TELEMETRY READING ANY HELP PLEASE

[DoomMeister]

DON’T USE EXCEL IT WILL MESS THEM UP FOR THE Q500LOG2KML.EXE PROGRAM (YOU CAN REFETCH THEM FROM THE ST-16 IF YOU HAVE ALREADY).

WHEN YOU GET THE TELEMETRY TO USE WITH HELMUT’S PROGRAM, BRING ALL THREE FOLDERS (TELEMETRY, REMOTE, AND REMOTE GPS) INTO A FOLDER ON YOUR DESKTOP (MAYBE NAME IT TH-TELEMETRY). THEN WHEN YOU USE THE LOG2KML PROGRAM JUST POINT TO THE TH-TELEMETRY FOLDER AND IT WILL LOAD THE DATA FOR ALL THREE TELEMETRY AREAS.

WHEN YOU CLICK ON CONVERT IT WILL GENERATE THE KML FILES FOR EACH FLIGHT. IF YOU HAVE GOOGLE EARTH PRO LOADED, YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK A KML FILE AND TELL IT TO ‘OPEN WITH...’ GOOGLE EARTH PRO. GOOGLE EARTH WILL OPEN AND ZOOM IN TO THE FLIGHT AREA AND DISPLAY THE FLIGHT PATH LIKE STEVE CARR UPLOADED FOR YOU.

YOU MAKE SOME NICE VIDEOS KEITH. WHAT DO YOU SHOOT WITH, AND EDIT/PUBLISH WITH?

 

[DoomMeister]

KEITH,
I WAS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LAST FLIGHT AND NOTICED THAT THE COMPASS ALARM COINCIDES WITH THE APPROACH TO THE METAL GRATE DRAW BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER. THAT COULD VERY WELL BE WHAT TRIPPED THE ALARM, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS BEING RAISED OR LOWERED AT THE TIME.

A COMMERCIAL PILOT CRASHED HIS TH RECENTLY, WHILE ON A JOB WITH A METAL SUPPORT BRIDGE. IF HE HAD REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON IN TIME, HE COULD HAVE TURNED OFF GPS AND POSSIBLY RECOVERED CONTROL. JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU GET YOUR NEW BIRD.

 

[KEITH KUHN]

DON’T USE EXCEL IT WILL MESS THEM UP FOR THE Q500LOG2KML.EXE PROGRAM (YOU CAN REFETCH THEM FROM THE ST-16 IF YOU HAVE ALREADY).

WHEN YOU GET THE TELEMETRY TO USE WITH HELMUT’S PROGRAM, BRING ALL THREE FOLDERS (TELEMETRY, REMOTE, AND REMOTE GPS) INTO A FOLDER ON YOUR DESKTOP (MAYBE NAME IT TH-TELEMETRY). THEN WHEN YOU USE THE LOG2KML PROGRAM JUST POINT TO THE TH-TELEMETRY FOLDER AND IT WILL LOAD THE DATA FOR ALL THREE TELEMETRY AREAS.

WHEN YOU CLICK ON CONVERT IT WILL GENERATE THE KML FILES FOR EACH FLIGHT. IF YOU HAVE GOOGLE EARTH PRO LOADED, YOU CAN RIGHT CLICK A KML FILE AND TELL IT TO ‘OPEN WITH...’ GOOGLE EARTH PRO. GOOGLE EARTH WILL OPEN AND ZOOM IN TO THE FLIGHT AREA AND DISPLAY THE FLIGHT PATH LIKE STEVE CARR UPLOADED FOR YOU.

YOU MAKE SOME NICE VIDEOS KEITH. WHAT DO YOU SHOOT WITH, AND EDIT/PUBLISH WITH?

HELLO AGAIN MY FRIEND.
I WILL BE WORKING ON THE INSTRUCTIONS
YOU GAVE ME.

FOR AN EDITOR I USE COREL VSP X9
THE HAND HELD CAMERA IS A SONY 1080P
HANDYCAM HDR 160
MANY TIME I WILL RE EDIT MY AUDIO THROUGH AUDACITY TO CLEAN UP ANY THINGS THAT
DO NOT SOUND GOOD.
I APPRECIATE THE COMPLIMENT.
I LOVE THIS STUFF. I MADE 4 MOTION PICTURES
FOR THE BIG SCREEN, BELOW ARE A FEW CLIPS.
CHALLENGING BUT FUN.

 

[Old Dude]

TyPilot has a good suggestion for recovering UAV’s from water. A bobber thing that attaches to the landing gear, and if it hits water,releases the bomber on a fish line. And wa-la, find the bobber, pull up the UAV.

