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Interested in getting my S1000+ running nicely for my business, also interested in large fixed wing drones


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Thames


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Mike Carswell replied to Lior's discussion How to build my own DGPS
"Hi Darryl,

I realise you posted this a long time ago but it's relevant to what I'm doing now. I recently acquired a LEA6T-0 chip (with the evaluation kit) and have managed to get coordinates to within 40cm of reference points with post processing…"
Jul 4, 2015
Mike Carswell replied to Todd's discussion Pixhawk on a DJI S900
"We've been having a play with some video now and are having the same vibration problems as you. I think the problem might be in the gimbal mount. It's so small and close together that I think it induces a bit of low frequency wobble. Ours came with…"
May 12, 2015
Mike Carswell replied to Todd's discussion Pixhawk on a DJI S900
"Hi Adrian,

Have you got your landing gear to lift up during flights yet? I am having issues and wouldn't mind some advice if you've achieved this

Thanks,

Mike"
Mar 29, 2015
Mike Carswell replied to Todd's discussion Pixhawk on a DJI S900
"Hi Glen,

Are you still having dramas? We've got this gimbal on board now and she seems to  work nicely and stabilize pretty well.
Have you got your landing gear to retract? what settings are you using if so? not as straight forward as I was…"
Mar 12, 2015
Mike Carswell replied to Sean Whitney's discussion RFD900 Link
"Ah don't worry have sorted it.

I saw on some site talking about 3DR radios what all the light codes are. Solid red on them means a firmware related message. I figured it might be the same on this so updated the firmware using RFD modem tools…"
Feb 20, 2015
Mike Carswell replied to Sean Whitney's discussion RFD900 Link
"Hi Seppo,

I'm having a few dramas with my RDF900 units. One seems to be good and I'm able to 'load settings' from Mission Planner and connect to the 'RFD Modem tools' software okay. This flashes the green light when connected to either my computer…"
Feb 20, 2015
Mike Carswell replied to Todd's discussion Pixhawk on a DJI S900
"The gimbal is still in the post so haven't had a chance to see how it flies with it. will keep you posted"
Feb 13, 2015
Mike Carswell replied to Todd's discussion Pixhawk on a DJI S900
"wow wel I wouldn't be surprised if that play in the landing gear is your problem. Mine has none, its firm when up and down. Theres a spring putting quite a bit of tension on, is yours a bit loose maybe? the mechanism for retraction together with the…"
Feb 13, 2015
Mike Carswell replied to Jon Rowe's discussion JDrones RF900 radio and Pixhawk setup
"Hi Jon,

I'm in the same situation you were last year - Pixhawk and RFD900 and having a few dramas getting them to work. 

where was the LED showing green after a reboot? My set up doesnt have any lights on either part.

Cheers,

Mike"
Feb 13, 2015
Mike Carswell replied to Todd's discussion Pixhawk on a DJI S900
"Just took my DJI S1000+ with pixhawk for its first successful flight and shes a beauty. Did a bit of an auto-tune. Had the landing gear down and no camera/gimbal attached. Will have to re tune when this is all on but I hope this helps people for…"
Jan 30, 2015