About

Gender

Male


Location

Gullbringusysla


About Me:

B.Sc in mechanical engineering and holder of a privet pilot licence.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

From childhood I have always liked airplanes and helicopters and when I learned about rc modelling and UAV's it totally captured my mind.


Hometown:

Reykjavík


Activity Feed

Tryggvi Stefánsson commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post APM:Plane 3.5.0 released
"Great work realasing this new version and thanks for your hard work everyone!
I am very happy to see the improved camera trigger logging. I have read through the conversation on github regarding this new feature. Still I am not sure what is the…"
Feb 25, 2016
Tryggvi Stefánsson commented on Emlid's blog post Introducing Navio2
"This looks super good and congrats with this new product Emlid team! Great work!
I backed the Reach on Indiegogo and have received it already, it looks super good although I have not had the time to test it yet. Is the Reach compatible with the new…"
Dec 17, 2015
Tryggvi Stefánsson posted a discussion in IRIS
I recently was flying the IRIS+ in an auto mission when something strange happened. As IRIS was gaining altitude and flying toward it's first point in auto mode it suddenly yawed about 90° followed by a pitch exeeding the maximum allowed pitch. As…
Sep 4, 2015
Tryggvi Stefánsson replied to Tryggvi Stefánsson's discussion Geo ref not working after update of Mission planner 1.3.31.1
"Not really no, I managed to find an old setup file for mission planner 1.3.19 and there I can geotag the images with no problem. Just keep saying no to updating the MP
Have you tried uninstalling and download MP again not sure if the newest version…"
Aug 12, 2015
Tryggvi Stefánsson posted a discussion
HelloI just wanted to check if someone had the same problem after updating the mission planner, I am no longer able to geo ref images. I have tried to georef in three computers all running the latest version with no luck. I was only able to geo ref…
Aug 10, 2015
Tryggvi Stefánsson commented on Tryggvi Stefánsson's blog post Mapping parts of the biggest lava field for the last 200 years in Iceland
"@Yannick, thank you for this 3D model we shot about 500 images, we did fly on other parts of the lava and shot in total over 1100 images of the lava field.
@John Moore, hehe yeah the wind was a problem this winter and we had to abort some flights…"
May 12, 2015
Tryggvi Stefánsson posted a blog post
Hello allIn middle of March we went to map the newly formed lava in Holuhraun Iceland, the biggest lava flow in Iceland for the last 200 years with a size of about 80 km^2 (same size as Reykjavík the capital city of Iceland). The eruption did get…
May 11, 2015
Tryggvi Stefánsson replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"I have one question regarding compass live calibration. Is it recommended that when you do the live calibration to power all the external electrical equipment during the process. This includes than all external lights, gimbal, FPV equipment and so…"
Aug 27, 2013
Tryggvi Stefánsson replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"Hi all
I have been crashing my quad now four times after I uploaded the newest firmware, 3.0.1. This is quite scary and when it happens, it goes into a really fast spin and I have very little control. This did not happen to me before on this quad…"
Aug 20, 2013
Tryggvi Stefánsson replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0.1 released!
"Hi all
I have been crashing my quad now four times after I uploaded the newest firmware, 3.0.1. This is quite scary and when it happens, it goes into a really fast spin and I have very little control. This did not happen to me before on this quad…"
Aug 20, 2013
Tryggvi Stefánsson replied to Tryggvi Stefánsson's discussion Problem, motors keep beeping after they are turned on. Manual and automatic calibration do work.
"ok thanks, Will try that!"
Jun 22, 2013
Tryggvi Stefánsson posted a discussion
Hey allI am experiencing a problem with my quad I have not had before.I calibrate the ESC's (Turnigy plush 25A) works good both when I do it manually and automatically and they all spin at the same rate. When I plug the battery in again after doing…
Jun 22, 2013
Tryggvi Stefánsson posted a discussion
Hello allFirst of all I want to thank all of you for this great forum.I know this question has been asked before but is there avilable a 3d model of the APM2?I am designing my quad in Autodesk Inventor and it would be great to have a 3d model in…
Apr 26, 2012
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