 

[Kingsley Opoku]

Hi colleagues, as always I read and learn from the good people on this forum. I hear Keith and the rest who always make quality contributions to this forum and I want to thank you. One of my request is to post a tutorial video on as to how you read the telemetry files and how you use google maps in conjunction to solve the solutions I have always heard on this forum. I would highly appreciate it .Again thanks to PatR, DoomMeister, Steve Carr and please pardon me if your name was not acknowledged hear, my hat up to you guys for making this forum a learning experience.

 

[AveryBadman96]

LOL. I FIND IT FUNNY AND SAD AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE ALMOST ALL WRITING IN CAPS FOR THIS FORUM. KEITH I FEEL FOR YOU. A CRASH IS ALWAYS SAD. I DID LOOK AT PREVIOUS POSTS TO SEE THE TELEMETRY DATA. THERE WAS TONS OF INTERFERENCE POINTS IN YOUR FLIGHT. MAY I ASK WERE YOU USING STOCK OR ADD ON AFTER MARKET ITELITE OR 4HAWKS OON YOUR TRANSMITTER AND BIRD? YOU DID FLY OVER THE WATER WHICH CAN BE GOOD GIVING MORE RANGE WITH REFLECTION, OR THE OPPOSITE CAN OCCUR AND LOSS OF GPS. IT TECHNICALLY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND RETURNED TO HOME. I USUALLY USE UP HALF A BATTERY ON WHATEVER BIRD I FLY OBTAINING ACCURATE SATELLITE INFO, 1.5 MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH TIME, EVEN IF IT SAYS YOU HAVE ENOUGH SATELLITE'S AND CONNECTION IS GOOD. SORRY AGAIN. HOW DO YOU SEE THE SCREEN WITH YOUR MACULAR DEGENERATION? I FIND IT HARD ESPECIALLY WITH ANY SUN/ REFLECTION? I ASKS HAVE A FEELING WITH LOS AND MACULAR DEGENERATION YOU WEREN'T IN ACCORD WITH REGULATIONS. PLEASE WATCH WHAT YOU POST BECAUSE REGULATORS ARE WATCHING AND BAD CASES ARE EXAMPLES OF ENFORCEMENT. THIS IS A BAD CASE. TAKE CARE AND FLY IN LOS TO ENSURE WE ALL KEEP OUR BIRDS IN THE AIR WITHOUT PENALTY.

 

[DoomMeister]

LOL. I FIND IT FUNNY AND SAD AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE ALMOST ALL WRITING IN CAPS FOR THIS FORUM. KEITH I FEEL FOR YOU. A CRASH IS ALWAYS SAD. I DID LOOK AT PREVIOUS POSTS TO SEE THE TELEMETRY DATA. THERE WAS TONS OF INTERFERENCE POINTS IN YOUR FLIGHT. MAY I ASK WERE YOU USING STOCK OR ADD ON AFTER MARKET ITELITE OR 4HAWKS OON YOUR TRANSMITTER AND BIRD? YOU DID FLY OVER THE WATER WHICH CAN BE GOOD GIVING MORE RANGE WITH REFLECTION, OR THE OPPOSITE CAN OCCUR AND LOSS OF GPS. IT TECHNICALLY SHOULD HAVE STOPPED AND RETURNED TO HOME. I USUALLY USE UP HALF A BATTERY ON WHATEVER BIRD I FLY OBTAINING ACCURATE SATELLITE INFO, 1.5 MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH TIME, EVEN IF IT SAYS YOU HAVE ENOUGH SATELLITE'S AND CONNECTION IS GOOD. SORRY AGAIN. HOW DO YOU SEE THE SCREEN WITH YOUR MACULAR DEGENERATION? I FIND IT HARD ESPECIALLY WITH ANY SUN/ REFLECTION? I ASKS HAVE A FEELING WITH LOS AND MACULAR DEGENERATION YOU WEREN'T IN ACCORD WITH REGULATIONS. PLEASE WATCH WHAT YOU POST BECAUSE REGULATORS ARE WATCHING AND BAD CASES ARE EXAMPLES OF ENFORCEMENT. THIS IS A BAD CASE. TAKE CARE AND FLY IN LOS TO ENSURE WE ALL KEEP OUR BIRDS IN THE AIR WITHOUT PENALTY.

I’VE HAD MACULAR TROUBLE IN MY RIGHT EYE SINCE MY MID TWENTIES AND MY DISTANCE VISION IS NOT TROUBLING TO ME, BUT READING CAN BE A REAL PROBLEM AT TIMES. I’M QUITE CERTAIN THAT IF KEITH HAD TROUBLE SEEING HIS BIRD HE WOULD EITHER GIVE UP FLYING OR USE A SPOTTER TO HELP HIM KEEP TRACK OF HIS AIRCRAFT.

