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marco commented on marco's blog post Twin motor Mentor flight with APM 2.2.0.
"Hi all,
here is a closeup of the camera mount as asked by Mark Colwell.

The clear protection is one half of a Christmas ball.
A nice week end
marco
 
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Jun 24, 2011
marco posted a blog post
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…
Jun 22, 2011
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"Hi Jason, I delayed a bit because of a crash of my Easystar.
It didn't want to follow waypoints, went very far and dive into ground.

In debug mode with the last release I got the results below.

WPs list.

OPTIONS:66,True,True,Meters,17…"
Feb 15, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"Hi again Jason,
tried your last svn in debug mode (still snowing here) with these waypoints, a bit far away than before.

Thisi is the config



and this is the plot of the debug.
Nice, didn't?



Have a nice day
marco"
Feb 9, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"Sorry,
this is the site:

http://www.tchartdev.com"
Feb 9, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"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…"
Feb 9, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"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"
Feb 8, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"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…"
Feb 8, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"Hi again Jason,
tried using your waypoints (from Waypoint writer, modified home waypint) and got this:

Init Ardupilot 2.5.0
wp_total 13
options 1000
wp_radius 20
Debug mode enabled
Startup: Air
debugging - Init Location
Loaded WP index:0
prev_WP:…"
Feb 8, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"Hi Jason,
I tried the latest release (from svn) in debug mode with the same waypoints of my previous comments and got these results:

wp_total 4
options 1000
wp_radius 20
Debug mode enabled
Startup: Air
debugging - Init Location
Loaded WP index:0…"
Feb 8, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"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.…"
Feb 5, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"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"
Feb 4, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"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…"
Feb 3, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"Hello Jason,
Here is the log in debug mode.

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…"
Feb 3, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"Sorry, here are the coordinates in a more readable form:

OPTIONS:66,False,True,Meters,17
HOME:45.567316,8.997277,82
45.56659,8.99755,82
45.56695,8.99804,82
45.56755,8.99786,82
45.56775,8.99714,82

Tanks again"
Feb 2, 2010
marco commented on Jason Short's blog post Ardupilot 2.5 Release Candidate
"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…"
Feb 2, 2010
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