About

Gender

Male


Location

Bay of Plenty


About Me:

After flying multi rotors for the last 6 years, I've decided to take the plunge and make a living out of it.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Really want to specialise in NVDI and mapping work. I'm looking forward to a huge learning curve.


Hometown:

Tauranga


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Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"Hi Javier
I've calibrated the battery monitor as per your link and it is reading correctly, however it is the constant low battery warning that is the issue. It is sounding when it shouldn't."
Jun 27, 2016
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"Hi all

I'm having a problem with the low battery warning function on my Pixhawk. On the HUD screen in Mission Planner, at the bottom where it shows the battery voltage and amps, it is always in red and issuing warnings that the battery is low ie,…"
Jun 27, 2016
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"Hi all, can someone please help?
Did my maiden on the Sky Hunter last weekend and although successful (I didn't crash) There are a couple of issues that I need help with.
1/ EKF Vibe was showing in red at the bottom of the artificial horizon screen.…"
Apr 3, 2016
Phil Horner left a comment on Pixhawk 2 User Group
"By New Zealand standards, that's Spidezilla!"
Feb 26, 2016
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"Thanks Rodney Johnson for your suggestion. It worked. Going to Tokoroa Friday for the Maiden flight."
Feb 23, 2016
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"The Pixhawk in the Sky Hunter surely is a weird beast. Initially I couldn't complete an ACCEL calibration as it would freeze up after each step of laying it on its side, front, back etc. At the time I was getting constant pre arm warnings of AHRS,…"
Feb 5, 2016
Phil Horner replied to Bartek Sad's discussion Bad AHRS - Pixhawk
"Thank you, I will do that. It's raining heavily at the moment and not expected to clear for 24 hours but I will get back to you."
Feb 4, 2016
Phil Horner replied to Bartek Sad's discussion Bad AHRS - Pixhawk
"I'm having the same problem, and it's driving me insane. If I move the body of the plane, as an addition I also get ERROR VELOCITY VARIANCE and ERROR POSS HORIZON VARIANCE.
Using Arduplane V 3.5.0 (379ca5ac)

Someone please help. This is my third…"
Feb 4, 2016
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"Rodney
Thanks for replying. I will do as you suggest and get back to you."
Feb 3, 2016
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"Hi Guys Although I've got two Multi Rotors using Pixhawks, I'm still very much a novice, and I'm pleading for help with my problem. I've fitted a Pixhawk to my first plane (Sky Hunter) RX EZHUF 8 ch lite TX Taranis Mission Planner Ver 1.3.32.9 build…"
Feb 3, 2016
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"Just a bit of an update on my gps issues. The maps supplied in Mission planner are giving different readings to Google Earth Pro. It is the maps or the set up of those maps in Mission Planner that appears to be the problem. Can the maps list in…"
Nov 22, 2015
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"Well, finally the weather has broken and I've just returned from the field after trying to sort out the GPS discrepancy I'm getting between my iPhone and my Pixhawk drones. Nothing has changed, so it doesn't appear to be the likes of multipathing.…"
Nov 22, 2015
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"I'm back. Thanks guys. your posts are great.
Yes, although I'm in Papamoa NZ, the location with the Pixhawks GPS's are stated to be between 40 - 50 kms out to sea in the Bay Of Plenty.
Although not inside, the GPS,s were booted up in a confined…"
Nov 14, 2015
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"I will do as you suggest in the morning. It's half past midnight. I'll leave a comment for you in the morning as to how I got on. Thanks for replying."
Nov 14, 2015
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"It has just been suggested to me to manually do the magnetic declination. What is the GPS_SBAS_MODE?"
Nov 14, 2015
Phil Horner left a comment on PIXHAWK
"That's a good point, unfortunately I'm by myself at the moment and it's nightime with kids running round the street letting off fireworks so I can't drop it off down the street and come back to the computer to see. I'll have to do it tomorrow. One…"
Nov 14, 2015
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