UNTIL YOU ARE IN THAT PERSON’S SHOES YOU SHOULD REALLY RESERVE JUDGEMENT. OUR SITE IS IN ENGLISH, BUT I’LL USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO HELP SOMEONE ON THIS SITE THAT HAS TROUBLE HANDLING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. WE TRY TO LIVE BY THE “BE NICE” RULE ON THIS SITE. SO WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS A LITTLE SPECIAL CARE AS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, I INTEND TO PROVIDE IT!

 

[AveryBadman96]

SORRY KEITH. IT HAD COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS MAKING LIGHT OF YOUR TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCE OF MACULAR DEGENERATION. PLEASE I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I DEFINITELY WAS NOT. I'M A TRAUMA NURSE AND SEE TRAGIC THINGS EVERY DAY AND HAVE DEVELOPED A JADED TWISTED WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS. I ACTUALLY FOUND IT HEART WARMING AND IT MADE ME LAUGH, NOT AT YOUR CONDITION, RATHER THE FACT THAT ORIGINALLY PEOPLE WERE GETTING AFTER YOU FOR WRITING IN ALL CAPS, THEN ONCE THEY FOUND OUT YOUR CONDITION 90% OF POSTS WERE IN CAPS TO SHOW YOU THEIR SUPPORT. MY ONLY CONCERN WAS THAT YOU WERE FLYING SAFE WITH YOUR CONDITION. AS I SAID "I'M A NURSE AND SEE UNSAFE BEHAVIOURS CONSTANTLY FROM PEOPLE DRIVING DRINK TO LITTLE OLD LADIES OR MEN WITH SEVERE DEMENTIA AND LACK OF PHYSICAL ABILITY TO REACT QUICKLY DRIVING VEHICLES BATTLING OUR KILLING OTHERS. WE ARE UNDER A MICROSCOPE BY REGULATORS AND EVERYTHING WE PUT ON ANY FORUM IS BEING USED AGAINST US. I'M SURE WHEN FLYING YOU USE A SPOTTER TO FLY LOS, BUT THAT NOT MENTIONED IS IMPORTANT. AGAIN SORRY IF ANYONE WAS OFFENDED BY MY POST, ESPECIALLY KEITH. HOPEFULLY YOU CONTINUE TO ENJOY ALL YOU CAN, AND YOUR EYE SIGHT EITHER GETS BETTER THROUGH SURGERY, OR DOESN'T DECLINE IN THE LEAST. TAKE CARE.

 

[DoomMeister]

SORRY KEITH. IT HAD COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS MAKING LIGHT OF YOUR TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCE OF MACULAR DEGENERATION. PLEASE I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR I DEFINITELY WAS NOT. I'M A TRAUMA NURSE AND SEE TRAGIC THINGS EVERY DAY AND HAVE DEVELOPED A JADED TWISTED WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS. I ACTUALLY FOUND IT HEART WARMING AND IT MADE ME LAUGH, NOT AT YOUR CONDITION, RATHER THE FACT THAT ORIGINALLY PEOPLE WERE GETTING AFTER YOU FOR WRITING IN ALL CAPS, THEN ONCE THEY FOUND OUT YOUR CONDITION 90% OF POSTS WERE IN CAPS TO SHOW YOU THEIR SUPPORT. MY ONLY CONCERN WAS THAT YOU WERE FLYING SAFE WITH YOUR CONDITION. AS I SAID "I'M A NURSE AND SEE UNSAFE BEHAVIOURS CONSTANTLY FROM PEOPLE DRIVING DRINK TO LITTLE OLD LADIES OR MEN WITH SEVERE DEMENTIA AND LACK OF PHYSICAL ABILITY TO REACT QUICKLY DRIVING VEHICLES BATTLING OUR KILLING OTHERS. WE ARE UNDER A MICROSCOPE BY REGULATORS AND EVERYTHING WE PUT ON ANY FORUM IS BEING USED AGAINST US. I'M SURE WHEN FLYING YOU USE A SPOTTER TO FLY LOS, BUT THAT NOT MENTIONED IS IMPORTANT. AGAIN SORRY IF ANYONE WAS OFFENDED BY MY POST, ESPECIALLY KEITH. HOPEFULLY YOU CONTINUE TO ENJOY ALL YOU CAN, AND YOUR EYE SIGHT EITHER GETS BETTER THROUGH SURGERY, OR DOESN'T DECLINE IN THE LEAST. TAKE CARE.

