About

Gender

Male


Location

Gainesville, FL


About Me:

Operations Manager at Micro Aerial Projects L.L.C. and passionate about the use of UAVs (especially VTOLs) for aerial mapping, photogrammetry, industrial inspections and HD Aerial Video.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Special interest in the use of VTOL UAVs for high resolution, low altitude aerial mapping.


Hometown:

Gainesville


Activity Feed

Oliver Volkmann replied to Gary Scott's discussion Help buying an Arducopter flight controller
"Gary Scott, if you'd like to purchase a genuine Pixhawk, check out MROBOTICS (Jordi Munoz's company - He was the co-founder of 3DR) @ https://store.mrobotics.io/ 

If you really want a quality tested product and want to purchase from a company that…"
Jun 4, 2017
Oliver Volkmann posted a discussion
Hi All, We've greatly benefitted from the Open-Source community, especially with APM/Pixhawk and Mission Planner. Part of keeping this community together and advancing is to share our experiences and solutions. To be honest, I haven't had much time…
Jun 4, 2017
Oliver Volkmann replied to Felix Meissner's discussion Problem connecting Pixhawk and Futaba receiver
"Yes, I have managed to do this but I believe I accomplished this with an R7008SB receiver in mode D. I dont have the unit anymore but I had to upgrade to firmware 3.2 from 3.1.5 for it to work. What firmware are you on? "
Mar 19, 2015
Oliver Volkmann commented on Walter Volkmann's blog post PIXHAWK, QU4D X, BATELEUR, PHOTOSCAN, VIRTUAL SURVEY TOOLS
Jan 18, 2015
Oliver Volkmann commented on Walter Volkmann's blog post PIXHAWK, QU4D X, BATELEUR, PHOTOSCAN, VIRTUAL SURVEY TOOLS
"It is the V-map System. A geodetic grade dual frequency L1/L2 GPS receiver operating at 20Hz for capturing the precise position of the camera at the moment of exposure. It is a post processing based solution but can be configured for RTK. "
Jan 18, 2015
Oliver Volkmann replied to Oliver Volkmann's discussion Low RPM Heavy Platform AutoTune
"Just FYI, the Autotune worked!"
Oct 30, 2014
Oliver Volkmann posted a discussion
Hi Developers and my fellow users,I would like to share with you my great joy and amazement with the success of an autotune I performed on my SteadiDrone QU4D X. The platform uses 100kv motors and had an all up weight of over 9kg. I was very…
Oct 30, 2014
Oliver Volkmann replied to Randy's discussion AC-3.1 autotune support discussion
"Hi Developers and my fellow users,
I would like to share with you my great joy and amazement with the success of an autotune I performed on my SteadiDrone QU4D X. The platform uses 100kv motors and had an all up weight of over 9kg. I was very…"
Oct 30, 2014
Oliver Volkmann replied to Randy's discussion AC-3.1 autotune support discussion
"Hi Brad,

I just completed an auto-tune with my quadcopter which uses 100KV motors, 28Inch Props and had an all up weight of over 8kg. Hover thrust was approximately 65%. The Autotune was done in calm wind conditions and was a complete success. I am…"
Oct 29, 2014
Oliver Volkmann replied to Oliver Volkmann's discussion Low RPM Heavy Platform AutoTune
"Incase it is of interest, I have tied this unit down to the ground so that it cannot take off and have run it with slow and fast throttle variations in the full throttle range and have had no sync issues. Obviously, since it is tied down, it is…"
Oct 11, 2014
Oliver Volkmann replied to Richard Evans's discussion Getting the PIDS right on a heavy copter
"Hi Scott! If you find anything out, please let me know! I too am trying to find out this information before I put my 20lbs system with 100kv motors and 28 inch props through autotune..."
Oct 11, 2014
Oliver Volkmann posted a discussion
Perhaps one of the developers could chime in here. I have a question as to whether AutoTune will work well with a platform that weighs almost 20lbs, uses 100kv motors and swings 28inch props. I have not seen any documentation on performing an…
Oct 11, 2014
Oliver Volkmann replied to Oliver Volkmann's discussion Altitude Hold Proving Dangerous
"My apologies everyone for letting this post go so long without notifying you that the problem was discovered and solved! The issue was the ESC choice. For some or other odd reason, these Castle Creation Phoenix Lite 50amp escs caused erratic…"
Sep 19, 2014
Oliver Volkmann replied to Christian Stallings's discussion APM / Pixhawk systems with COA aproval
"Correct, Idaho State University."
Aug 27, 2014
Oliver Volkmann replied to Christian Stallings's discussion APM / Pixhawk systems with COA aproval
"SteadiDrone H6X with APM2.6 has received a COA"
Aug 27, 2014
Oliver Volkmann replied to Oliver Volkmann's discussion Mapping Urban Environments with UAVs in Terrain/Surface Mapping
"Hi Keeyen, Sorry however we have not received an enquiry from you. Would you mind sending it again?"
Aug 22, 2014
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