Recent content by TruffleAir

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    Flying over water

    My first P2, zenmuse 2D gimbal and hero 3+ I crashed into seawater about 6-7m deep. Scuba equipment, underwater search pattern and ~30-40 minutes later I found it! Battery was about 3m away from the quad which I can only assume meant it ejected on impact. I took the battery out of the go pro and...
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    Hand Launching

    I have never launched from solid ground. Every flight from a boat. Almost always hand launch and catch.
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    Lights

    Ok, so IMU failure. Can someone tell me where to find the IMU, or the components on the board that make up the IMU please?
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    Lights

    I'm getting Red (R) Green (G) Yellow (Y), R G Y, R G Y.... On two arms and slow alternating red on the other two arms. Any ideas what this means?
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    Taking off on the move

    Let me give you a scenario, deck heeling 20 degrees moving at 8 kts SOG with apparent wind at about 15 kts, 1.2m fence around deck, to take off without putting anything into keeping relative station with the boat I have a triangle to fly through, 2.5m at the base 5m high (having reached a height...
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    Taking off on the move

    I work on a sailing boat. In order to take footage of the boat sailing I have to be able to take off and land whilst moving at up to 10 knots. My first attempt, only fifth ever flight with a any sort of UAV, almost ended up in the drink!
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    Taking off on the move

    Does anyone have any experience of taking off from a moving platform, car, boat etc.?