Dr. Pete

About

Gender

Male

Location

Charleston, WV

Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Geospatial, remote sensing applications

Hometown:

KCRW

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Dr. Pete replied to Bryon Trott's discussion Solo Battery adapter in 3DR SOLO

"The Solo charger indicates an output of 16.80 VDC at 3.3 amps. I calculate 55 watts. Power connection is simply + and - with no balance connector. With absolutely no knowledge, my guess is that the smart part of the battery is the balance circuitry…"

Dr. Pete left a comment on 3DR SOLO

"RE: Free battery. I didn't order with a gimbal but received a 'free' battery anyway from the folks at B&H Photo. I suspect the 'free' battery is a matter of semantics as it won't run without the smart battery. The battery was packaged intimately…"

Dr. Pete left a comment on 3DR SOLO

"Downloaded the Solo app and finished ground school.
Controller observations from unboxing.

Sticks shipped with knobs screwed in, turned out and set lock to suit my hands.
Noticed the left stick (Mode 2) throttle is spring return to neutral…"

Dr. Pete left a comment on 3DR SOLO

"My unboxing slide show video on YouTube, sans commentary, music, and my face. No Solo app so a flight report will have to wait. Batteries charged and ready to fly.
http://youtu.be/ABTtzCMDli0"

Dr. Pete replied to Brad Roekle's discussion Does anyone know if the battery will be 3S or 4S? in 3DR SOLO

"Tommorrow..."

Dr. Pete left a comment on 3DR SOLO

"Received mine today. Ordered through B&H Photo, drop shipped from China. It would appear that PCH International is handling logistics, possibly manufacturing."

Dr. Pete replied to Brad Roekle's discussion Does anyone know if the battery will be 3S or 4S? in 3DR SOLO

"Here's the picture."

Dr. Pete replied to Frank G's discussion Solo app iOS/Android in 3DR SOLO

"Looks like IOS tomorrow, Android Saturday."

Dr. Pete replied to Carson Dial's discussion Solo battery specs

"14.8 vdc w/ 5,200 mAh capacity.solo_battery.jpg"

Dr. Pete replied to Brad Roekle's discussion Does anyone know if the battery will be 3S or 4S? in 3DR SOLO

"1 photo == 1,000 words."

Dr. Pete replied to Bernard J Vanterpool's discussion Connecting PIXHAWK to a Spektrum DX6 in PIXHAWK

"The stock Frsky receiver output provides PPM (Pulse Position Modulation) to the PixHawk while Spektrum receivers output is PWM (Pulse Width Modulation).

Different enough that to make the switch would be a lot more trouble, and require more…"

Dr. Pete left a comment on IRIS

"A cold start of any GPS requires that current ephemerids have been downloaded to the local GPS receiver. Each satellite sends its own ephemerids. The ephemerids contain the coefficients that allow the receiver to determine the satellite position.…"