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Glen Haven, WI
About Me:
I am a 53 year old electrical engineer with a love of anything with a microprocessor. I live in frigid Wisconsin and I am convinced there are not enough hours in the day for all my hobbies.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
New to R/C but learning fast. My main interest is quadcopters. I am starting with a QAF500 copy cat and I have about five hours of flight time as of today (3/3/2013).
Hometown:
Glen Haven
Activity Feed
"If you need to practice, I live at 9376 Petry Lane, Glen Haven, WI. Anything to help man."
"I can't answer your question regarding drift, but I have learned the hard way that you don't need to switch back into STAB mode to adjust the altitude in ALT_HOLD mode. Just use your throttle stick while in ALT_HOLD mode to move to a new height,…"
"Ted-
Are you talking about the mag offsets? Mine were off the charts until I figured out that I need to eliminate ferrous metal from my air frame. Test your APM compass off the air frame with nothing but a USB connection to MP. Then compare to…"
Are you talking about the mag offsets? Mine were off the charts until I figured out that I need to eliminate ferrous metal from my air frame. Test your APM compass off the air frame with nothing but a USB connection to MP. Then compare to…"
"Paolo-
I'm not an expert, but I don't thing GPS is used whatsoever in ALT_HOLD mode. Do you have sonar? If so, try without sonar."
I'm not an expert, but I don't thing GPS is used whatsoever in ALT_HOLD mode. Do you have sonar? If so, try without sonar."
"Hey Richard. Maybe I can help you for a change. I had the same "problem" with 3.0 when I loaded it last weekend. This is copied from Randy's latest post on the 3.0 "release".
pre-arm checks to ensure all calibration has been performed before…"
pre-arm checks to ensure all calibration has been performed before…"
"This is of interest to me as well. I live in a very hilly area and would love to do some missions "over the bluff". Maybe photograph some of the peregrine falcons nesting below. Or at least give them something to talk about.
Anyone with experience…"
Anyone with experience…"
"Ted and Rick-
Thanks for your prompt reply. That's exactly what I need to know. I can dig in from here."
Thanks for your prompt reply. That's exactly what I need to know. I can dig in from here."
Hello-Had a run-away crash last weekend and I am still trying to figure out just what's happening. Looking at the logs I see several short-lived failsafe events that looked like this...1) So what might have caused this brief failsafe event? I was a…
"The basics:
Between the APM2.5 and your Futaba receiver you should have one ground wire, one +5v power wire (to power the receiver from the APM), and one signal wire for each channel you intend ti use. I believe your transmitter/receiver combo will…"
Between the APM2.5 and your Futaba receiver you should have one ground wire, one +5v power wire (to power the receiver from the APM), and one signal wire for each channel you intend ti use. I believe your transmitter/receiver combo will…"
"Yes, you will need an FTDI board or FTDI cable with the USB/RS232 conversion chip (FTDI chip) built into the cable. Google FTDI for more info. The board or cable will plug into the five pin header on the minimosd, same place your telemetry data…"
""This is the main question - what do they mean with "input: 2.5 - 3 V"...?"
That's the typical voltage drop across the LED junction, probably at rated power (3W). This might help you as well.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_info.php"
That's the typical voltage drop across the LED junction, probably at rated power (3W). This might help you as well.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_info.php"
"The HK link for your LED would lead me to believe that this LED will have a voltage drop of 2.5 - 3.0 volts while dissipating 3W. Using ohm's law (P=VI) (3watts / 3volts = 1amp). We will be running 1 amp through this circuit. Now if you want to…"
"Where are these options? I would be very interested in bringing video into Mission Planer with a capture device. I did not know this was possible! I am running Mission Planner 1.2.36. I have poked around looking for these options, but can't seem to…"
"For what it is worth, I am using the APM2.5 with T8J and a FrSky received. I do not have the problems described by other APM/Futaba users. I "think" it is the Futaba Rx with APM that is at issue. Hopefully someone with more experience that I can…"
"Thanks to all who have tried to help me figure out what's up with ALT_HOLD. This hobby is like an onion... peeling back layer after layer, finding more and more smelly but deliciousness layers with eyes watering at every step. I have learned that…"
"Scott & John-
Thank you for your advice. I DO have a new Futaba 8FG transmitter coupled with a FrSky 8 channel receiver. I guess it is possible that the TX/RX hiccuped and kicked my quad into failsafe (and gently landed it). That would make sense.…"
Thank you for your advice. I DO have a new Futaba 8FG transmitter coupled with a FrSky 8 channel receiver. I guess it is possible that the TX/RX hiccuped and kicked my quad into failsafe (and gently landed it). That would make sense.…"
