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Zac Johnson commented on Jeff Taylor's blog post APM to CHDK Camera Link Tutorial
"Also if I want it triggering just from the mission waypoints should I have cam trigger distance set to 0 in the parameters or manually set the distance every new mission?

Thanks for the write up by the way really helped me get this going, very…"
Aug 22, 2016
Zac Johnson commented on Jeff Taylor's blog post APM to CHDK Camera Link Tutorial
"Hi I got this working on apm 2.6 but when I plug it in and power it the plane it just starts taking photos regardless of what I have cam trigger distance set to.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks "
Aug 22, 2016
Zac Johnson replied to Charles Linquist's discussion RFD 900+ not working in conjunction with 3DR radio
"Immediately after posting this I realised what the problem was, quite obvious now that I think about it to be honest, the 3dr config page was leading me astray.
Plugged the old sik radio back in, load settings, manually set the air radio settings…"
Aug 18, 2016
Zac Johnson replied to Charles Linquist's discussion RFD 900+ not working in conjunction with 3DR radio
"I am having the same problem, but it's very rare to get a response on DIY drones I have found.

I spoke to the guys at rfDesign and they suggest that it shouldn't be a firmware problem. I am also using SIK 1.7 on the air sik radio and rfd900P 1.9 on…"
Aug 18, 2016
Zac Johnson replied to Zac Johnson's discussion Can adjust fbwa level flight speed/throttle regardless of cruise speed?
"bump"
Aug 1, 2016
Zac Johnson posted a discussion
Hi was just wondering if I can set what throttle amount will hold fbwa level?Right now I have cruise speed at 15m/s which is actually about 80% throttle, I set it that high as a reliability during auto modes. So anything below that it descends.I…
Jul 24, 2016
Zac Johnson replied to Zac Johnson's discussion APM plane 3.1.1 stall prevention?
"Specifically my question could be read as:
I can't see stall prevention in parameters using 3.1.1 so was it newly introduced in 3.2 or was the ability to configure it introduced in 3.2 and it's always on by default in 3.1.1?"
Jul 12, 2016
Zac Johnson posted a discussion
Just a quick question, I did search but couldn't find anything except that 3.2 was updated with stall prevention and I was wondering if 3.1.1 actually has stall prevention?I know... I could just install 3.2 right? But I had some problems with newer…
Jul 11, 2016
Zac Johnson replied to Zac Johnson's discussion MP Waypoint altitude mtrs above ground or initial gps location???
"Also for the verify height setting, do I need to be connected to the internet for it to work? Where does it get terrain height data from?
If it needs internet is there a way to preload data before I go to the field?
Thanks"
Jun 15, 2016
Zac Johnson posted a discussion
Something that just came to mind and I haven't even thought about yet.Does mission planner/apm read your (vehicles) altitude from the first time the gps gets a fix, from the sea level (I doubt) or from the ground level.So let's say you take off from…
Jun 15, 2016
Zac Johnson replied to John's discussion Best flight controller for ariel photography
"The download section on the website only proved downloads for ios and android. Where is the PC download? I would like to see the GC interface.
Also will you guys be supporting planes in the future not just coptors?
*edit* nevermind, I just saw your…"
Jun 3, 2016
Zac Johnson replied to Zac Johnson's discussion Will lawmate 1000mw 1.2-1.3 fpv system interfere with my setup (apm 915mhz + 2.4ghz 9x)?
"I was only thinking of the 1w at the time because someone around here was selling a lawmate system pretty cheap but I decided against it because 1w is completely unnecessary. Better antenna's not more power.
Anyway I have decided against fpv for the…"
Jun 3, 2016
Zac Johnson replied to Jonas Woerner's discussion FPV range problem - again!
"That is actually about how much range you will get. 1km is perfect conditions and just an estimate anyway. I think the boscam 5.8 is about the cheapest nastiest stuff you can get. If you need range you will probably need to spend a bit more.
What…"
May 27, 2016
Zac Johnson posted a discussion
Hi I am looking at purchasing a lawmate 1000mw 1.2-1.3 ghz system with high sensitivity receiver and was wondering if anyone here had some experience with it or similar.I have a somewhat modified bixler 2 with apm 2.6 915mhz modem, 9x 2.4ghz…
May 27, 2016