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Rick commented on Vince Hogg's blog post 5KG quad for Sony 5000 - 7000 style cameras. Just waiting for Herelink unit.
"Very nice and clean build.
What is the length between the motors?
What motors are you using?
Any idea of the all up weight at this point?"
May 1, 2019
Rick commented on Hugues's blog post Tutorial how-to: ESP8266 web server (WiFi AP) to remote control a servo
"Nice, concise tutorial.  Please keep them coming !!!"
Apr 2, 2018
Rick commented on Tomi Piriyev's blog post Pixhawk 2.1 with RPI computer Module 3- DRONEE PILOT
"@Aytek Canak   link?"
Jul 11, 2017
Rick commented on Patrick Duffy's blog post Thermal Imaging for your Drone on a Budget
"I gather the Netis WF2561 is on the GCS.
What WiFi dongle are you using on the quad?

TIA,
Rick"
May 6, 2017
Rick commented on Bill Bonney's blog post MAV Pilot V1.0 for iPhone is available in the App Store
"Looks nice and clean, can't wait to try it out.
When can we expect to see imperial measurements?"
Oct 25, 2014
Rick commented on Bill Bonney's blog post APM Planner 2.0.13 released (was 2.0.12/11 released)
"Ok, nice and clean looking, love the realtime graphing !!!"
Jul 4, 2014
Rick commented on Bill Bonney's blog post APM Planner 2.0.13 released (was 2.0.12/11 released)
"It isn't obvious (to me), but how can we change the default units from meters to feed and the units for speed from meters/second to fps, kph, mph, etc. ?
TIA,
Rick"
Jul 4, 2014
Rick commented on noeL's blog post APM 2.6 external compass making a difference
"It would be best to have the GPS higher than the APM.  Don't want to degrade the already weak GPS signals by having the GPS in the shadow of the rest of the 'copter."
Nov 29, 2013
Rick replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"On the wiki page for data flash logs, http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/downloading-and-analyzing-data-log..., it describes how to enable logging of ERR messages.

On my 3.1-rc5, the cli command 'enable all' in the logs section does not show ERR as…"
Nov 7, 2013
Rick replied to Wessie's discussion Mission planner feature Request
"Per the wiki on http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/flight-modes/simpleandsuper-simple...:
Use a 3 position switch to select Normal, Simple or Super Simple ModeA two position switch will select between Normal and either Simple or Super Simple…"
Nov 5, 2013
Rick posted a discussion
I have been trying to get the latest 1.2.82 MP to run on my RaspberryPi.  Here is what I have and tried:pi@raspberrypi ~/mp-1.2.82 $ cat /etc/issueRaspbian GNU/Linux 7 \n \lpi@raspberrypi ~/mp-1.2.82 $ uname -aLinux raspberrypi 3.6.11+ #538 PREEMPT…
Oct 14, 2013
Rick replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"My questions are about the compassmot routine.
Does compassmot need to be run again if the prop size is changed?
Can I run it with 10" props and then fly 12" props without running compassmot again?

TIA,
Rick"
Sep 21, 2013
Rick replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"I was setting up a new frame a couple of days ago, and got to the point of running the compasmot.  Got the throttle up to about 50%, and all four of the motor mounts snapped.  Ooops. 8-(

It is a quad, 24" square on the Avroto 2814-11S motors,…"
Sep 20, 2013
Rick commented on Joshua Johnson's blog post DIYDrones Chat Feature Info
"I accept that I am weird, so I make no excuses for it. 8-)

I read the forum mostly from my iPhone with Safari, although I have been trying Chrome since the Chat was enabled. The mobile version doesn't provide the flow that I like, so I read in the…"
May 13, 2013
Rick replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"I'm setting up a new crab frame, similar to a TBS Discovery,

In the ArduCopter-2.9.1 APM_Config.h file I set :
#define CONFIG_APM_HARDWARE APM_HARDWARE_APM2
#define FRAME_CONFIG QUAD_FRAME
#define FRAME_ORIENTATION V_FRAME

and in…"
Mar 19, 2013
Rick posted a discussion
I've been working on an X8, and it hasn't been going too well.  Sigh.APM 2.5, Arducopter 2.8.1 compiled for:#define CONFIG_APM_HARDWARE APM_HARDWARE_APM2#define FRAME_CONFIG OCTA_QUAD_FRAME#define FRAME_ORIENTATION X_FRAMEMission Planner…
Jan 23, 2013
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