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Nicholas Witham replied to Seppo's discussion RFD900, RFD900+ - New long range radio modem
"Can the rfd900+ take an sbus signal and send it to an rfd900u, which will then output that same sbus signal? "
Jan 2, 2018
Nicholas Witham replied to Nicholas Witham's discussion Solo link in a DIY Drone
"Its actually being done by a number of different people. Check out the "3DR Solo Brain Transplants" facebook page.
Somebody has created a PCB to attach the solo link to, which you then plug either a Pixhawk or Pixhawk 2.1 directly."
Dec 17, 2017
Nicholas Witham replied to Christopher Harvey's discussion Disabled veteran with a patent pending drone system needs YOUR help please.
"A quick read here leads me to advise you to have a very good read of the ardupilot web site.
If you want to build a multirotor drone with semi autonomous capabilities, this is the best place to start.
http://ardupilot.org/copter/

All the answers to…"
Dec 12, 2017
Nicholas Witham replied to Caleb's discussion Pixhawk to Arduino Communication
"Pixhawk has SBUS out, which can be configured to use what ever channels or values you like.
All configurable within mission planner."
Nov 28, 2017
Nicholas Witham commented on Alex Zarenin's blog post DIY 10-channel transmitter
"Fair enough Alex.
How configurable are the outputs you can get? ie, can you get channel 1 to do something based on another channel, or can you implement expo?
I have a project that could use exactly this, as long as the configuration is there."
Nov 28, 2017
Nicholas Witham commented on Alex Zarenin's blog post DIY 10-channel transmitter
"Awesome, great work.
Is it possible to do 16 channels and output as SBUS? Also, will you share the files with us?"
Nov 27, 2017
Nicholas Witham commented on SkyDrone.aero's blog post Using LTE when flying 700km/h.
"sweet, i'll have to ensure i limit the speed of my next build."
Nov 26, 2017
Nicholas Witham commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Great YouTube channel on using Dronekit, APM
"Thanks. Subscribed."
Nov 19, 2017
Nicholas Witham commented on luke cooke's blog post Why the need For an 2,4ghz RC uplink?
"@Brian, i didnt realise that about OPLink. nice.

I agree with your statement regarding RC over telemetry. definitely not a good way to do it."
Sep 20, 2017
Nicholas Witham commented on luke cooke's blog post Why the need For an 2,4ghz RC uplink?
"The benefit of having an RC link as well as having a separate telemetry link is for redundancy. If you lose one, you'll still have the other.
If you only want to use one there are a number of options:
You can use a USB/bluetooth controller hooked up…"
Sep 20, 2017
Nicholas Witham commented on Composites Connectors's blog post What if you could make anything lighter and stronger?
"Are these parts 3D printed carbon fiber?"
Sep 14, 2017
Nicholas Witham commented on Emlid's blog post Introducing Edge - Advanced drone controller with HDMI video input and 5.8GHz data link
"WOW! This looks awesome. Well done.
I like the fact that the radio control is a separate signal from the video and telemetry. Allows for redundancy, unlike the solo link which carries all the information on a single signal.

Is the flight controller…"
Sep 12, 2017
Nicholas Witham replied to Srikar's discussion A design doubt in drone
"You mean like this tube shaped drone?
http://www.tuvie.com/sprite-portable-and-rugged-modular-tube-shaped..."
Aug 7, 2017
Nicholas Witham posted a discussion
Has anybody used a solo link in a custom drone yet? I notice you can buy the cards for about $50 each. Then add a long range wifi card and you're in business.3DR has released the firmware and code for it I think?Rolling a HD VTx, Radio Control, and…
Jul 3, 2017
Nicholas Witham posted a discussion in Companion Computer Working Group
Im after some opinions on whats the best companion platform for streaming HD video, visual follow me, GPS follow me, and visual object avoidance.I'm not a developer in any sense of the word, so looking for a platform that's far enough along to have…
Jul 2, 2017
Nicholas Witham commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Intel cancels Edison, Joule boards
"This must be a real kick in the guts to the Pixhawk 2.1 dev team. I can't imagine how much time, effort and money has gone into developing the hardware to take the Edison, and now this. I'd be pretty gutted."
Jul 1, 2017
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