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started uni in Aerospace, switched to comp sci after reading a textbook on cruise missiles.
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"you could... but what sort of mapping output are you producing, do you even need the photos geotagged? Could you simply fly a pattern with the camera set to snap every second and then just merge all the photos of the areas you need. Geotagging and…"
"Dave - I'd say the XUAV Talon isn't the best airframe for a quadplane, it will do it, but it is a pig of a thing and puts any good sized props where they get interfered with by the elevators. I don't think it is ideal either for bracing the wings to…"
"I'd keep everything inside the cockpit/cabin except for wherever you'd need to place the camera to get a clear shot and have it on a longer lead for the trigger, besides that you could possibly do the whole thing into a neat little box for the dash…"
"Gary: my own quick thoughts on that would be that you don't want APM to be like OpenPilot, where getting a controller board seemed impossible - that seems to be a result of them controlling production of their board and being limited to small…"
"could you check the link, or give the name it is posted as please? that link gave an error"
"publishing them to Thingiverse is my suggestion http://thingiverse.com"
"the Iris props are standard T-motor 9.5" props with the self tightening bullet holder, they're about $10 for a CCW and CW pair including the bullet.
Cheap arms, or even better, mounts that would fit in the iris body, but allow us to fit carbon tube…"
Cheap arms, or even better, mounts that would fit in the iris body, but allow us to fit carbon tube…"
"here is a great post on one guy who independently did this on TauLabs
http://buildandcrash.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/tau-labs-and-cyphy-lev..."
http://buildandcrash.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/tau-labs-and-cyphy-lev..."
"I take the small ones with interchangeable heads/drivers, I haven't had a problem with them yet - travelling between Australia, New Zealand and USA (Hawaii)"
"any interference from the wifi is with the radio receiver (if it is also on 2.4), not the pixhawk itself. So if you used a different freq for control e.g. a dragonlink on 433MHz then that'd remove the potential for interference."
"It shouldn't matter, the pixhawk is still inside a case - take a look at a 3DR X8+, they have no external casing, the Pixhawk casing is just out there in the open."
"Thanks for the advice Thomas, that pretty much settles the direction I was going in"
"Yes, you can just plug in a satellite to the port on top of the Pixhawk - I was surprised as well when I got a 3DR X8 and was looking for the Rx, only to find a tiny thing plugged into the top.
From the docs it seems above a certain number of…"
From the docs it seems above a certain number of…"
"Translational lift should increase the efficiency of the rotors as you go faster. So you'd need to work out the max speed you can be moving before the motion blur in your pictures becomes unacceptable - that'd a function of shutter speed and how…"
"http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Set-New-9443-Self-locking-Folding-CW-Prop...
there are 3 blade folding sets as well"
there are 3 blade folding sets as well"
"you can power up the quad on land - you could either power up via the USB port with a USB battery pack, or a Y cable on the battery connector with a battery other than your flight pack to keep it powered before and after flights."
