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Rural mountain dweller. Tech head, 25+yrs playing with electronics, mechanics, blah,blah,blah
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Drones for Democracy! Lets get more people flying!
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Since I could not find any other threads regarding the issue of using all 3 wireless comms systems with the Pixhawk, here is my experience on that topic.I just created my own splitter cable to connect my bluetooth module with Tx & Rx and OSD with Rx…
"SNARK ALERT:
Hijack the thread into bashing 3DR and I'm missing the point? LOL
I bought into 3DR's vision many years ago with an APM 1.6 and was never disappointed until I couldn't load new firmwarez onto it, but that is the price of progress.
The…"
Hijack the thread into bashing 3DR and I'm missing the point? LOL
I bought into 3DR's vision many years ago with an APM 1.6 and was never disappointed until I couldn't load new firmwarez onto it, but that is the price of progress.
The…"
"And today I changed the relay trigger circuit again...
Clare Semiconductor (et al) makes a great 8 pin IC that houses a pair of optocoupled FET based switches. It turns on at about 2v and 5ma so our 3.3v works great with a 330 ohm resistor to…"
Clare Semiconductor (et al) makes a great 8 pin IC that houses a pair of optocoupled FET based switches. It turns on at about 2v and 5ma so our 3.3v works great with a 330 ohm resistor to…"
"----> WORDS OF WISDOM, Learned the hard way.
Don't get burned by Chinese knockoffs. Too many components seem not to be rated the same as the original 3DR Pixhawk. The best way to cut cost is to cut corners. I got burnt recently and just got my real…"
Don't get burned by Chinese knockoffs. Too many components seem not to be rated the same as the original 3DR Pixhawk. The best way to cut cost is to cut corners. I got burnt recently and just got my real…"
"So I was just researching more on Pixhawk aux out current limits. I will be changing the input resistor on the 3.3v aux out line to the base of the transistor to a 330ohm .I just found evidence suggesting that the aux out pins on the Pixhawk are…"
"Sorry for your crash- that always hurts and leaves a pilot a bit bewildered. When I started in on this project, I lost a collet and got a crash as well- that was a year and a half ago. My response was "Hello cyanoacrylate, how are you today?" I…"
"I figured from the beginning that isolating the APM from vibration would be a necessity for max stability. I have had a chunk of fairly high density closed cell silicone (yes, real silicone) foam for many years that I have used for soldering and…"
"Cheers Dave!
Nice work. I've been following along on the 2.8.1 release forum and you have done a great service putting it all together here. Thanks to your tuning tests and sharing the results, I now have a solid, stable and very snappy…"
Nice work. I've been following along on the 2.8.1 release forum and you have done a great service putting it all together here. Thanks to your tuning tests and sharing the results, I now have a solid, stable and very snappy…"
"My copter:
550mm diameter flying robot quadcopter frame in X config
APM1.4 with mag, Mediatek GPS and sonar
3536 750kv motors turning 11x7 three-blade Master Airscrew props with Proton 30a ESC's
2s 800mah electronics battery, 4s 5000mah flight…"
550mm diameter flying robot quadcopter frame in X config
APM1.4 with mag, Mediatek GPS and sonar
3536 750kv motors turning 11x7 three-blade Master Airscrew props with Proton 30a ESC's
2s 800mah electronics battery, 4s 5000mah flight…"
I think it would be helpful to those who follow along in the future if we were to list out our hardware for comparison and tuning. It would give newbs a place to work from in terms of design, expectations and PID tuning.Data to include: type of…
I am confused about 'default altitude' vs 'absolute altitude' and the definitions of the two. Does anyone have advice about setting the 'absolute altitude' in the flight planner tab in mission planner? If I check the 'hold default altitude'…
"Wow and wow and wow!!! I have been out of the loop for a few months and now I return to find the work has continued and all of the developers here never cease to outdo themselves!! I can't wait to upload the new firmware and get my quad airborne…"
"New firmware (2.5.3) for AC is GREAT! Its the most stable and smooth I have yet to see. Good work Devel team and thank you! I am so glad I put my money and energy into ArduCopter. "
"A note on safety for hand PID tuning: the more the better!
Balistic shooting glasses are the mimimum safety gear I wear while I've been tuning PIDS with my quad in hand overhead (ever seen a prop come apart at 10k rpm?) Blowing dust and grit in…"
Balistic shooting glasses are the mimimum safety gear I wear while I've been tuning PIDS with my quad in hand overhead (ever seen a prop come apart at 10k rpm?) Blowing dust and grit in…"
"K, Well, I guess I'm over it. I have about $1500 US wrapped up in this project and apparently my APM just became junk for seemingly no reason. I am sad and frustrated and need to leave this behind me. I started this project only three months ago so…"
