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I just want to do something meaningful


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Max replied to Jacob Dickinson's discussion GPS Help
"Does anyone have any idea what the component is just to the left of the cable, when the antenna is up? I managed to short the ground somewhere when trying to mount it and blew that cap/resistor/fuse whatever - I was hopeful the rest of the board was…"
Aug 19, 2009
Max commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Announcing the official DIY Drones Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest
"Wow, I'll have to push and get my system in the air - I have a first mission if all my hardware comes in soon!"
Aug 19, 2009
Max left a comment for Max
"I think I just let the magic smoke out of my GPS *sigh*"
Aug 17, 2009
Max replied to corey's discussion whats an effective aerial photography platform?
"this is very popular in the RC AP circles:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/product_guide/kitprofile.cfm?kit_id=3472

very stable, good on rough runways, should be good for the autopilot as well"
Aug 17, 2009
Max commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post Ardupilot Utility Beta 3 Released Now Supports Atmega328!
"@myself - seems I missed one line:
"Initialize the board by clicking on "write" before doing anything else. "
http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddjmqgw3_43gm6gvggf#1_Introduction_t...
I don't get the funky GPS settings, now the read/writes seem fine.…"
Aug 17, 2009
Max commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post Ardupilot Utility Beta 3 Released Now Supports Atmega328!
"I can't seem to identify the reason for the following:

I'm running the new 328 board with theEM406 GPS, the 2.2 code has successfully been uploaded, I'm getting the blue GPS lock light on solid (seems like I usually have to plug in the FTDI…"
Aug 17, 2009
Max left a comment for Max
"History: Passed over at CU I decided to continue toward my goals with ardupilot. First start earlier this year was with the 168 board and I had the initial code loaded with the NE test program, 2.1 code, no Z sensor. I became a bit obsessed with FPV…"
Aug 17, 2009
Max replied to brotherat's discussion Hello and help
"Roughen up the motor shaft with some sand paper before using the adhesive, this will greatly help it's ability to hold the motor shaft. Most shafts are polished."
Aug 15, 2009
Max replied to smguest's discussion One gps receiver with multiple on-board devices?
"I have the ArduPilot 2.x with the EM-406A GPS and an EagleTree OSD. I have little knowledge, but it sounds as if I can tap the GPS for the OSD - only I don't know the pinout/schematic to run into the EagleTree OSD from the above GPS cable. I've been…"
May 14, 2009