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Male
About
Location
Toronto, Ontario
About Me:
I am a Network Engineer with a zest for technology
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am looking to put together a tri copter in the very near future. I am currently designing my own UAV from scratch based on the Sky-Y. *update* Scratch built quad, looking to start some FPV soon 2/2012
Hometown:
Toronto
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"I think you should use some different hardware for this project. I doubt the APM would be a good choice for something moving that fast.
Rick"
Rick"
"In theory that would be the maximum that GPS would support which is 515m/s but the devs would know better then I.
Rick"
Rick"
"Is there any way I can increase the range of the gimbal or add a multiply factor so I get a greater range of rotation? I have messed around with the min and max values, so I know the servo is capable of rotating in a much larger range, the problem…"
"No these will not work for a quad, you need at least an 11.1 battery for flight with those motors and props.\
Rick"
Rick"
"They will turn but that is too much prop for those motors. I run a 10x4.7 and they get hot.
Rick"
Rick"
"Congrats to the Dev Team on this release! I spent a hr testing it on a XAircraft DIY Hexa, really positive results.
Loiter, was awesome. About a 2m Box, after 4 minutes slight drifting.
Stabilize was great as well. Quite stable, 0 problems.
Auto,…"
Loiter, was awesome. About a 2m Box, after 4 minutes slight drifting.
Stabilize was great as well. Quite stable, 0 problems.
Auto,…"
"What is with the use of heaters on this craft?
Rick"
Rick"
"I have used digital servos connected to the apm2 via the camera gimbal tilt, and roll connections. They work quite well, you hear them fidget allot but that is the constant updating from the APM2. Unfortunately I cannot comment on anything else…"
"Please excuse my ignorance, perhaps I am not seeing the problems you are but wouldn't a simpler / safer solution, what that doesn't include cutting traces and messing with the APM include just powering the APM separately? I use a 68 gram 1200mah 2s…"
"So you have 2 modules. Lets call them the Air, which is on the Hexa, and the ground module. On the ground module do you have a green light when you power them both up? If not they wont communicate, at least not in my experience. When the green…"
"What kind of accuracy are you looking for? "
"Mine just showed up today, if anyone wants to see an un boxing let me know."
"I am patiently waiting for mine to come in. I will let you all know how it is.
Rick"
Rick"
I am looking at a way to visualize raw sensor data from the APM. I know in the MP you can look at accelerometers, etc but I want to see magnetometer, optical flow, sonar etc. Also, if anyone knows a place to find the undocumented MP keyboard…
"I have a buddy code if anyone wants to help me out ... I just bought one to replace the previous version that I smashed.
KK Board"
KK Board"