Sorry for misunderstanding your post! My brother is a trauma nurse also, so I can understand where you are coming from. Please accept my apologies and keep up the wonderful work you do. I’m pretty good at diagnosing machines and fixing them, but meeting death face to face on an almost daily regimen has to really effect the soul. So I do understand the facade that has to be worn to deal with that.

Thanks for explaining and may the life altering decisions you have to make always be for the best.

 

[KEITH KUHN]

I’VE HAD MACULAR TROUBLE IN MY RIGHT EYE SINCE MY MID TWENTIES AND MY DISTANCE VISION IS NOT TROUBLING TO ME, BUT READING CAN BE A REAL PROBLEM AT TIMES. I’M QUITE CERTAIN THAT IF KEITH HAD TROUBLE SEEING HIS BIRD HE WOULD EITHER GIVE UP FLYING OR USE A SPOTTER TO HELP HIM KEEP TRACK OF HIS AIRCRAFT.

UNTIL YOU ARE IN THAT PERSON’S SHOES YOU SHOULD REALLY RESERVE JUDGEMENT. OUR SITE IS IN ENGLISH, BUT I’LL USE GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO HELP SOMEONE ON THIS SITE THAT HAS TROUBLE HANDLING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. WE TRY TO LIVE BY THE “BE NICE” RULE ON THIS SITE. SO WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS A LITTLE SPECIAL CARE AS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY, I INTEND TO PROVIDE IT!

I FAILED TO SEE WHERE YOU ASKED ABOUT MY ANTENNAS. I WAS USING STOCK. I CONTACTED YUNEEC AGAIN AND SENT THE M THE MAP YOU SENT ME.
NO NAMES MENTIONED.
THEY ARE NOW ASKING FOR MORE FILES WHICH I PROVIDED TO THEM. ALSO MADE A VIDEO FOR MITCH
WHICH I AM ATTACHING FOR YOU -

I MADE THIS UNLISTED.
BUT YOU MAY ENJOY. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONAL FILES
PLEASE HAVE A LOOK IF YOU HAVE TIME.
KEITH

 

[KEITH KUHN]

Sorry for misunderstanding your post! My brother is a trauma nurse also, so I can understand where you are coming from. Please accept my apologies and keep up the wonderful work you do. I’m pretty good at diagnosing machines and fixing them, but meeting death face to face on an almost daily regimen has to really effect the soul. So I do understand the facade that has to be worn to deal with that.

Thanks for explaining and may the life altering decisions you have to make always be for the best.

LIFE AND DEATH IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
WE MUST COME TO GRIPS - WE ARE ONLY
HUMAN AND MEANT TO PASS ON SOONER OR LATER.
I AM TROUBLED BY HUGE EGOS, OH WELL WHAT
EVER IT TAKES FOR SOME PEOPLE YO FEEL
IMPORTANT OR GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. I AM EMBARRASSED I FORGOT YOUR FIRST NAME. I KNOW YOU WROTE IT BUT I CANNOT FIND IT.
JUST ME KEITH

 

[KEITH KUHN]

I WILL GET THE HANG OF POSTING HERE ONE DAY.
KEITH KUHN

 

[KEITH KUHN]

KEITH,
I WAS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LAST FLIGHT AND NOTICED THAT THE COMPASS ALARM COINCIDES WITH THE APPROACH TO THE METAL GRATE DRAW BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER. THAT COULD VERY WELL BE WHAT TRIPPED THE ALARM, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS BEING RAISED OR LOWERED AT THE TIME.

A COMMERCIAL PILOT CRASHED HIS TH RECENTLY, WHILE ON A JOB WITH A METAL SUPPORT BRIDGE. IF HE HAD REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON IN TIME, HE COULD HAVE TURNED OFF GPS AND POSSIBLY RECOVERED CONTROL. JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU GET YOUR NEW BIRD.

NEW BIRD WOW THAT WOULD BE COOL.
THE BRIDGE WAS NOT BEING RAISED OR LOWERED AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH. I AM CURIOUS HOW YUNEEC WILL HANDLE THIS. THIS HAPPENED SO FAST I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO THINK. I JUST TRIED TO GAIN ALTITUDE SO IT WOULD NOT HIT THE TREES. WHICH IT DID NOT AS YOU WELL KNOW. BUT I HAD NO CONTROL ONCE I SAW
IT WAS UP OVER THE TREES.
DANG.
KEITH KUHN

 

[KEITH KUHN]

Hi colleagues, as always I read and learn from the good people on this forum. I hear Keith and the rest who always make quality contributions to this forum and I want to thank you. One of my request is to post a tutorial video on as to how you read the telemetry files and how you use google maps in conjunction to solve the solutions I have always heard on this forum. I would highly appreciate it .Again thanks to PatR, DoomMeister, Steve Carr and please pardon me if your name was not acknowledged hear, my hat up to you guys for making this forum a learning experience.

