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paul hubner commented on Boomslang's blog post New GPS"I read their product sheets and while I am indeed impressed overall, there is a concern about their "dynamic focus" feature. In brief, this means the GPS does not track to high precision unless it is asked to, ie when a user presses the…"
Noth666 commented on Boomslang's blog post New GPS"Production volume of Airwave-1 will begin in the second half of 2009. Hmm.. Will have to get some samples when they r out"
Boomslang left a comment for Boomslang"Hi
I am on the East Rand, and fly at Barnstormers. Don't have an Ardupilot, but I am working on my own autopilot for the last 6 months.
I am also using the FMA sensors, they work great.
Regards,"
ModeratorJack Crossfire commented on Boomslang's blog post New GPS
"Hot start modes suck. Fulltime tracking using standby power is the way to do it. It requires juggling 2 batteries, but it gets 14 satellites & stable altitude instantly. The idea obviously caught on in UK but we're not sure Americans R…"
ModeratorGraham Dyer left a comment for Boomslang
"Hey Boomslang, are you using the ArduPilot at all, if so where in JHB are you and where do you fly. I'm doing some test flights in Northcliff but am waiting for my FMA sensor to arrive.
Cheers
Graham"
Boomslang commented on Chris Anderson's blog post AttoPilot now on sale!"Very impressive list of features. Just need auto-landing and you will have a completely autonomous plane at a very good price."
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New GPS
Posted on March 20, 2009 at 12:52am 3 Comments 0 Likes
GPS Reciever
The main features of this GPS is that it constantly tracks position, so there is no startup wait. Only 1ma power consumption! Hope that sparkfun will get some of these on breakout boards when they arrive.
I wonder what the update rate on these will… Continue
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- At 1:36am on March 20, 2009,
ModeratorGraham Dyer said… - Hey Boomslang, are you using the ArduPilot at all, if so where in JHB are you and where do you fly. I'm doing some test flights in Northcliff but am waiting for my FMA sensor to arrive.
Cheers
Graham
- At 1:48am on March 20, 2009, Boomslang said…
- Hi
I am on the East Rand, and fly at Barnstormers. Don't have an Ardupilot, but I am working on my own autopilot for the last 6 months.
I am also using the FMA sensors, they work great.
Regards,
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