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Melbourne, Victoria


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in building my first multicopter.


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Robinvale, Australia


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Shane Hopcroft replied to Attila's discussion Fatshark headtracking menu settings help needed
"Thanks!"
Jan 5, 2015
Shane Hopcroft replied to Shane Hopcroft's discussion MiniAPM v3.1
"Thanks for taking the time to sharing your work Terry. I now have a bit better understanding of what is required (for the compass/GPS bit anyway)."
Aug 18, 2014
Shane Hopcroft replied to Shane Hopcroft's discussion MiniAPM v3.1
"I have seen some clever ways of hooking up the GPS and Compass, but no-one has shown how they have hooked up their inputs (Rx) or outputs (motors/servos).
If anyone has worked out an elegant way of doing this could they please post pictures."
Aug 17, 2014
Shane Hopcroft replied to Shane Hopcroft's discussion MiniAPM v3.1
"I like the way you have hooked up the GPS/compass.
I am surprised that we have to do this sort of thing though. Surely the designers would have known that external GPS/Compass modules would typically have two cables (not one).
Does anyone know of an…"
Aug 17, 2014
Shane Hopcroft replied to Shane Hopcroft's discussion MiniAPM v3.1
"Thanks for the info Andrew. Looks good so far.
Please continue to keep us updated on your progress."
Aug 13, 2014
Shane Hopcroft replied to Shane Hopcroft's discussion MiniAPM v3.1
"Thanks Dieter."
Jun 24, 2014
Shane Hopcroft replied to Shane Hopcroft's discussion MiniAPM v3.1
"I'm surprised that there is an internal compass jumper on these boards (I hadn't noticed that before) as the spec states 'No onboard compass'. Strange.
Out of interest, did the (external) compass work before you cut the jumper?"
Jun 24, 2014
Shane Hopcroft replied to Shane Hopcroft's discussion MiniAPM v3.1
"Hi Dieter,

Have you been able to test the board?
As there is precious little independent information about these boards publicly available any review of the board would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Shane."
Jun 24, 2014
Shane Hopcroft replied to Shane Hopcroft's discussion MiniAPM v3.1
"did you buy one?

No, not yet - I'm waiting for some early-adopters to report if they are any good :)
I would be interested to see how you hook up the servos, and exactly what the white connectors are (are they DF13, or DF13-style?)
Hope your board…"
Jun 10, 2014
Shane Hopcroft posted a discussion
Hi,I noticed a reference to this in a blog post:http://www.goodluckbuy.com/miniapm-v3-1-mini-ardupilot-mega-2-6-ext... looks too-good-to-be-true to me.I was wondering if anyone had already…
May 17, 2014
Shane Hopcroft commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post Mounting an APM on a Bixler2 upside down using AHRS_ORIENTATION
"Sorry if this is a foolish question, but is the "CLI full accel calibration" documented anywhere?
I have had a look and can't find reference to it in any of the documentation."
May 8, 2013
Shane Hopcroft commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post Mounting an APM on a Bixler2 upside down using AHRS_ORIENTATION
"> ...but for gyro cal it doesn't matter what angle the gyros are at...
Ah! I understand now.

Thank you for the comprehensive and very informative reply. It has really helped me out (The ability to put the APM upside-down solves some build problems…"
May 6, 2013
Shane Hopcroft commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post Mounting an APM on a Bixler2 upside down using AHRS_ORIENTATION
"Can anyone help me with this?
I am really interested in using this configuration (APM 2.5 upside down with AHRS_ORIENTATION set to roll 180), but I'm now sure how it works. Normally I would hit reset on the board after I have installed it in the…"
May 6, 2013
Shane Hopcroft commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post Mounting an APM on a Bixler2 upside down using AHRS_ORIENTATION
"Hi Andrew,
Your mounting looks really neat, but how do you reset the board? Don't you reset the APM just before each flight to make sure it is calibrated correctly?
Shane."
May 2, 2013
Shane Hopcroft posted a discussion in Telemetry over cellular IP
Hi,Sorry for the noob question (I have only just learning about  this stuff).Have any of the Australian users here had any success using an ALDImobile SIM (carrier is Telstra) with SIM900?I just got a SIM900 shield but when I put the ALDImobile SIM…
Mar 23, 2013
Shane Hopcroft commented on John C.'s blog post 25% Discount at Our New Store (Now Offline)
"Does anyone know when these will start shipping? I ordered mine on Sunday night and its shipping state is still 'ready'."
Mar 8, 2013
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