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Michael Pede replied to Jacques Eloff's discussion Question - Recording of Home Point on Powering Up in ArduPlane User Group
"Hey. The Home is tricky. It is also misleading. When you connect your tablet or PC at the field, and it reads the Home position before the GPS lock, it will give the Home position that was last valid.

When it DOES get a GPS lock, it will set the…"
Aug 29, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Conor Mulvenna's discussion pymavlink usage on Raspberry Pi
"I looked at your website.  Nice.  Correct the typo though. ("I my free time")
I will read your design doc in more depth, so please expect more feedback later.
For right now, please let me share my prototype:
http://droneatc.ca
It can coordinate…"
Feb 14, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Conor Mulvenna's discussion pymavlink usage on Raspberry Pi
"I looked at your website.  Nice.  Correct the typo though. ("I my free time")
I will read your design doc in more depth, so please expect more feedback later.
For right now, please let me share my prototype:
http://droneatc.ca
It can coordinate…"
Feb 14, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Conor Mulvenna's discussion pymavlink usage on Raspberry Pi
"That's the idea.  Right now, I have 2+ simulated drones reporting in to a central server, and that server can send MAVLink messages and alter the headings of the drones connected to it.
My algorithms need work though.  It's been a while since I did…"
Feb 14, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Conor Mulvenna's discussion pymavlink usage on Raspberry Pi
"Not yet, but I found some code that should help me figure it out. I will keep you posted."
Feb 14, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Conor Mulvenna's discussion pymavlink usage on Raspberry Pi
"Do you know the commands needed to get the drone to go to a set of GPS coordinates, without interfering with waypoints already entered?  I'd like to set the mode back to auto and have the drone continue on its path.
Python script would be great.…"
Feb 13, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Conor Mulvenna's discussion pymavlink usage on Raspberry Pi
"There is image transmission facilitated by MAVlink as you can see in the protocol here:https://pixhawk.ethz.ch/mavlink/
It's also explained better here:http://qgroundcontrol.org/mavlink/image_transmission_protocol"
Feb 13, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Conor Mulvenna's discussion pymavlink usage on Raspberry Pi
"I won't give up, but this is for civilian use.  Military have their own solutions.  I trust you've heard of the switchblade?
http://www.wired.com/2011/10/tiny-kamikaze-drone/
If I had military funding, I'd be done this already."
Feb 6, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Conor Mulvenna's discussion pymavlink usage on Raspberry Pi
"What are you working on?  I'm trying to make an ATC to make drones reporting in avoid collisions with each other."
Feb 5, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Conor Mulvenna's discussion pymavlink usage on Raspberry Pi
"from pymavlink import mavutil
conn=mavutil.mavlink_connection(device="udp:127.0.0.1:14550",baud=57600,autoreconnect=True)conn.wait_heartbeat()

From here you can conn.set_mode_auto, etc.

If you can figure out how to go into GUIDED (or Fly Here)…"
Feb 5, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Kasyap M's discussion Clarification regarding APM modes
"Is there a clear example of what command one can do to set guided mode to a lat, long, alt coordinates?

I can connect no problem:

from pymavlink import mavutil…"
Feb 5, 2015
Michael Pede replied to Hayden Wilson's discussion Flying Wing First flight- No Stabilisation at all in ArduPlane User Group
"When you tip the plane in stabilize mode, does the wing that's up have its control surface raise towards you?  It's like it's trying to "high-five" you."
Jul 17, 2014
Michael Pede replied to Hayden Wilson's discussion Flying Wing First flight- No Stabilisation at all in ArduPlane User Group
"Did you set the maximum bank angle?  I set mine to 45 degrees max, and that seems very docile.
Are you using an air-speed sensor?  I had problems with one that was soldered slightly wrong.  Don't use an air-speed sensor until you have something…"
Jul 17, 2014
Michael Pede replied to Drone-University.com's discussion Plug and Play OSD for Arduplane ? in ArduPlane User Group
"If you want simple FliteTest just did an FPV episode that showed how to set up this product.http://www.immersionrc.com/product-details.php?fpv_product=1&fp...

That said, your search for simplicity is going to cost you.

MinimOSD, or even…"
Jul 16, 2014
Michael Pede replied to Halodyne's discussion APM 2.5+ ailerons problem in ArduPlane User Group
"Does it happen when you are at full throttle?  Bixlers can easily be under powered when you put more in them. 
Two things:1) Mod your Bixler with a bigger engine. Then you will spend less time at high draw.2) get the power adapter for the APM 2.5 …"
Jan 23, 2014
Michael Pede left a comment on ArduPlane User Group
"Here is my log file.
45percentLoiterFail.zip
Just around 45% of the way through the file, I put it in Loiter.  It circles, but loses altitude.
What happens before is other stuff, and you can see fails throughout, but this is the one I'm most…"
Oct 26, 2013
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