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3d robotics apm power module

hi. I am new here and so take it easy with me. I am into air photography and at the moment using align and logo 600 models. I need to find a steady platform to do video work so moving over to the multi rotor platforms. I am going for a 3d robotics Arducopter hex. So I am looking at the APM Power module with the deans connector. My question is that as I have loads of 6's Lipos and all my equipment is set up for these can I use these lipo's on the APM 2.5 + Set. If so what am I looking at to do…See More

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Matt Gunn commented on Matt Gunn's blog post Mapping Mission Ride Along

"I'm just using a standard hitec HS 65 HB. Yes its on the roll axis. For the question about the airframe and electronics: 4s 5000mah 20c packT-Motor 2820 830kv12x6 APC prop60amp esc I have not done a duration flight, but its very…"

5 minutes ago

Tommy Larsen replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.73 released

"@Stephen: What values did you end up with ?"

8 minutes ago

Bot Thoughts replied to Thomas J Coyle III's discussion Getting Ready for the Sparkfun 2013 AVC in the group ArduRover User Group

"That's a nice, smooth jump! The suspension just soaked that up no problem. That's what you get for the extra $$ on a good platform. :) I need to retune my suspension to handle the jump or else switch to my Hyper10TT chassis."

17 minutes ago

Jeremiah Wolf replied to Max Yeo's discussion ArduPilot Mega 2.x support Hunter-Vtail frame ??

"It would be great to be able help out with the development of this platform with the APM, however the availability and access to this frame is severely hindered by the current production limitation and location of production. How do you plan…"

20 minutes ago

Stone1295 replied to Hugues's discussion What are these clicking sounds of the motors ? in the group ArduCopter User Group

"Thanks for that link Paul! :) I'm a little relieved now. -Mike"

24 minutes ago

Jamie Glover posted a discussion

Brown Out after adding Airspeed sensor

Well, she hit hard today on the first flight of the day from 120 ft. The plane is a skywalker 1900 and it completely went unresponsive while in FBW-A. Im using 2.72 firmware. Can anyone help asses the logs to maybe pin point the problem? I noticed a drop in voltage twice on the log, but I cant seem to tie it in with a command. I have attached the tlog. Any help would be extremely appreciated.Thanks,JamieSee More

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Giuseppe D'Angelo replied to Giuseppe D'Angelo's discussion Kit APM2.5+ arrivato. Prime domande niubbie. in the group ArduCopter Italian Group

"Che GPS usi ? quale firmware hai ? Nel video non ho toccato nessun PID. Ciao - Giuseppe"

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Maxime Carrier posted a status

"Anyone know a good Android application to find drone? :D"

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Pieter replied to Kevin Klein's discussion Remote status LEDs

"Does this work for arduplane?"

46 minutes ago

Dmitry Eliuseev replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD

"Hi all. Thanks to MinimOSD Extra developers. Based on this code, I made version for YS-X4/X6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmqjYyZUFG8&feature=player_embedded Details on rcgroups thread…"

47 minutes ago

Arthur Guy replied to Arthur Guy's discussion No backwards driving! in the group ArduRover User Group

"I am using the left throttle for drive as the vehicle I am working with moves very very slowly and I would rather leave it set at full power rather than holding it, I then manually centre it when I want it to…"

54 minutes ago

Jordi Orlando posted a blog post

An Arduino Micro Clone

Hello, my name is Jordi. I'm currently a high school senior, but I will be graduating in a few weeks, after which I will be attending university with a major in Electrical Engineering. I've been a long-time follower of the diydrones community and have made a few posts in the past. In August of last year I made a blog post…See More

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Paul Feely replied to Hugues's discussion What are these clicking sounds of the motors ? in the group ArduCopter User Group

"Don't know if is the same sort of click but have a look at this old post - there is an MP3 on it - if your click sounds the same then your fine. Cheers, Paul"

56 minutes ago

Arthur Guy replied to Arthur Guy's discussion No backwards driving! in the group ArduRover User Group

"Another bug spotted. In the same configuration as above if I try and use the slew rate any setting above 0 screws up the driving. The behaviour is very wired, throttle doesn't work and it continually moves backward at a slow…"

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Maxime Carrier posted a status

"Tricopter lost :("

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3d robotics apm power module

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ArduPlane 2.73 released

Started by Andrew Tridgell in ArduPlane 2.x software. Last reply by Tommy Larsen 8 minutes ago. 57 Replies 11 Likes

ArduPilot Mega 2.x support Hunter-Vtail frame ??

