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Strathaven
About Me:
My beginnings were in electrical/mechanical engineering, but ended up as an IT infrastructure engineer (since 1990). English born but Scotland is my true home - been here since 1998. Gadgets have always captured my interest, and RC definitely fits the bill as one of my favourite areas for this. Photography, Snowboarding and MTBing are my other passions.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I was bought my first RC (toy) quadcopter for Xmas 2014 and have been totally hooked on RC ever since. First DIY build in April 2015 was an f450 flamewheel which soon became a stretched f550 hexa, which I still have (although rarely fly). This was too low powered (and far too flexible)though for what I had in mind so I soon started with a Tarot 680Pro framed hexa build (as a solo/dual operator video platform). For fun I started on a F330 build and quickly realised that the frame was too bendy, so switched to a 330 sized carbon fibre frame - all these copters controlled by arducopter 3.3/3.4 now. This is an awesome community, active and inspiring. I am ever grateful to the people here with their relentless passion for the hobby and willingness to assist (even newbies ;-). Truly top notch!
Hometown:
Formby (nr Liverpool, England)
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"Jim, given I'm reading this on a mobile phone, I don't see your images, but I think you might be referring to voltage pins on the OSD board itself, the way you have it configured. I.e. To use these you would need to somehow connect your flight…"
"You would need to first create a github account, then locate the minimosd-extra repository on Github and raise an issue against that project. Here's the repo link : https://github.com/night-ghost/minimosd-extra"
"Jim,
Links to those 3 topics please?
To be honest, I rarely use MinimOSD these days - the RSSI choices it has are the same on most OSDs. My OSD of choice is PlayUAV OSD - its a graphics OSD rather than text, and there are a small group of guys who…"
Links to those 3 topics please?
To be honest, I rarely use MinimOSD these days - the RSSI choices it has are the same on most OSDs. My OSD of choice is PlayUAV OSD - its a graphics OSD rather than text, and there are a small group of guys who…"
"Jim,
You can have OpenTx assign the RSSI to any channel you like, and then have Ardupilot listen to the chosen channel by configuring the RSSI_CHANNEL paramater to suit. This will allow Ardupilot to send out that RSSI value on the telemetry stream…"
You can have OpenTx assign the RSSI to any channel you like, and then have Ardupilot listen to the chosen channel by configuring the RSSI_CHANNEL paramater to suit. This will allow Ardupilot to send out that RSSI value on the telemetry stream…"
"I have never personally used FBWB but given that it is a GPS assisted mode, maybe the movement has to do with this. Sorry not much help but maybe a direction to investigate."
"Nobel, I am no expert on the Plane setup - I do have one plane configured in delta formation - so just 2 control surfaces - far simpler than yours. I simply read the manual and it worked for me. I also had the benefit of someone else's config file…"
"Nobel,
Sorry, I'm not 100% sure I understand the meaning of your question.
In FBWA mode the surfaces still move with the RC inputs, but they are also assisted - so if you hold the plane level then the control surfaces should be level - if you tilt…"
Sorry, I'm not 100% sure I understand the meaning of your question.
In FBWA mode the surfaces still move with the RC inputs, but they are also assisted - so if you hold the plane level then the control surfaces should be level - if you tilt…"
"I don't quite understand your suggestion here. Your values don't cancel out, they are added, making things worse!
In simplistic terms: As wire length increases, so does the overall resistance (this is linear). This means that for a specific current…"
In simplistic terms: As wire length increases, so does the overall resistance (this is linear). This means that for a specific current…"
"15 amps is cited as the limit for household wiring applications, but this is due to the long cable runs in house wiring. In drones we are talking very short runs so proportionally lower volt drop, so in this case the same cable can handle a lot more…"
"A quick google found this post on RCG: https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=654870"
"I am using the pixhawk lite very successfully on my fx-61. The wiring is a little confusing but a good thread on rcgroups.com helped with that. I also use the Auav-x2 successfully on my quad. As for quality, the Auav-x2 is definitely better built,…"
"Robert said:
Hello Paul,
I am using APM 3.3 and couldn't find the 3.4 on Mission planner when I am trying to upgrade the firmware. It kept saying the latest is 3.3.3?
Are you using APM plane?
3.4 is available through the Beta button on Mission…"
Hello Paul,
I am using APM 3.3 and couldn't find the 3.4 on Mission planner when I am trying to upgrade the firmware. It kept saying the latest is 3.3.3?
Are you using APM plane?
3.4 is available through the Beta button on Mission…"
"Hey Robert,
Not sure what version of AP you are running, but on 3.4 there are a lot more RSSI parameters. This is a section cut from my saved parameters file (actually this is from my Plane running 3.5.2, but the same settings are present in…"
Not sure what version of AP you are running, but on 3.4 there are a lot more RSSI parameters. This is a section cut from my saved parameters file (actually this is from my Plane running 3.5.2, but the same settings are present in…"
"No. I found that the Pixhawk SBUS port (when configured as per my original post) is only capable of reading an analog input for RSSI on this port (I.e. voltage from 0 to 3.3v), but the output from the X8R is not analog, but advertised as PWM, so…"
