Hi everybody,Here is the flight of my modified Mentor equipped with APM 2.2.0 build 3036.The Mentor has been modified with two motors on the wings for a total power of 500 Watts,in order to make room for the camera on the nose and for equipments in…
"Thanks, Jason
I will put more distance between waypoints.
Unfortunately it is still snowing here and will do a few tests in debug mode.
Found out this to trace waypoints:
then click on csv2klm
It is free, very easy to convert Ardu telemetry to…"
"I am in North of Italy, live in Milan and my flying site is a few kilometers out of town.
You can see on Google using my waypoints.
Ah, last but not least I am 58 in age, with a huge passion for fliyng things.
Thanks and see you
marco"
"Thanks a lot Jason,
unfortunately I don't have a telemetry yet but I can download and install Ground station.
I usually use Google Earth to manage waypoints.
After sending the previous comments I tried a two waypoints path in real mode walking with…"
"Hi Jason,
here it is snowing a lot and must delay test fligths. Sigh.
Waypoints are OK and I too wonder what happens, the idea is to tape a GPS recorder on the plane in order to record the actual path and compare with the mission.
I have this one.…"
"Thank you Jason,
I will reload software and waypoints and try flying again.
Will use your last GPS EM406.pde
Is it OK that sticks are as authoritative in AUTO mode as in FLY BY WIRE mode?
Will inform you on results
marco"
"Excuse me Jason, after posting the log I took a look at the bearing values.
Am I wrong or the bearing from Wp 0 to Wp1 should less than 180 degrees? And from Wp1 to Wp2 should be about 320 degrees? Can you verify if that is actually rigth?
Thanks a…"
Everithing here looks good.
I have the same behavior with the blue led of GPS.
Could be I have a poor GPS signal.
As I can see in flight Ardu is very busy in attitude control and in AUTO or RTL mode the…"
"Hello,
I tried out version 2.5 with my Easystar.
Stabilize and fly by wire really OK.
GPS EM406 in Sirf mode get solid Fix very quickly.
When I try Auto or RTL mode the plane gose straight or after a large turn mostly towards the direction
shown by…"