hey there everyone. Here's my dilemma.

I just assembled my APM and connected up my UBLOX to do a little "bench testing" to ensure my soldering skills are ok and check that the boards are working correctly.

 

I started off by uploading the new APM 2.0 to

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Foam moulding...

Recently I have been playing around with 2 part foam. Basically is comes in 2 cans, and when you mix it it foams up, quadruples in size and then goes hard. I have been using it to make seats for single seat race cars. Basically you fit a bin bag insi

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Telemetry options with Ardupilot Mega

Hi there everyone. It's my first post in the Ardupilot Mega part of this forum so please... be gentle.I am currently building a massive (by my standards) UAV. It is based around the "Payload Master 100" by AMR research. I hadn't decided on an autopil

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First UAV!

G'day all from Western Australia!

 

I am building my first UAV. It's for no other reason than for my personal enjoyment. (at first)

Maybe if I have the "right stuff" and UAVs become more mainstream commercial I might change careers but for the moment, I

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