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Random Lake, WI


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I'm new


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I want to build one


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Victor posted a discussion
Hello, I have an APM 1.0 board that gets power from an ESC, LIPO battery 11.1. I have connected 3 servos, xBee, Mediatek GPS and the RX to the board. When I'm in manual mode I don't have any control over the throttle. When I mode the stick to 25%,…
May 4, 2011
Victor posted a discussion
Hello everyone, When I power APM from a battery through the esc/bec, the board has the leds flashing when is doing its calibration, is it normal that during the calibration or after the calibration to restart the calibration process when I plug the…
Apr 15, 2011
Victor replied to Victor's discussion APM Planner + Servo Outputs + X-Plane
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Apr 14, 2011
Victor posted a discussion
Hello Everyone, I'm trying to run a simulation using X-Plane to get comfortable with the RC system. I'm unable to get an output graph for the servos in APM Planner, even though the servos are connected through APM and they move when I move the…
Apr 13, 2011
Victor replied to Skip Frombach's discussion MediaTek GPS and APM Ground Control
"Is this a problem with APM 1.0 or with all the APMs?
 
I don't think the problem is related with Google Earth or HK GCS because if  when I test my GPS using the CLI in test mode it says #sats: 0 just like in the picture…"
Mar 9, 2011
Victor posted a discussion
Hello everyone, Last night I took my laptop outside to test my telemetry in conjuction with the gps. The Oilpan was connected to the laptop and gps and xbee pro 100 wire antenna were connected to it. I think I had a loose cable to the oilpan because…
Mar 9, 2011
Victor posted a discussion
Hello Everyone, this is what I have and what I have done.I have APM 1.0 (running the the 1.02), Mediatek GPS with the 1.6 firmware. I enabled the line and added the 16 to the APM_Config.h #define GPS_PROTOCOL GPS_PROTOCOL_MTK16 When I plug one end…
Mar 8, 2011
Victor replied to Victor's discussion Autopilot clarification/suggestion for UAV Senior project
"What recommendations you have for an rc system, what would I need that is compatible with the autopilots? where should I start looking for ?"
Dec 2, 2010
Victor replied to Victor's discussion Autopilot clarification/suggestion for UAV Senior project
"Thanks Chris, now Tiny v2 seems flexible in both software and hardware but will require some external help coding and adding other components. What about APM and DB? Is it equally challenging? Also for telemetry is there like a windows software or…"
Nov 23, 2010
Victor posted a discussion
Hi guys,At my school, there have been a few senior projects related to UAVs.They were good projects except they were never completed either due thecomplexity of the project or complications along the way. After this frustrating scenario, two friends…
Nov 23, 2010