Started by Max Yeo in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Jeremiah Wolf 20 minutes ago. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Brown Out after adding Airspeed sensor

Started by Jamie Glover in Flying/Tuning Planes 28 minutes ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Remote status LEDs

Started by Kevin Klein in ArduPilotMega 2.x hardware. Last reply by Pieter 46 minutes ago. 46 Replies 1 Like

Adding extra functions to MinimOSD

Started by Gábor Zoltán in OSD. Last reply by Dmitry Eliuseev 47 minutes ago. 2016 Replies 34 Likes

My First Quadcopter Build

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APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released

Started by Craig Elder in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Antonio González Notario 2 hours ago. 731 Replies 9 Likes

FS: Lots of Flight controllers - processors

Started by Alan Adamson in Buy, Sell, Trade. Last reply by Johar Palacita 3 hours ago. 6 Replies 0 Likes

Px4 Testing

Started by John Mulligan in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Martin Poller 3 hours ago. 111 Replies 1 Like

Need help choosing airframe for a UAV/ surveillance airplane or multi-rotor

Started by Aaron Harris in Airframe design. Last reply by Michael Cipriani 3 hours ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Failsafe mode confusion

Started by Keith Callaghan in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Keith Callaghan 5 hours ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Newbie Alert! Help with my purchase?

Started by Steve Quartly in Newbie. Last reply by Steve Quartly 5 hours ago. 4 Replies 0 Likes

Tutorial to Programming ArduPilotMega

Started by Resat Emre Ayvaci in ArduPlane 1.x software. Last reply by Hafeedz 5 hours ago. 14 Replies 0 Likes

How do i play a planned mission?

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This community created the Arduino-based ArduPilot, the world's first universal autopilot (planes, multicopters of all sorts and ground rovers). The APM 2.5 autopilot hardware runs a variety of powerful free UAV software systems, including:

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Hybrid Penta Copter

Posted by OG on May 19, 2013 at 6:15am 5 Comments 3 Likes

This is a very interesting Hindered multi copter. I was thinking of this same concept using a weed waker motor on a large quad & kk board. But the guys in south Asia have beaten me to it. well it a nice job in any…

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3 axis Camera Gimble connections.

Posted by Jared Reabow on May 19, 2013 at 12:30am 11 Comments 6 Likes

NEW APM 2.5 Pin out and Wire Diagram And Camera Gimble explanation

Hey guys i recently got the APM 2.5, when looking at the pins, I saw A0 - A11 Pins werent being used and i did not know what they were for so i was googling and found a PDF that stated

A0- Sonar/ Ultrasonic A1- Voltage Sensor – Attopilot

A2-Current Sensor – Attopilot

A3- Optical Flow…

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Mapping Mission Ride Along

Posted by Matt Gunn on May 18, 2013 at 10:00pm 16 Comments 3 Likes

Here's my 1st mapping test flight with a Skyhunter twin-boom pusher. Im running Arduplane 2.73. Mapping camera is a Canon s95 running an intervalometer script via chdk. Its suspended from a single axis gimbal that keeps the camera pointing down regardless of aircraft bank angle. Video shot from a GoPro 3 Black Edition.

It took 120 photos during the 10 minute…

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Mechanical Hands From A MakerBot: The Magic Of Robohand (From Makerbot blog news)

Posted by Roberto Navoni on May 18, 2013 at 2:37pm 8 Comments 6 Likes

When Richard Van As, a master carpenter in Johannesburg, South Africa, decided to make a set of mechanical fingers, it wasn’t just for fun. He’d lost four of the fingers on his right hand in an unfortunate work accident. For a tradesman like Rich, having a disabled hand is a big professional…

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US House Crime/Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on domestic use of drones

Posted by Kyle Derkacz on May 18, 2013 at 2:30am 1 Comment 1 Like

Domestic Use of Drones

...left with a cliffhanger: are you allowed to shoot down a drone if it's over your "airspace" (very end of the…

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Thirty Days (#13): Y6 in-flight motor failure tests

Posted by Joshua Ott on May 17, 2013 at 6:00pm 13 Comments 4 Likes

Testing out how the new Y6 responds to an in-flight motor failure. Not bad!