YEA WE WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT THEES GUYS.
HERE IS A VIDEO FOR YOU. KEITH KUHN

 

[rdonson]

KEITH, I WISH YOU THE BEST WITH YUNEEC AND THEIR RESPONSE TO YOUR FLYAWAY. I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT THEY WILL MAKE THINGS RIGHT FOR YOU.

 

[KEITH KUHN]

KEITH, I WISH YOU THE BEST WITH YUNEEC AND THEIR RESPONSE TO YOUR FLYAWAY. I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT THEY WILL MAKE THINGS RIGHT FOR YOU.

TIME WILL TELL
KEITH KUHN

 

[KEITH KUHN]

KEITH, I WISH YOU THE BEST WITH YUNEEC AND THEIR RESPONSE TO YOUR FLYAWAY. I'VE GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT THEY WILL MAKE THINGS RIGHT FOR YOU.

I will let you know what happens

 

[MadProf2018]

I had a similar problem about a month ago, and lost my Typhoon H in the bay at St Michael's Mount in Cornwall UK. I flew about three flights from the same spot, and brought the bird back fine, but on my last one, I made the dumb mistake of not pressing the video button. So as I had a charged battery, I decided to have another flight. Lifted off and made sure I pressed record, and flew off in a similar path to the previous one. Shortly after lift off, I got a GPS lost warning on the ST16. Knowing that I couldn't 'Return to Home' without GPS, I decided to gain height and see the bird in clear sky rather than the back drop of the mount. BUT.. I then made the unforgivable goof of wrong sticking it, like someone has mentioned in another post sometime ago, and pulled back on the stick as in an aircraft. Brain fade occured when trying to clear the warning off the screen of the st16 so I could also see what the camera was seeing, and cleared it in time to see the final picture of the water coming up.

I looked for it in the approximate area I thought it was, but to no avail. When I got back I checked the telemetry and found it wasn't as far in as I though. Next time I'll take my laptop and mifi with me so I can check sooner, if God forbid, it happens again.

Totally my fault I know and sick as a parrot after the event. But I tried to contact Yuneec UK Customer Support to see if it was possible to buy a Typhoon H on it's own without a controller and bag etc., but never heard anything, so I hope Keith has better luck. I have now got a full kit again, so I've also got spares!

 

[KEITH KUHN]

I had a similar problem about a month ago, and lost my Typhoon H in the bay at St Michael's Mount in Cornwall UK. I flew about three flights from the same spot, and brought the bird back fine, but on my last one, I made the dumb mistake of not pressing the video button. So as I had a charged battery, I decided to have another flight. Lifted off and made sure I pressed record, and flew off in a similar path to the previous one. Shortly after lift off, I got a GPS lost warning on the ST16. Knowing that I couldn't 'Return to Home' without GPS, I decided to gain height and see the bird in clear sky rather than the back drop of the mount. BUT.. I then made the unforgivable goof of wrong sticking it, like someone has mentioned in another post sometime ago, and pulled back on the stick as in an aircraft. Brain fade occured when trying to clear the warning off the screen of the st16 so I could also see what the camera was seeing, and cleared it in time to see the final picture of the water coming up.

I looked for it in the approximate area I thought it was, but to no avail. When I got back I checked the telemetry and found it wasn't as far in as I though. Next time I'll take my laptop and mifi with me so I can check sooner, if God forbid, it happens again.

Totally my fault I know and sick as a parrot after the event. But I tried to contact Yuneec UK Customer Support to see if it was possible to buy a Typhoon H on it's own without a controller and bag etc., but never heard anything, so I hope Keith has better luck. I have now got a full kit again, so I've also got spares!

YEA IT IS A HECK OF A FEELING.
THEY DO SELL THE BIND AND FLY TYPHOON.
THAT IS THE ONE I LOST IN THE RIVER.
KEITH

 

[MadProf2018]

YEA IT IS A HECK OF A FEELING.
THEY DO SELL THE BIND AND FLY TYPHOON.
THAT IS THE ONE I LOST IN THE RIVER.
KEITH

I'll remember that... hopefully never to use the knowledge .. Hope you get the result from Yuneec for the fly off mate.