Recent content by Professorpip

Wow - it's been about a year since I was hacking with my solo to get at 4g lte / zerotier link working between the solo, controller and groundstation. I haven't flown or touched my solo since... Why? - it's called having a young kid.....it turns out they are wonderful things, but utterly time...

Li-ion for longest flight times. This thread covers much of what you need to know. 3DR Solo with LiIon 9000mAh battery | up to 30min flight time BMSone is one option. There are others - including an open hardware & source option - eg see the “Happy Solo” thread.

Hi.. I think I'm getting there. Work and life stuff means I've not been able to do anything with my solo for a few weeks. But I will try to upload the custom firmware image and some notes somewhere in case anyone wants to try. I should point out this is no where near as polished as the Disco...

Could be... Certainly worth having a closer look....

Progress for today was: - Got the solo controller (artoo) and my tablet (running Solex, Qgroundcontrol, and / or Mission Maker for arduilot) connected and working via USB - with the android device replacing the 4G dongle (it was in usb tether mode). This makes the network config easier, as I...

Today I got my solo controller (artoo) to connect to my Nexus 7 over usb. (i.e. a wired link between controller and tablet - not wifi) The artoo was the host, and the Tablet was a RNDIS device (with Android usb tethering enabled).. I had to rebuild the artoo kernel once more - this time not...

Ah sorry - I haven't got /seen the full board layouts.

Do the files here have what you need? If not can you be more specific which board diagrams you need? Solo Controller (Artoo) AT11A - Schematics / Pinouts

Some success I think... So far I have been able to: - Link the solo and artoo controller over a 4G / zerotier connection. Things like the gimbal angle controls work, and the controller display has the right telemetry, battery readings etc. - Get telemetry from solo <--- over 4G ---> to artoo...

Someone did a comparison of (1) stock, (2) APC 11", and (3) MA 10.5" 2 blade here on a 'normal weight' solo... (elsewhere there are tests showing the 3 blade MA is worse for efficiency).. The 2 blade MA's were best... The 11" was very close behind... The stock was 3rd (about 8% worse than the...

Yes it does mean one can go as low as 10v. However if you look at the capacity curves, if there's not much difference in terms of useful capacity / flight times if you land at 11v or 10.5 vs 10v (as at that stage the voltage is dropping off like a cliff).. Obviously - Wattage (power) stays...

Yes sir. My sense is when flying with a heavier-than-stock battery is that larger props are useful. In full disclosure, my test flights weren't 100% like for like, so I can't swear to it and I've not wanted to take the 11" props off my solo since then. But my sense was it helped. Maybe once...

I don't have an anafi, but I do have a Bebop2 and a Disco. I've not had problems with the skycontroller to iphone connection over USB, but maybe I got lucky. Quite interesting now it was implemented as a custom muxed-usb device (rather than as a USB ethernet gadget). My interest in having...

Sure - do you mean from a hardware perspective, or software - or both? Then there's info here for the artoo usb connection.. Solo Controller (Artoo) AT11A - Schematics / Pinouts I will write up the software side when I can.

Hi, I've successfully modded my artoo to: - Add a UART1 serial debug connector (you get the usual linux console, just as would see via ssh to 10.1.1.1) - note is 3v3 level logic only, at 115200 baud. I use a cheap FTDI cable to look into my PC, and is very handy when messing about with wifi...