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VR GIMBAL ( Board Control and IMU ): We are ready for developer.

Posted by Roberto Navoni on May 17, 2013 at 4:30pm 13 Comments 16 Likes

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FPV Flying with 3DR Quad and NAZA

Posted by John Maffetone on May 17, 2013 at 2:00pm 3 Comments 4 Likes

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Costa Concordia

Posted by trappy on May 17, 2013 at 10:38am 5 Comments 11 Likes

We went and filmed the repair works of the stranded Costa Concordia.

Building a unique GoPro Gimbal for the 3DR Hexa - Part 2 (video below)

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Michael Hutt program manager USGS to speak at sUSBexpo

Michael Hutt will share insights from the USGS and their unmanned aircraft operations at the Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo July 25th – 26th at the TechShop San Francisco The USGS National UAS Project Office at the Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center (GECSC) is located in Denver CO, and is an operational component of the Climate and Land Use Change Land Remote Sensing Program. It was established on May 8, 2008 based on the successful completion of an Emerging Technology Investigation into the potential use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to benefit the DOI and USGS missions. http://susbexpo.com/ Bookmark It Hide Sites

Texas Senate approves bill to curtail drone photography

Remember the River of Blood story, it went viral. Seems the Texa’s senate would prefer to sweep what Texan businesses get up to under the carpet. If this act makes it all the way through and you let this sort of images out into the wild you will be facing the law. It should not have taken the images to uncover the massive pollution that was occurring. Texas should know the condition of its rivers. I would be ashamed to live in a place that seems to care so little for its environment. Good news though for other states bidding to host one of the FAA Test sites, Texas Privacy Act (HB 912) could be a royal PIA for people testing. Use of drones to capture photographs and video images on private property without permission of the owner would be prohibited under a bill the Senate passed Friday. Supporters of the ban say it is needed because of the increasing incidence of indiscriminate surveillance by unmanned drones. The Senate amended the bill, already passed by the House, to exempt unmanned vehicles used by police and law enforcement officers and to protect citizens who use a cellphone or other recording device to film [...]

Congress gets mixed advice on drone laws

AP WASHINGTON – The growing use of unmanned surveillance “eyes in the sky” aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it. A future with domestic drones may be inevitable. While civilian drone use is currently limited to government agencies and some public universities, a law passed by Congress last year requires the Federal Aviation Administration to allow widespread drone flights in the United States by 2015. According to FAA estimates, as many as 7,500 civilian drones could be in use within five years. “Technology is great — as long as it’s used the right and proper way,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing Friday on issues surrounding drones — which can be as small as a bird and as large as a plane. http://www.pressherald.com/news/nationworld/congress-gets-mixed-advice-on-drone-laws_2013-05-18.html Bookmark It Hide Sites

Minnesota National Guard launches its $3.9 million drone facility

by: PAT PHEIFER , Star Tribune CAMP RIPLEY, MINN. – The Shadow, an unmanned aerial vehicle commonly known as a drone, roars to life on the video screen like a powerful snowmobile before it’s launched into the skies on a catapult. Unfortunately, weather conditions prevented the real thing from taking flight Friday morning as the Minnesota National Guard officially launched its new $3.9 million Unmanned Aircraft Operations Facility. The Guard has flown UAVs since 2004 and has seven at Camp Ripley: three Shadows, with 14-foot wing spans, and four smaller Ravens, with 5-foot wing spans that can be carried in a backpack, quickly assembled and launched by hand. http://www.startribune.com/local/207963661.html?refer=y Bookmark It Hide Sites

Sinclair invests in UAV courses

Jordan Burgess DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAVs at Sinclair Community College may feel light when you pick them up, but they carry a lot of weight when it comes to the Miami Valley’s future. “We think this is going to be a very important industry for our region as we move forward,” says Sinclair President Steven Johnson. Sinclair invests in UAV courses That’s why starting next year you’ll be able to major in Unmanned Aerial Systems at Sinclair Community College. The college’s board of trustees voted today to invest $1.4 million into its UAS program. The money will allow it to add courses and classrooms. “In these unmanned systems we’re going to apply them in agriculture and mapping and law enforcement and planning,” Johnson says. But some think before students take a class in UAVs they need a course in ethics. http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/montgomery/sinclair-invests-in-drone-courses#.UZeg8LUweIw Bookmark It Hide Sites

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