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Flying Copters in Central Africa
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tinkering, flying, fpv, aerial shots - hey, like everybody else here, right ?
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Neckarsulm
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"Hi, I can confirm that it won't work "dry" on the workbench; it needs to be invoked inflight. I have a different issue though: my Hexa starts flying backwards at medium pace while maintaining altitude. I let it go til end of sight (700 Meters) and…"
the telemetry solution by Craft & Theory will feed the Mavlink-sentences from a Pixhawk to a Taranis and display the data on the Taranis LCD. I was wondering whether in any way the Taranis can be made to forward the Mavlink-data to a Laptop running…
"Sahmeem, yes, the Pixhawk will not deliver enough Amp (depending on your power-settings). Please do power from its own 5 V source. How are your results with the circular polarized antennas and setup remote from the copter-frame ?"
"somebody correct me if I am wrong, but AFAIK the Mavlink protocoll does provide for single cell monitoring:
BATTERY_STATUS ( #147) ) voltages
uint16_t[10]
Battery voltage of cells, in millivolts (1 = 1 millivolt). Cells above the valid cell count…"
BATTERY_STATUS ( #147) ) voltages
uint16_t[10]
Battery voltage of cells, in millivolts (1 = 1 millivolt). Cells above the valid cell count…"
"Arunava,
for a start simply check whether the BEC you're interested in does support the required input-voltage (usually expressed in xS or for an 6S you want to see something like 26V). Two things to watch out for:
the standard power-module for the…"
for a start simply check whether the BEC you're interested in does support the required input-voltage (usually expressed in xS or for an 6S you want to see something like 26V). Two things to watch out for:
the standard power-module for the…"
"Arunava,
the solution with a resistor would not provide a fixed voltage. You can hence assume that all BEC utilise a step-down converter. Their efficiency is in the 80 ~ 90 % range. I would look at their weight as most important factor. Mind you…"
the solution with a resistor would not provide a fixed voltage. You can hence assume that all BEC utilise a step-down converter. Their efficiency is in the 80 ~ 90 % range. I would look at their weight as most important factor. Mind you…"
"Asim,
let us assume healthy batteries with the discharge curve we are accustomed to. If you want to cover a weak battery I propose to use FRSky MLVSS or FLVSS monitors for individual cells. While the Pixhawk (AFAIK) does not trigger on individual…"
let us assume healthy batteries with the discharge curve we are accustomed to. If you want to cover a weak battery I propose to use FRSky MLVSS or FLVSS monitors for individual cells. While the Pixhawk (AFAIK) does not trigger on individual…"
"While we're at it, here is two additional thoughts on failsafes:
add altitude into the quotation. A battery failsafe @ 500 Metres would need to come at a higher voltage than @ 20 Meters.
check feasability of an auto-mission e.g. total distance to…"
add altitude into the quotation. A battery failsafe @ 500 Metres would need to come at a higher voltage than @ 20 Meters.
check feasability of an auto-mission e.g. total distance to…"
"two years late I am wondering whether this still stands ? I mean the Craft & Theory module does feed Pixhawk telemetry into the X8R and the Taranis gets the entire sentence. Which way could the Taranis throughput the data to a Laptop ?"
"I am flying a 3DR Y6 and do it often while in Stabi-mode: Completely cut the throttle and let it free-fall and recover nicely. It might be the solution: once your auto-mission is complete, you return to Stabi, cut the throttle and let it fall to say…"
