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Alpharetta, GA
About Me:
BS and MS in computer engineering. Small business owner.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
My interest is in the software development for a fully autonomous system.
Hometown:
Alpharetta, GA
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"Great work. Ideally a "glitch detection" would be performed on all sensor readings before they are used and the process would be integrated into a set of policies on when to use or discard backup sensor data if available. Expensive flying…"
"Can anyone who has purchased this provide a review or suggest other 5.8 Ghz systems for 1+ mile range? Did anyone ever figure out the lines of resolution for this system?
Thank you."
Thank you."
"Ok. That was impressive. Please share with us your odds of hitting a rotor on that ferris wheel. Especially in an area where you would not have been able to recover the multirotor. And please provide hardware details. My FPV skills suddenly…"
As an engineer and software developer I feel confident we could write software that auto tunes the PIDs in the air or possibly on a fixed jig that holds it in place. Has anyone done any work on this?
"Is -5 to -15 still considered acceptable for Z Accel vibration when running 2.9.x? After balancing props and motors I am within that range but just barely. I have not yet done anything to isolate the APM from frame vibration."
"Silly question, but how do I turn raw data logging on/off so that I can see Accel Z values?
Thank you."
Thank you."
This sounds a little too good to be true. Is anyone familiar with pressure sensors that provide this much resolution? Obviously this would be fantastic on an arducopter.http://www.meas-spec.com/product/t_product.aspx?id=8503Mike
"After letting the battery sit for about 2 hours I put it back on the charger. It put an additional 168 mah onto it and brought the voltage to 12.6. I have seen this with 2200 mah Tenergy batteries too. The only way to get a 12.6 volt charge is to…"
One brand new Tenergy 3s 5,000 mah battery is fully charged with a balance charger and flown in an arducopter quad for 16 minutes. My battery alarm goes off at 10.8 volts (3.6 volts per cell on a 3s lipo) and I promptly land. Before re-charging I…
"Ouch. Yesterday I was flying and a prop flew off. The quad tumbled into the ground for its second crash. I was aware of the prop issue and had those suckers on tight but had not checked them during the last few flights. Bummer. My message is…"
"Are most users putting arduplane into this frame?"
"Never be persuaded by the cotton candy and freebies. A commitment to excellent service is all we should want from them."
"My guess is that 3DR is on top of this and we won't be finding bad solder joints in the future. :) Overall I have been pleased."
"I had exactly the same issue. Same part. Same wire. Same connector. Same poor solder. And a crash. Fortunately, everything survived except for a small bend in an arm. Very lucky. Easy fix and it was flying again.
Mike"
Mike"
"Don't go for the minimum C rating you can get away with. The lower the C rating the hotter your battery will get. And I'm sure you are already aware that when your battery gets hot you are wasting energy heating up the battery! So the problem is…"
"There is lots of great info there. I like it. Two suggestions:
1) Consider putting prop balancing first along with details on how to do it. That's a pretty simple way to reduce a lot of vibration.
2) What is a good motor balance procedure? I am not…"
1) Consider putting prop balancing first along with details on how to do it. That's a pretty simple way to reduce a lot of vibration.
2) What is a good motor balance procedure? I am not…"
