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Chepstow, Gwent


About Me:

John..I'm retired


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Warrington


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John Holdsworth replied to Attila's discussion Radio Calibration problem with Pixhawk
" I did check and you do need a converter...when you get one did press the arm button before trying to calibrate  I spent ages with this issue until I read a post some where."
Jun 28, 2014
John Holdsworth commented on Drew Scott's blog post DIY multicopter lighting project
"Not connected with quad rotors or fpv, I've used a Teensy3.0 and the octows2811 libary to create a rolling text display and other effects using ws2811 strip leds..the display is 8 rows of 30 leds each...its mounted on a electric wot 4...the set up…"
Aug 23, 2013
John Holdsworth replied to Richard's discussion Anyone in or around south Wales in UK Ardupilot Group
"Yep I've been playing with Ardupilot...live in Chepstow..."
Oct 15, 2012
John Holdsworth posted a discussion
the software loads ok but with the airspeed pressure sensor disabled..how do I enable it without using the arduino development tools?
Mar 21, 2011
John Holdsworth commented on ionut's blog post Biggest UAV to date-Russian Buran
"whats this then? a Buran in a museum...http://speyer.technik-museum.de/en..in the late nineties I worked for a billing company who had a software engineering centre in Moscow...filled with rocket scientists (yes really!!)..who had been working on…"
Mar 12, 2011
John Holdsworth replied to Danny Lombard's discussion RCCAD
"I use devcad/devfus and profili2"
Jan 16, 2011
John Holdsworth commented on Peter Koppendorfer's blog post NEW PAN-TILT System
"the bearing is from a lazy susan set up , that is a rotating table top tray...I've tried them out, but not as successfyully as peter..a source in the UK is
http://www.axminster.co.uk/triangle-lazy-susan-bearing-prod20991/?s...

use google to search…"
Oct 16, 2010
John Holdsworth replied to Brett Glossop's discussion Can anyone suggest a good path for 5.8GHz tx/rx for UAV telemetry?
"if you want to go 5.8 (against the advice here) then try BEVRC (birds eye view) web site...


www.bevrc.com"
Jun 1, 2010
John Holdsworth replied to mark's discussion I've never flawn an RC plane before. What simulator should I get to start out?
"try this ..www.flying-model-simulator.com

its free and you can make a simple interface cable to the pc which uses the audio port

If you live anywhere near South Wales..glad to let you train with a real model"
Dec 7, 2009