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"Any compelling reasons why this would be superior to a Pixhawk at three times the cost with lesser waypoint capability? The lack of tricopter support also seems to negate the claim, "Total solution for all multicopter platforms"."
"@Nikola: The circular you link to really is applicable only to manned aircraft and pertains to what sort of license and equipment is required for various uses. For drones, multiple classes of licenses don't exist (yet!).
My understanding is that…"
My understanding is that…"
"Byzantine? Umm....You just make a phone call. You think that's worse than the EIT or PE process? Yeah, I know, it ain't all Internety, but it does involve the FAA, so that's to be expected. And you perhaps haven't realized the additional hoops…"
"Am I just hung up on semantics or is "...the world’s first UAS to meet the high standards for an FAA Airworthiness Certificate" not the same thing as actually having been awarded an AC by the FAA? Is thing just very careful (and misleading) wording?"
"The FAA written test for Private Pilots costs between $85 and $150, depending upon which of the many testing centers it's taken at. I'd expect the UAS test to cost the same, or less."
"There is a new APM flight mode called "Throw Mode" being developed. When/if released, it may do what you need, but I'm not sure. You can see a video demonstrating it here."
"As long as the RC RX's wire antennas don't get into the rotors they should be fine.
Theoretically you should be able to use different ESCs for the motors and be OK. The APM will keep changing whatever command it's sending to a motor until it gets…"
Theoretically you should be able to use different ESCs for the motors and be OK. The APM will keep changing whatever command it's sending to a motor until it gets…"
"Oh great. Now our future drone overlords will be able to hunt us down in the forest. This probably seemed like a great idea at the time...."
I just upgraded my tricopter from 3.2.1 to 3.3 and got bit by the reversed servo bug. As those of you with tricopters know, there has been a variable called RC7_REV which you can use to ensure the APM/Pixhawk moves the tail servo in the correct…
"Click on the link, then click on the first picture to start going though the pics. Not sure why it's not working for you."
"I do not know for sure, but it seems unlikely, especially in the case of the TFR in place for the stadium. If permissions were obtained (what agency is empowered to allow flight over freeways?) one would think that would be a pretty important bit…"
The Orange County Register has just published a slide show of 50 aerial shots taken over Orange County, California from an unspecified quadcopter. While they are beautiful and very nicely done, quite a few are counter to FAA guidelines. Some are…
"Molded EPP tends to be more expensive than EPO. But it's much more durable and crash resistant. After going through several EPO airframes I now am a true believer in EPP. The only other wings I know of in EPP are those from CrashTestHobby and the…"
"Hi Rob....I have a well flying, large, Pixhawked tricopter (17" props) I'd be happy to test on, but I won't be able to do it for about a week due to travel. It suffers from just a little bit of yaw wobble at this point, most of which was eliminated…"
"I agree the Bixler is too tight for all the electronics, but it's quite a technical jump to a wing. A plane like a Skywalker 2013 is very easy to fly and has more than enough room for electronics. You haven't listed FPV gear yet, and you'll need…"
"I think, but am not certain, that a Desired Roll output only occurs during autonomous flight modes. These would be the modes where the Pixhawk has full control of the roll.It's been my experience that Desired Roll is always recorded as zero when I'm…"
