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Frame: QAV500 Frame w/540mm arms Props: 12x5.5 Carbon Props Motors: Tiger Motor MN3110-17 (700kv), 4mm shaft Autopilot: Raspberry Pi 2 w/ Navio+ hat GPS: Ublox M8N + Garmin GA25 MCX GPS Antenna Battery: Turnigy MultiStar 4S 14.8V 16Ah Internet Cam: Raspberry Pi Cam FPV Cam: 1/3 Inch SONY CCD Board Camera 700TVL ESCs: Emax 4 in 1 30A w/SimonK Firmware Telemetry: RFD900+ Long Range Radio Modem FPV Tx/Rx: Boscam Thunderbolt 2000mW 5.8GHz FPV Antenna: Boscam 5.8GHz Cloud Spirit Circular Polarized RC Tx: FrSky Taranis 9XD RC Rx: Dragon Link V2, UHF
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"Hey all, just got done with a fully custom antenna tracker which:
1) does not require a laptop to run
2) can accept a roughly 2lb or so antenna (or camera if you like :))
3) works beautifully, even at close range
4) is fully tested
5) can be made…"
1) does not require a laptop to run
2) can accept a roughly 2lb or so antenna (or camera if you like :))
3) works beautifully, even at close range
4) is fully tested
5) can be made…"
"Hey all, still looking for a solution to this. I think if you've got any instructions that would help someone connect APM Planner 2 over Bluetooth that would apply to what I'm trying to accomplish. If you have had success doing this over the…"
All, Appreciate the help here. Having quite a bit of trouble attempting to connect Mavlink telemetry over Bluetooth serial. Someone must to have tried this (run a Mavproxy GCS with the latest Dragonlink). See all the nitty gritty details here…
"Just thought I would save some others future trouble. DO NOT try and send serial mav data at above the 19200 that is suggested in this post. The 57600 bluetooth serial is fine between the transmitter and the ground station, but in Mission Planner…"
"Does anyone know if the arducam OSD software has been updated lately ? This post is 6 years old and I'm having trouble finding the source code anywhere... mainly for the same reasons here. I need to set the baud rate for the OSD to 19200, and…"
Background: We've got a large scale powered glider that has been flying pretty well, except for one thing that is baffling. We've done Autotune, setup and checked each parameter carefully in the list and wondering if we potentially missed…
"Michael,
I'm outputting NMEA strings via Mission Planner with my Plane hooked up to a secondary RTK GPS. I'm getting funny altitude number coming out in the NMEA so I'm wondering what is the origin of the strings. Are they from GPS 1? GPS 2? Is…"
I'm outputting NMEA strings via Mission Planner with my Plane hooked up to a secondary RTK GPS. I'm getting funny altitude number coming out in the NMEA so I'm wondering what is the origin of the strings. Are they from GPS 1? GPS 2? Is…"
"Michael,
I'm outputting NMEA strings via Mission Planner with my Plane hooked up to a secondary RTK GPS. I'm getting funny altitude number coming out in the NMEA so I'm wondering what is the origin of the strings. Are they from GPS 1? GPS 2? Is…"
I'm outputting NMEA strings via Mission Planner with my Plane hooked up to a secondary RTK GPS. I'm getting funny altitude number coming out in the NMEA so I'm wondering what is the origin of the strings. Are they from GPS 1? GPS 2? Is…"
"All,
Out of curiosity has anyone tried to use the ctrl-g GPS menu to send the NMEA data via UDP or TCP (rather than serial)? If its in the works I wont bother any further, but if no one has tried this or its not been thought of I might suggest it…"
Out of curiosity has anyone tried to use the ctrl-g GPS menu to send the NMEA data via UDP or TCP (rather than serial)? If its in the works I wont bother any further, but if no one has tried this or its not been thought of I might suggest it…"
"Has anyone done range testing with this system USING the telemetry? Did telemetry feed have dropouts before the RC Link? I remember reading a couple bits on the Dragonlink site that telemetry range might be less than the RC range. I'm using this…"
"At this point, just cut the whole plastic thing off and solder on some normal right angle header pins like the original rfd... Seppo does that radio seriously not come with a connector??"
"Welp... looks like you have to buy one of these...
http://store.rfdesign.com.au/rfd900u-to-8-way-socket-cable/
Then you have to make this:
As far as the SIK radio firmware, you can either use mission planner or use RFD Tools…"
http://store.rfdesign.com.au/rfd900u-to-8-way-socket-cable/
Then you have to make this:
As far as the SIK radio firmware, you can either use mission planner or use RFD Tools…"
"SOLVED!!
@Seppo
All, this boiled down to a bad whip antenna attached to the ground side RFD900+. I was flying one day with the tracker and had a buddy troubleshoot hardware by disconnecting individual components. Once we unscrewed the whip, the…"
@Seppo
All, this boiled down to a bad whip antenna attached to the ground side RFD900+. I was flying one day with the tracker and had a buddy troubleshoot hardware by disconnecting individual components. Once we unscrewed the whip, the…"
"Don, are you using SiK firmware and if so what version/settings?"
