"I think I'll give up on the XBees.
Our first 3DR Radio 915 set worked well on its first test. We will convert our other airframes to 3DR."
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The Old Flyer's Discussions
We need a TRIGGER command!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jake Stew May 21. 13 Replies 2 Likes
Poor AUTO flight. Was it due to magnetometer, firmware version, tuning, or ?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Oborne Apr 28. 6 Replies 0 Likes
APM 2 ArduPlane relay and camera stabilization?
Started this discussion. Last reply by The Old Flyer Feb 21. 6 Replies 0 Likes
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ModeratorGary Mortimer replied to The Old Flyer's discussion XBee 'Bricking'
"I un bricked one on Monday in preparation for a project they are pain. Mine was connected to a cheap ESC when it bricked, I wonder."
John Johnson replied to The Old Flyer's discussion XBee 'Bricking'"When you connect your battery, it causes a lot of voltage spikes. I have seen this regularly brick an Xbee on my buddies aircraft but the same Xbee would not brick under the same circumstances when we tried the same technique…"
cjmccmd replied to The Old Flyer's discussion A successful APM aerial survey mission"I have a question which although unrelated is certainly implied by this thread and others.
My understanding of current FAA policy (http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uas/reg/) is that the FAA currently doesn't allow any commercial UAS…"
The Old Flyer commented on The Old Flyer's blog post Telemaster Aerial Survey flight testing with APM"Eduardo, I am not sure what news you want. For a later result of out photo survey work go to:
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/a-successful-apm-aerial-survey-mission?xg_source=activity
Irv"
eduardo commented on The Old Flyer's blog post Telemaster Aerial Survey flight testing with APM"Hello irvin, some news ?"
The Old Flyer replied to The Old Flyer's discussion A successful APM aerial survey mission"Chad,
I used some manual intervention with PTGui and got this result:
I also submitted the database to the dronemapper as part of the beta testing of the service and got this false color result:
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"@Irvin
Congrats on your project.
Just a quick question: are yopu using the spektrum satellite receiver on your setup?
Thanks! all the best"
Chad P replied to The Old Flyer's discussion A successful APM aerial survey mission"Great job!
I am curious if you have made any improvements in your stitching. I am getting ready to do the same type of mission and am trying to find the best way to stitch the photos together. I noticed in your picture the lines…"
Jake Stew replied to The Old Flyer's discussion We need a TRIGGER command!"So when your georeference differs by say a foot from google earth what exactly do you plan to do? Are you going to argue with them over the difference or are you going to produce a map that everyone else thinks is inaccurate?"
Niels Heeser Nielsen replied to The Old Flyer's discussion We need a TRIGGER command!"Accurate (cm level) georeferencing is essential to my application and I also need a fully automated image rectification pipeline.
It's an interesting idea to use image features found in e.g. public online orthophoto as a pseudo ground…"
Jake Stew replied to The Old Flyer's discussion We need a TRIGGER command!"You don't need all that. Take your pics, stitch together, align one point with google earth, and you're done. It's not all that difficult."
Niels Heeser Nielsen replied to The Old Flyer's discussion We need a TRIGGER command!"I'm interested in making a very light camera design optimized for ortho photo acqusition. My interest is sub-centimeter resolution in urban areas. Ideas include:
Using a real time optical flow algorithm to provide adaptive image capture. The…"
Jerry Cresp replied to The Old Flyer's discussion We need a TRIGGER command!"I spent 5 hours testing the Mission Planner 'Take Off', 'Do_Repeat_Servo' and 'Land'.
I managed to get them all working quite nicely' though watching a plane land by itself is scary.
The 'Do_Repeat_Servo'…"
Marek replied to The Old Flyer's discussion XBee 'Bricking'"Hi,
1. what other RF equipment you have close to Xbee? (power, frequency)
2. how you power your equipment - mainly "ground loop" issues?
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Chris Huitema replied to The Old Flyer's discussion We need a TRIGGER command!"http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot/wiki/SpecialEvents
Is this what tou are looking for?"
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- About Me:
- Old, retired computer engineer and RC flyer
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- I started a with the AttoPilot. Decided that the APM would be a very worthwile new project.
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- Carlsbad, CA
The Old Flyer's Blog
Telemaster Aerial Survey flight testing with APM
Posted on July 5, 2011 at 2:39pm 10 Comments 4 Likes
The Telemaster during pre-flight checks.
APM, GPS, Air speed sensors and bubble level in the center payload…
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How to add a power sensor to the APM
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:30pm 28 Comments 0 Likes
If you make these changes to your APM shield you will be able to see your system battery voltage and current on a GCS in real time.
When the system developers incorporate the changes to the software release, Power efficiency in…
Continue 3 Tips for APM Software Users
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:00pm 3 Comments 0 Likes
Tip 1. ID the ArduPilotMega files that you are working with.
I put this at the top of the files:…
ContinueComment Wall (5 comments)
- At 9:04pm on October 4, 2010, ockhams barber said…
- Hi Irvin,
I don't know if this is your problem, bet I have had the same problem with upgrades when I forgot to set the sketchbook location in .
Hope that helps
regards.
- At 9:06pm on October 4, 2010, ockhams barber said…
- I don't know if this is your problem, bet I have had the same problem with upgrades when I forgot to set the sketchbook location in . file preferences . sorry about the missing information in the last post
Hope that helps
regards.
- At 1:31am on June 18, 2011,
DeveloperMichael Oborne said… - Irvin, 1.0.10 should fix the servo issue
- At 5:12pm on July 8, 2011,
DeveloperMichael Oborne said… - Thank Irvin, found that wp bug and will be fixed in next version
Michael
- At 4:41pm on July 10, 2011,
DeveloperMichael Oborne said… - the bps of 0 means there is no data domming from the APM, i would investergate that.
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