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    My trip with my P3P

    Beautiful. Did you fly on an airplane with your lipo batteries? Thanks for posting video.
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    Projection guide similar to a car's back up camera

    I believe range is required to negotiate trees. I think there would be an issue getting range to an object like a tree branch. All you have to work with is a camera image. It's impossible to get range from an image that contains an unknown branch size. Maybe the 4K camera can provide focus...
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    Packet collision

    What about the following two packets that do not include video? A joystick command goes towards the drone and a drone battery status come back towards the RC. How are these two signals kept from a collision? Maybe my answer lies in that there are two antennas on the RC.
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    Packet collision

    Does anyone know how DJI keeps the packets collisions from happening between the rc and the drone? It is my understanding that an antenna is shared for transmit and receiving packets between the rc and drone. With so much data being transferred both directions, how does the 2.4ghz transceivers...
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    Antenna Booster Analysis

    I think it was RFGuy that said the p3p antenna has vertical polarity. I though vertical antennas were for applications were signals were bounced off of objects and return back like a radar. Why would a one-way transmission use vertical.? The vertical pattern actually transmits less power than...
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    Antenna Booster Analysis

    Why does the rc have a substantially different power output than the drone's output level? Are the gains on the antennas different? According to the radar range equation, something else has the balance out.
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    100 Watt LED Spotlight!!!

    Have you thought of pulsing the leds around 10hz. The current draw would be much less and you could fly longer. Your cheap/light weight lm555 timer could trigger a transistor or mosfet for light action.
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    Vertical Studio - Looking for Beta Testers

    Neil, I've been reading these posts and your web sight forum. I am concerned that you are painting yourself into a corner using iOS and Android. I think you should 'cut the cord' on these platforms and build us an 8 core ARM processor using Linux. I hope you can see the benefits.
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    Lufthansa jet and drone nearly collide near LAX

    I'm not an airplane glider pilot. I fly my quad P3P. Do you think a person can catch a thermal with his large airplane glider and reach 5000 feet? Maybe the pilots sighting was a large bird.
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    Oculus rift

    I have an oculus pre ordered. I have been trying to get the USB interface specs so I can code up an interface between my p3p and the oculus. I'm not interested in using android or iOS. I prefer Linux or Windows. I think the image coming from the controller will need to be duplicated, distorted...
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    Vertical Studio - Looking for Beta Testers

    Hey Neil. Are you going to have a Linux version of your app? I assume you guys are using the SDK from DJI and they do not support Linux.
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    Vr gear Oculus googles

    Could the following work to use oculus. 1. Buy an HDMI module for the RC controller on the back. ($100) 2. Video capture the HDMI video into laptop. Several option for this exist but might be expensive. 3. Use vorpX.com ($40US) driver to fit HDMI format to oculus format.
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    Linux Go App

    I understand. I just want to know if the USB message content is public or does someone need to reverse engineer the data to make an ICD.
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    Linux Go App

    I want to write a Linux Go App to view the 720p image and control my P3P. My thoughts are to use a raspberry pie or pcduino. Is there an ICD (interface control document) that defines the USB packet messages between controller and tablet? I checked the sdk libraries but they are only available...
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    Dji GO App Simulator

    My P3P is in the mail. How can I get the DJI GO simulator working without my quad. Can you tell I am excited!