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MikeRover commented on Felix Meissner's blog post New Project: Implementing Autopilot Control in a Hybrid 4WD RC Mulcher
"You'll probably need RTK to get the path accuracy you need. It would be preferable to have an infrastructure system (internet subscription-type service) to save you the hassle of having to survey in each site.

Compass calibration will be a…"
Feb 3, 2020
MikeRover commented on Stephen Dade's blog post Pi-Connect on Indiegogo
"Is it possible to use a pass-through header and indicate which pins are unused (if any)?"
Sep 24, 2019
MikeRover replied to mohamedrasheed's discussion RFD900X asynchronous firmware forwarding issue
"What are you setting your baud rates to?  Are you actually getting a useful link through the relay?
Were you able to set the retries to 0?  I could only set it to 1. "
Dec 10, 2018
MikeRover replied to Kyle M's discussion RFD900x asynchronous not working...need help!
"Try setting the destination node for radios 1 and 3 to node 2."
Dec 10, 2018
MikeRover replied to Al Jones's discussion How to improve steering on farm tractor/rover/Pixhawk in ArduRover User Group
"If it's steady in MANUAL mode, then that looks like your Pololu is pretty well configured.  You were doing some nice slow movements. See if it oscillates if you do some fast short-travel oscillations (like the Pixhawk is commanding it to do).

3.7s…"
Dec 3, 2017
MikeRover replied to Al Jones's discussion How to improve steering on farm tractor/rover/Pixhawk in ArduRover User Group
"Hi, what's your steering actuator - is that off the shelf?
I'm far from an expert on the tractor side, but here are a few thoughts. Also, I don't know your background so apologies if any of this is telling you how to suck eggs.
1) What's the mapping…"
Dec 2, 2017
MikeRover replied to Alex Buckley's discussion Safety Switch Response Time
"I think you would be better off using your safety button directly on the power / motor circuit. If you're worried about safety, you want the least possible software involvement.

Having the normal arming process take 2 seconds seems reasonable, but…"
Jun 22, 2017
MikeRover posted a discussion in Pixhawk 2 User Group
Just noticed that the "GPS of choice" for the Pixhawk 2 now appears to be "Here", and that there's an RTK version.  Is there any doco on these?  In particular the RTK?
Feb 19, 2017
MikeRover commented on Azjeg's blog post Miniature "stealth" phone GCS, maybe the smallest usable ever...
"Great work!  Any issues getting FCC or other cert for the RFD 900?"
Feb 19, 2017
MikeRover commented on Waldemar Rotfuss's blog post Cloud-based MAVLink GCS: Pilotanywhere
"Your website is a little thin on the platform requirements."
Jan 29, 2017
MikeRover commented on Chris Anderson's blog post NASA simulates Phantom airflow
"Rob, the incoming air above the rotor is being drawn in from a larger area at a lower velocity than the air leaving the propeller - the streamtube contracts below the rotor so that you have constant mass flow but increased velocity.

The net result…"
Jan 16, 2017
MikeRover commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Bay Area meetup for DIY autonomous racing cars
"Nice! Where did you get that steering servo?"
Oct 4, 2016
MikeRover replied to Sportjet's discussion ArduRover/Boat programmer needed in ArduRover User Group
"Sportjet, it may be simpler than you think.  Dimension Engineering make some RC (PWM) controlled relays.  Set up the channel on your controller, configure the APM to pass it through, and plug in the relay.
 
If you need something more sophisticated…"
Oct 2, 2015
MikeRover replied to dr0n3droid's discussion RoverWarning _No Brakes! A throttle nudge story. in ArduRover User Group
"Take this with a grain of salt - I haven't looked at the code in almost a year.
Hold sets throttle to RC_TRIM. That, in generally, wouldn't apply brakes but would depend on the ESC, usually it will just set you to "idle".
 
My understanding of ESCs…"
Aug 5, 2015
MikeRover replied to dr0n3droid's discussion RoverWarning _No Brakes! A throttle nudge story. in ArduRover User Group
"Already reported in Feb last year - https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/issues/840"
Aug 3, 2015
MikeRover replied to Melissa Brandao's discussion FarmDogg Rover Pixhawk to actuated braking in ArduRover User Group
"The braking built into Rover is meant for ESC-controlled vehicles and relies on the ESC itself to provide braking.
 
One option is to set the limits of your motor controller such that "negative" values are ignored, and run a second big servo off the…"
Jul 23, 2015
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