About Me:
former paparazzi fan(the autopilot) This website got me restarted in drones after a 5 year hiatus :)
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Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Drone Software SQA and gamma ray intensity terrain mapping applications(think Fukashima and chernobyl)
Hometown:
sf bayarea
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"Hi Justin,
went through the pretty much same while doing formal SQA on APM code & IRIS+ for a municipal agency
Ditch the POS IRIS,
DONT DONT DONT buy into the the marketing BS about the SOLO..
and go with a DJI P3P or better..
dont listen to the…"
went through the pretty much same while doing formal SQA on APM code & IRIS+ for a municipal agency
Ditch the POS IRIS,
DONT DONT DONT buy into the the marketing BS about the SOLO..
and go with a DJI P3P or better..
dont listen to the…"
"its called the 2nd law of thermodynamics.. cause ma physics is a REAL bitch!!
hzl"
hzl"
"Hi Justin,
yep same results.. I am @hotelzululima if you want to discuss this on twitter..
have left this crap grounded for 8 months since last major crash and NO fucking support for software safety errors they close and dont look at..…"
yep same results.. I am @hotelzululima if you want to discuss this on twitter..
have left this crap grounded for 8 months since last major crash and NO fucking support for software safety errors they close and dont look at..…"
"forget the fan simply make your IRIS+ preggers!
ie pregnant IRIS with a up to 10mm air gap for bigger lipos and better air circ.
btw there IS a rather thick LIPO in between the ESC and the pixhawk..…"
ie pregnant IRIS with a up to 10mm air gap for bigger lipos and better air circ.
btw there IS a rather thick LIPO in between the ESC and the pixhawk..…"
" almost too tired for this.. btw did you have a backup RCTX powered on with switches in stab mode throttle=0?
(required to do auto takeoffs in older versions of tower and droidplanner 2)..
hzl"
(required to do auto takeoffs in older versions of tower and droidplanner 2)..
hzl"
"actually in 2000-2004 we( consulting group) were on so called "professional" controllers.. pretty MUCH the same story in those years with Onavi and in 2007-2010 we were doing bespoke paparazzi Tiny release for consulting customers(military fixed…"
"Hi Mihail,
please see https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/issues/1952 (closed invalidly(read the comments and read #1951 before that) and this comment by the developer http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/arducopter-3-2-1-beta-testing?id=...
As…"
please see https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/issues/1952 (closed invalidly(read the comments and read #1951 before that) and this comment by the developer http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/arducopter-3-2-1-beta-testing?id=...
As…"
"hi there
try these first http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-optional-hardware/common-ca...
and one thing I did find that when hooked in directly to the gimbal for firmware update and realignment that the gimbal is aligned as its reference…"
try these first http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-optional-hardware/common-ca...
and one thing I did find that when hooked in directly to the gimbal for firmware update and realignment that the gimbal is aligned as its reference…"
"funny as shite though.. still chuckling about drones with flames :)
hzl"
hzl"
"choices, choices..
while the processor for this is the K1(2014) and its an excellent processor.. the tegra X1(2015) is an octocore and gives you 256 cores.. and quite a bit more performance and is already being targeted at car automation etc..
…"
while the processor for this is the K1(2014) and its an excellent processor.. the tegra X1(2015) is an octocore and gives you 256 cores.. and quite a bit more performance and is already being targeted at car automation etc..
…"
"Hi Paul,
as an OSX Lion user Mission planner for Windows hands down is the best at present..
runs great under Windows 8 running in a VMWARE Fusion 5.0-> 6.0 VM.. no windows laptops required!
VS2012 also nicely compiles up the code for the latest…"
as an OSX Lion user Mission planner for Windows hands down is the best at present..
runs great under Windows 8 running in a VMWARE Fusion 5.0-> 6.0 VM.. no windows laptops required!
VS2012 also nicely compiles up the code for the latest…"
"no the problems you are having clearly relate to USB issues in Android below 5.01.. and Tower HAS to have the 3DR services API loaded...
your problem is not telemetry radio setup yet.. you cant even see the HW yet..
the PHILZ touch…"
your problem is not telemetry radio setup yet.. you cant even see the HW yet..
the PHILZ touch…"
"Hi Global,
DP2 is way out of date at this point.. I suggest you use dp3/Tower app instead..(depending on your version of android)
you will also need to download the 3DR services API app
versions of android earlier that 5.01 seem to have lots of USB…"
DP2 is way out of date at this point.. I suggest you use dp3/Tower app instead..(depending on your version of android)
you will also need to download the 3DR services API app
versions of android earlier that 5.01 seem to have lots of USB…"
"for chargers I got this in last week
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__19676__HobbyKing_4B6_Bal...
charging time on a depleted 8C IRIS flight battery was about 1 hour.
you will need to order 3 extra JST balance connectors
here…"
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__19676__HobbyKing_4B6_Bal...
charging time on a depleted 8C IRIS flight battery was about 1 hour.
you will need to order 3 extra JST balance connectors
here…"
"You can get a new xmitter with frsky telemetry built in from 3DR ,
the cost was a bit high for moi when I could get MAVLINK telemetry and GCS control(Tower App) on my android tablet instead with the provided equipment.
if you want to do it…"
the cost was a bit high for moi when I could get MAVLINK telemetry and GCS control(Tower App) on my android tablet instead with the provided equipment.
if you want to do it…"
"My first thought on hearing the RCTX beep was.. I wonder if they have flight console locking semantics of any sort on RC RF errors when I heard the motors go to zero...
and of course the RCTX was NOT in hand and only the GCS tablet was ,10-20…"
and of course the RCTX was NOT in hand and only the GCS tablet was ,10-20…"
