About

About Me:

A fair aviator with 12 years skydiving and 7 as a private pilot. On a professional level I test software for a commercial satellite imagery company.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

My interests have gone from flying aerobatics from FPV to Aerial Mapping. Currently we are working on an aeril mapping project.


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Ross posted a discussion
Hello,This is my second MinimOSD. First one is working good on my tri.When I configured the second one using the GUI Tool...all looks good. Saves changes to OSD and says done. When I first turn it on, there is no data displayed. The video is…
Mar 22, 2012
Ross replied to Ross's discussion Stabilize Mode - Sets throttle to about 1/2
"Yes. I got it from the mission planner today. Anything else I could look at?
Thanks for your help."
Mar 3, 2012
Ross posted a discussion
Hello,I have an APM1 in my Skywalker and having some issues. I have the most recent ArduPlane firmware.Manual Mode seems to be good, and all the sensors seem to be working as expected. GPS, Airspeed, and magnetometer.- First thing that doesn't look…
Mar 3, 2012
Ross commented on JP's blog post Our sweet little web based Aerial Imagery and UAV Flight Tracker with Ortho-Mosaic/GIS/KMZ Tile Builder. Beautiful Orthophotos!
"James...In regards to accuracy we will be able to give an estimate soon. But it depends a lot on where the GPS Sensor is mounted in relation to the camera. On the tri we are flying...the sensor is about 2 inches away from the camera. So that throws…"
Feb 14, 2012
Ross commented on JP's blog post Our sweet little web based Aerial Imagery and UAV Flight Tracker with Ortho-Mosaic/GIS/KMZ Tile Builder. Beautiful Orthophotos!
"Nice post JP and the screenshots look good!
Hats off to everyone who has posted nice flight paths and sequential tiles. I have been trying to provide imagery from my tricopter for JP to test with for about 2 months and still don't have any photos…"
Feb 14, 2012
Ross replied to Ross's discussion Tricopter - Tail Servo not function
"It flies. Its very windy today and she didn't like it that well. It seems the gyros are a bit too sensitive for high winds. She did real good close to the ground not as exposed. Burned up a whole battery with no issues. The tweaking begins.
Any…"
Jan 29, 2012
Ross posted a discussion
I have the APM 1.0 on my tricopter. The latest tricopter firmware was downloaded today.It seems the motors are working correctly. IE: They respond to input from RC Transmitter and seem act correctly as the tricopter is tilted.I cannot however get…
Jan 28, 2012
Ross posted a discussion
Hello,I have APM Planner version 1.1.28 and I am not seeing the .gpx file in the logs folder. Do I have to turn something on to see it? I can export the tlog to kml and kmz...but can't get the gpx.What needs to be done in order to get the…
Jan 23, 2012
Ross posted a discussion
I recently purchased the ArduPilot Mega and having a problem.Everything is connected and seems to be working correctly, except the RC Signal. My servos are moving as they should, however the software is not seeing the inputs from RC TX...which…
Dec 15, 2011