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Systems Engineering Research Associate at Naval Postgraduate School


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Michael Day commented on Mike Clement's blog post From Zero to Fifty Planes in Twenty-Seven Minutes
"@Mike:
Just saw a typo.  We flew on Aug 27, not July 27. :)"
Sep 4, 2015
Michael Day commented on Mike Clement's blog post From Zero to Fifty Planes in Twenty-Seven Minutes
"@Andrew TridgellJust pushed up the slightly modified MAVProxy we use.  The preflight module referenced in this post is in there:https://github.com/mday299/MAVProxy/tree/dev

Note that module is no longer what we use for preflight operations, we use…"
Sep 4, 2015
Michael Day commented on Michael Day's blog post Landing from Rally Points
"@iskess

Sorry for the belated reply.  I haven't done Go Around using what's in master (I've been limping along on my fork far too long!) so I don't have the answer to your question."
Mar 4, 2015
Michael Day commented on Michael Day's blog post Landing from Rally Points
"Tom, the code in github is a bit dated, so buyer beware.
I'm trying to scrape together some time to get this style landing merge into master (been pretty swamped for a few months).  After some talking with Tridge, it will likely no longer include…"
Mar 4, 2015
Michael Day commented on Michael Day's blog post Landing from Rally Points
"Howdy ausdroid,

I've got rally landing working on a fork for our group and I've slowly been working on pushing it into master.  Over the last 4-5 months I've been focusing on other priorities and haven't had time to finish pushing up the…"
Feb 12, 2015
Michael Day posted a blog post
ArduPlane Rally Point Landing Proposal: Version 2Based on some more field testing as well as some great comments on my previous post about Rally Landing, I'm proud to propose a "version 2" for Rally Landings (implemented for ArduPlane).  This post…
May 22, 2014
Michael Day left a comment for Aaron Curtis
"23.BIN

Here's the dataflash log from a Pixhawk flyint ArduPlane 3.0.2beta."
May 15, 2014
Michael Day commented on Michael Day's blog post Landing from Rally Points
"Bojan,
Yep, ground speed.  See the commands_logic.pde file in ArduPlane (search for g.land_flare_sec ).
-m"
Apr 24, 2014
Michael Day commented on Michael Day's blog post Landing from Rally Points
"Bojan,
Thanks for the clarification.  Perhaps another parameter then -- LAND_BREAK_SLOWDOWN or something.  If 1, use TECS_LAND_ARSPD during loiter prior to breaking, if not, then wait until after breaking before slowing down.
If the aero experts…"
Apr 24, 2014
Michael Day commented on Michael Day's blog post Landing from Rally Points
"Thanks for the comments all.
Tangential exit is a good idea; I'll look at putting a parameter for that in for a version 2. Just have to set the first point on the line for the L1 controller differently.  The GUI change is a bit more challenging for…"
Apr 24, 2014
Michael Day posted a blog post
Howdy devs,I've been working on this for a few months now and I think it is finally ready for evaluation for a possible merge into master. My team has been wanting to simplify planning for autonomous landings so that mission planning for autonomous…
Apr 23, 2014
Michael Day commented on Michael Day's blog post Throttle Arming Documentation added for ArduPlane
"@Hein: I have updated the wiki page with better documentation for both RC calibration and ARMING_REQUIRE.  It is quite possible that throttle ups occur during radio calibration, even with these safeties.  I have tried to make that clear.
Side note:…"
Jan 26, 2014
Michael Day commented on Michael Day's blog post Throttle Arming Documentation added for ArduPlane
"@Muhammad: Good catch on the typo.  Fixed now.

@Hein: This is a very good question.  I've tested on a PX4 and find that my throttle still is operational sometimes during RC calibration (even when it's supposed to be disabled by both hardware and…"
Jan 26, 2014
Michael Day posted a blog post
Howdy, I just posted documentation for the software throttle arming safety feature introduced in ArduPlane 2.77.It's here:http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/arming-throttle/I'd appreciate any feedback, negative or positive -- though if it's negative it…
Jan 25, 2014
Michael Day commented on Michael Day's blog post Rally Point documentation for added for Mission Planner
"Gary,

I do have permissions to edit menus and I had placed Rally Points in the menu after under First Flight after Geofencing (at Tridge's request) when I originally published the page.
I see it's now also under Mission Planning and Analysis.…"
Nov 13, 2013
Michael Day commented on Michael Day's blog post Rally Point documentation for added for Mission Planner
"@Nathaniel:
I see I neglected to answer you first questions.
1. For Mission Planner: Uploaded separately, yes.  Currently rally Points are _downloaded_ simultaneously when downloading mission waypoints (so NOT downloaded separately).  MAVProxy's…"
Nov 12, 2013
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