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Scott M Brown replied to Colin Henderson's discussion Arducopter 3.2 on APM2.5 -Problem with drone lurching its way between standard waypoints in ArduCopter User Group
"I have seen this behaviour when using do_digicam commands while flying survey grid missions. The do_digicam command is a waypoint that follows reaching the calculated camera triggering waypoint....
My $.02"
May 4, 2015
Scott M Brown replied to Chris Mitchell's discussion Can quadcopter motors be mounted upside down ?
"Yes Chris I do it all the time!
http://monarchmakers.com/index.html
Slightly more efficient, we have noticed a 5-10 percent increase in flight times using this method and as you said the c clip popping off doesn't down the bird!
Cheers!
Scott…"
Feb 26, 2015
Scott M Brown replied to Michael Roberts's discussion APM 2.6 comes home and loiters when Auto is selected,HELP in ArduPlane User Group
"Do you have a Geo Fence enabled? I you fly outside an enabled Geo Fence it will do a RTL and depending on settings will loiter above "Home"...
Scott"
Jun 6, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Donald Wallace's discussion v3.1.4 compass calibration issues
"It took me 1500+ data points on my 15+ lb copter!
The points need to be covering all areas of the sphere too!
Needed to watch where it was collecting on the display carefully."
May 26, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Danny Thompson's discussion Mag Calibration Does Not Complete in MP 1.3.2/1.3.3
"It works!
Nice job everyone!
Now, back to work for me!"
May 25, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Danny Thompson's discussion Mag Calibration Does Not Complete in MP 1.3.2/1.3.3
"Okay guys!
Loaded Mission Planner "beta" and did a compass calibration, it collected 2050 points on a 15 lb Quad and continued boy am I pooped! the sphere was well populated but it still showed the dreaded needs more points message. I just can't…"
May 24, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Danny Thompson's discussion Mag Calibration Does Not Complete in MP 1.3.2/1.3.3
"Ah, now I see!
Thank you Michael!
I'll let you know!"
May 24, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Rick Applegate's discussion Mission Planner Altitude Issue
"+1 here too!
I've resorted to manually adjusting the focal length of the camera to fool it into giving me the correct Field of View for the Altitude I fly based on the FoV calculator that Tetracam supplies with their PixelWrench software. We had…"
May 24, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Danny Thompson's discussion Mag Calibration Does Not Complete in MP 1.3.2/1.3.3
"I will test the Beta if you like, where can I find it?
Post a link please!"
May 24, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Danny Thompson's discussion Mag Calibration Does Not Complete in MP 1.3.2/1.3.3
"I have had a better upperbody work out today than I've had in a few years twirling and dancing with a 15 lb quad! 3000+ points and an almost solid sphere, really!
Is anyone working on this or should we all go back to 1.30?"
May 24, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Mike Bell's discussion 3DR Y6 wont lift off in ArduCopter User Group
"The Battery that comes with a 3DR Y6 is a 4S, Right Chris?
https://store.3drobotics.com/products/3dr-rtf-y6-2014/ "
May 11, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Colin's discussion Auto WP Survey feature updated and now calculating incorrectly
"Yes Michael, I actually am a Tetracam dealer (CalUAS) an have a good working relationship with the guys there.
I went there and asked them that, I actually thought I'd found an error in there spec sheet, like maybe the focal length was really 28.43…"
Apr 2, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Colin's discussion Auto WP Survey feature updated and now calculating incorrectly
"I am having the same problem even with MP 1.2.99.
I fly the Tetracam ADC Micro for crop NiR NDVI analysis. I used the preconfigured Tetracam ADC Micro that showed up in the camera list, checked all of the specs against the Tetracam website's spec…"
Apr 2, 2014
Scott M Brown replied to Scott M Brown's discussion Mission Planner Error - GridUI in Ver 1.2.89 build 1.1509710619
"Found the short term fix on the other forum!
http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5145

"I have the same issue, I think this should be fixed by the developers but in the meantime you can recover the tabs by:Uncheck the Advanced…"
Dec 17, 2013
Scott M Brown posted a discussion
I updated my MP yesterday and was surprised to see I have a problem with the new version.When I create a flight plan using Auto WP and the Survey(Grid) mode.The first time I use it after the update everything works just like it has in the past, I…
Dec 17, 2013
Scott M Brown replied to Paul Henckel's discussion GSM enabled drones for use in agriculture - a design study in Agricultural UAVs
"Very good!"
Dec 15, 2013
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