"Very cool. Quick question: I've been trying to find out what software people are using to convert a set of stills into a video as you have done above? Thanks"
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Unusual raw sensor data when Quad is on the ground
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Noyce Aug 2, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Non-uniform geometry of a quadcopter
Started this discussion. Last reply by bGatti Feb 6, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Erratic PWM from APM output 0 while uploading new code
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Bill Noyce replied to srinath mallikarjunan's discussion Flipping tendency even during startup"I too just had to purchase new sensor board. The XY Gyro had become unreliable. Unlike Philip i could see the fault via the APM Planner's vertical horizon ( +/- 10 degrees of pitch while the quad was stationary ) and the raw sensor values…"
Bill Noyce commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post Two APMs, one plane"Thanks for the feedback. I'm sure that many people here will be following your efforts with great interest."
Bill Noyce commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post Two APMs, one plane"I do like the sound of having a failover system, but in reality how many events will allow you to identify that your primary APM is misbehaving? There is obviously the situation of complete loss of data from the primary APM to the monitoring…"
Bill Noyce replied to Olivier ADLER's discussion Megaplanner Crashes"Yes i see this. It's been difficult to detect a pattern of activity which causes the crash.
I too am on a WinXP SP3 low spec laptop which could do with a little more horse power!"
Bill Noyce replied to Bill Noyce's discussion Unusual raw sensor data when Quad is on the ground"Ok, sorry i did read about that, but thought this was a different issue, becuase it was still messed up even after i did the first arming. I'll keep an eye out for a Planner update.
I'm very excited to try out all the latest code…"
Developerjasonshort replied to Bill Noyce's discussion Unusual raw sensor data when Quad is on the ground
"This is a temporary misalignment with the planner. We moved the gyro calibration to first Arming of the copter. In the next version this is working normally. It has no effect in normal flight.
Jason"
Bill Noyce posted a discussionUnusual raw sensor data when Quad is on the ground
AC 2.0.39APM Planner 1.0.48 I've been getting prepared for doing some more test flights with the latest code and i noticed with everything ready to take off the APM Planer virtual horizon was jumping around, showing upto +/- 10 degrees of pitch movement, but the quadcopter is still on the ground with no external vibration or movement. So I had a look at the APM Planner Raw Sensor Data and there appears to be gyro activity.…See More
Bill Noyce commented on Pieter van Woerkom's blog post Arduspyder (hexa)"Great looking Hexa, beautifully minimal.
Is there any issue with having the APM sensors forward of the CoG? Did you have to customise the AC2 code?
Would you be happy to share the information about the Motors and Props, plus any idea…"
Bill Noyce replied to Heino R. Pull's discussion 2.30 Sonar alt hold no longer holds well and logging stopped recording"I was concerned that my 1240 MaxSonar was not outputting clean data last night, so i loaded up the AP_RangeFinder_test.pde and via the serial data i could see that the output would be fine and then for a few samples of the test loop it would drop…"
Bill Noyce commented on Denny Rowland's blog post No Title"Sounds very cool. My camera mount UAV is still in design stage, but nothing quite as smart as you are developing.
I would love to know where you sourced your damping shocks? I spent an evening online and i found nothing small enough for quadcopter…"
bGatti replied to Bill Noyce's discussion Non-uniform geometry of a quadcopter"@Seven,
With 8 props, there are many ways to counteract torque, etc...
In my mind, weird things happen with only 4 props and deep asymmetry, I'll be curious to see how far this can be pushed...
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Bill Noyce replied to Bill Noyce's discussion Non-uniform geometry of a quadcopter"Thanks for the replies, they have been really helpful. ArdupiratesNG has the clean mixer table code which will hopefully find it's way into ACM as at this stage ACM does not have the mixer layer of abstraction.
I will build the airframe…"
Martin Seven replied to Bill Noyce's discussion Non-uniform geometry of a quadcopter"There are similar aircraft already in the air, so it's definitely possible. All you really need to do to get it flying is adjust your mixertable and go."
bGatti replied to Bill Noyce's discussion Non-uniform geometry of a quadcopter"Weight distort not a problem, might want to use smaller motors in the rear.
I estimate that at zero loading of the rear props, the ability to respond is zero, so I would avoid significant load shifting, in addition. Longer arms will increase roll…"
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