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Fort Wayne, IN
About Me:
Electrical Engineer with 15 years experience in Control Systems. Now managing a machine shop.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
2020 - Finished DIY quadcopter. 3D printed frame https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2453393, Pixhawk 2.4.8, Sunnysky 2212 motors and 40A ReadytoSky DJI ESC.
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, IN
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"There was a canadian guy who did an identical project about 15 years ago... I went searching for the site, it was down for a long time, (I think) but he's got it back up now: http://www.canuck-boffin.net/sonde/
A good place to learn from his…"
A good place to learn from his…"
"Very well done!
When do you start work on the pneumatic lander? :^)"
When do you start work on the pneumatic lander? :^)"
"It sounds like it is time to request an improvement to the Mission Planner that saves the log file in a multi-file format instead of one big file... or does it do that already?
Like, save every 1MB, or save every 5 minutes.. .something like that. "
Like, save every 1MB, or save every 5 minutes.. .something like that. "
"IANAL, but:
IF the area is a private club (the public does not have access) AND the drone is recording... then it is possibly a violation of the club's rights for the drone to be there. (assuming the club does NOT consent to being recorded)
The…"
IF the area is a private club (the public does not have access) AND the drone is recording... then it is possibly a violation of the club's rights for the drone to be there. (assuming the club does NOT consent to being recorded)
The…"
"Of course this comes along right after I accept an international assignment. Good luck to all!"
"Nike missiles are all decommisioned at this point, I believe. There is a similar installation Just north of the Golden Gate bridge near San Francisco.
http://www.nps.gov/goga/nike-missile-site.htm"
http://www.nps.gov/goga/nike-missile-site.htm"
"Point of order: the 4500 in the first line of code should be a #defined constant.
Sorry, I was raised in the "never, ever, ever, ever code a 'magic number' " school of programming. :^) Carry on.
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Sorry, I was raised in the "never, ever, ever, ever code a 'magic number' " school of programming. :^) Carry on.
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"In general, tune out oscillations on PID governors by reducing P gain."
"I covet your neighbor's pool!"
"tazmadman, since your board is already "toast" you could try soldering a longer jumper wire from Vin to pins 7-8 on IC1. You've got nothing to lose at this point. If it works it will get you flying. I would epoxy or at least silicone a longer…"
