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About Me:
Aside from my day job in software QA and automation, I'm a full scale fixed wing pilot as well as an R/C heli/multirotor and fixed wing enthusiast. My educational background is in Electrical Engineering. Please see my web site: http://www.helibatics.com
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I'm primarily interested in conventional helicopter and multirotor UAV experimentation. A stable GPS enabled UAV that could be used for aerial photography and FPV is my current goal.
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Plano, TX
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"You just need to re-enable the Advanced Layout view in the Planner."
"If that's a FrSky D8R-II plus, you can load the new D8R-XP firmware with the CPPM fix and run a single servo jumper from Rx to APM using CPPM. It will clean up your wiring a little. Channels 5-8 will be simultaneously available through PWM output…"
"You are correct Oliver. I have a D8R-II Plus here in front of me with the D8R-XP 27ms firmware that is connected via CPPM pin1 to the APM and working fine. Just jumper pins 3&4 and CPPM comes out pin1, and pin2 has RSSI, just like the XP.…"
"Another difference between the ArduFlyer and the APM 2.5 seems to be in the mystery port which connects to the power module. Using the 3DR power module with the ArduFlyer it only gets about 4.7V to the board. Using APM2.5 gets the expected 5V.…"
"Is it possible to connect directly to the GPS using pogo pins and hook those to the FTDI? I suppose it might be best to erase the firmware from the 2560 first otherwise it is going talk to the GPS on boot up and might not allow it to work properly.…"
"OK, in the latest MinimOSD release, you can avoid the "Charset Update" problem on power/boot by simply setting the TELEM_DELAY to be 4 seconds or less. Setting it to 5 seconds or more will cause it every time. Enjoy!"
"I'm seeing this issue again after upgrading to the latest minimOSD firmware (2.0) with APM 2 using 2.8.1. Is there a good way to correct this that doesn't require code tweaking?
It seems terrible that the standard procedure after powering up is to…"
It seems terrible that the standard procedure after powering up is to…"
"@Dale, per the FrSky sales rep, and this thread, the only two receivers supporting the new 27ms CPPM mode for 8 channels are the D8R-XP and D4R-II.
and I agree with R_Lefebvre about CPPM latency...if you're just leading an autopilot around, you'll…"
and I agree with R_Lefebvre about CPPM latency...if you're just leading an autopilot around, you'll…"
"@Mark, I don't, but probably can get one after they return from holiday... Many in China are on vacation this week as I understand it, following their "National day" on Monday."
"And no, you can't connect the D8R-II plus to your PC...it will only talk to an FrSky Tx module."
"@Eladio, the D8R-II Plus can be used by wiring it discreetly to the APM via 8 PWM servo cables as normal. What you can't do is 8ch CPPM, as that model doesn't support it at all. In other words, there is no 27ms CPPM firmware upgrade for the D8R-II…"
"@Dale, yes, all FrSky CPPM used to have an 18ms period. However, the new firmware is out to make it 27ms so it will work fine with all 8 channels on your D4R-II, all you need to do is upgrade it. The D8R-XP is also supported at 27ms period with…"
"@Sandro, I just got confirmation from FrSky that the 9ms HS mode is disabled in the new 27ms firmware."
"@Kenn, Actually some of the FrSky receivers do support a 9ms frame size. They call it HS mode (vs. FS mode for normal). Check the docs on the D8R-XP, for example."
"I saw the same thing. I think right-click will give you a Reset option that will clear it up, but it was acting strange."
Wow, I was wondering how long it would take for this to happen:http://www.ebay.com/itm/APM-2-0-Apm2-Flight-Control-for-Quadcopter-... why they didn't include the…
