"How do you deal with flop in direct drive brushless system ? no power the gimbal just flops to the heaver side.If your flying with a large camera & power is lost on the gimbal you may have a crash because of CG change? tension pulley on roll may…"
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OG commented on OG's blog post 3 Axis Brushless GIMBAL system & Steadicam for Pro Users ARDUCOPTER, Hoverfly, CINESTAR,
DeveloperRandy replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"iskess,
Your friend got lucky and I think the wind blew his copter back to him. No failsafes were enabled and he was in stabillize mode the whole time. Anyway, I've responded over on that thread."
DeveloperRandy replied to Chuck Devaney's discussion Hexacopter takes off on its own after arming
"Chuck,
I've had a look at your logs. As you say you're in stabilize mode the whole time and no failsafes are enabled so it's really all up to the pilot.
It looks like…"
srod posted a discussionArduplane - Altitude on autopilot mode
My Arduplane (2.73) + HK Bixler performs well on autopilot missions with regard to hitting waypoints in lat/long, but sometimes the altitude can be way out.I made some anti vibration modifications, and shading of the PCB from sunlight, which improved things. But is still can be a bit out - especially on the first few waypoints when climbing at the start of a mission.Is the WP radius setting in flight planner in 3 dimensions (i.e. set to 40m is that in lat, long and altitude?)See More
William Burkert replied to William Burkert's discussion SPOTTY SUPPORT FROM DIYDRONES in the group ArduCopter User Group". . . . and so the spotty support holds true."
DeveloperOlivier ADLER replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Itzik,
This is explained in the Wiki here :
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/ac2_simple_geofence/
The home position is set on the APM when arming, not from Mission Planner. So as soon as Geofence is enabled and set to the desired radius, it will…"
Andrew Pan left a comment for David Anders"Hey David,
I have recently find out a issue with control gimbal on a multicopter with one Trasmitter instead of two transmitter that both transmitter. Instead of…"
Jack Crossfire commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Boeing's hydrogen-powered UAV takes first flight (last year)"http://www.boeing.com/Features/2013/02/bds_phantom_eye_02_26_13.html
They actually showed it landing. Can't wait for the next flight, in 2125."
Dean replied to Dean's discussion Hexacopter crash. Please help!'"Thanks for the reply, everything is fairly well mounted and dampened using SPONGE. The receiver,, telemetry and APM etc are all mounted on a sponge.
There is one thing i noticed. When i was flying with the 3S all was fine, I then changed to the 4S…"
Ho-Chung Chang commented on Nick Arsov's blog post Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper"In Taiwan, it is difficult to buy AUAV3~~~Orz"
Itzik Ronen replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Thanks, it is clear now.
So I have to bring my laptop to the field every time or I can set it like that that every reset the quad will have a geofence around the home?
Thanks
Itzik
"
John Reed replied to John Reed's discussion Free Fall on APM 2.5"Thanks thats worked great, Had to change from 500 down to 430 "
Nick Arsov commented on Nick Arsov's blog post Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper"Hi Bill,
Thanks for the wonderful reviews. I highly appreciate your assessment.
You can be sure that AUAV4 will be even better!
Best regards
Nick"
Ted Weerts replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"anyone seen the compass be off by 90 degrees? when my APM is pointed west, mission planner (and yaw) report 360/0 degree heading.
the compass rotation seems to not affect it."
adriano nocenzi replied to u4eake's discussion APM 2.5 with NEO-6M ublox gps (not 3DR LEA-6)"I will post a pic later, basically I cut the USB and clip female pin on each wire"
Hein du Plessis posted a discussionTip: Problems detecting GPS?
The last 2 weeks I struggled with my APM not detecting / sporadically detecting my GPS.When starting up, I would get "No GPS" on the APM planner. I replaced GPS modules, same problem. Eventually I jumped JP1, used APM Power Module Power, supplied power to the input rail AND bridged it to the output rail. This would result in some success, strangely it would suddenly get lock only when in the air.Add the fact that it works fine when powered from USB made me realise the the problem..The BEC I…See More
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ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
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Hexacopter takes off on its own after arming
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Arduplane - Altitude on autopilot mode
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ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
Started by Randy in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Olivier ADLER 39 minutes ago. 208 Replies 19 Likes
Hexacopter crash. Please help!'
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Free Fall on APM 2.5
Started by John Reed in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by John Reed 51 minutes ago. 3 Replies 0 Likes
APM 2.5 with NEO-6M ublox gps (not 3DR LEA-6)
Started by u4eake in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by adriano nocenzi 1 hour ago. 153 Replies 3 Likes
Tip: Problems detecting GPS?
Started by Hein du Plessis in ArduPilotMega 2.x hardware 1 hour ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Issue with Arducopter 2.5 and RTL
Started by Zachary Rackovan in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by ws_Alex 1 hour ago. 24 Replies 2 Likes
ArduPlane 2.73 released
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calibrated parameters in Arducopter
Started by Fun Wey in Unassigned category 2 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Any chance to save my 5.8 TX ?
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er9x Frsky firmware, What is displayed?
Started by Anderl in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Thijs Carnal 2 hours ago. 40 Replies 1 Like
flight data HUD jumps around, compass heading off by 90 degrees
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APM 2.5 cannot maintain altitude?!
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RVJET with autopilot APM 2.5
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hello everyone, after two weeks of settings and adjustments, the achievement RVJET fly with APM 2.5 in auto mode
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How to succeed without really trying
Posted by Glenn Anderson on June 19, 2013 at 6:00am 25 Comments 8 Likes
My quad is flying better than it should. I almost feel guilty.
I slapped together a frame in a few hours. I use cheap props mounted on long shafts with cheap collets. The motors are not precisely aligned to the frame. The props are not balanced perfectly. Motor centers form a rectangle not a square. APM is strapped to the frame. I never bothered to calibrate compassmot. CG is not in the center of the…
Continue Printing (tiny) batteries
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Novel application of 3D printing could enable the development of miniaturized medical implants, compact electronics, tiny robots, and more. It will probably take a while before this will be used for the hobby markt, but I though the story is nice enough to blog about it.
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Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper
Posted by Nick Arsov on June 18, 2013 at 11:30pm 24 Comments 4 Likes
Hi Everyone,
AUAV3 is now at a reduced price of $94.95 for a limited time.
There are several dedicated developers and most of the cool new features are at least in a beta form. We would like to see more users trying these boards and features. Also recently, 2 AUAV3's flew…
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Boeing's hydrogen-powered UAV takes first flight (last year)
Posted by Chris Anderson on June 18, 2013 at 8:00pm 7 Comments 2 Likes
Designed for a duration of four days at 65,000 feet. The first flight was just 28 minutes and it sustained damage on landing, but otherwise the mission was a success. ]UPDATE: This was a year ago, sorry for missing that. It's taken several flight since then]
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DIY Samsung Trigger for APM
Posted by Jeff Taylor on June 18, 2013 at 5:06pm 3 Comments 8 Likes
In this post I’ll describe how to make your own cable to trigger the Samsung mirrorless cameras NX20, NX210 and NX1000. We’ll be using an ArduPilot Mega 2.5 to do the triggering but you can use any Arduino or even a soldered push button.
What you’ll need:
- Any 2 or 3 wire cable – I use a 30cm Futaba servo extender which I cut the female end off…
DJI has officially released the H3-2D Gimbal for $699!
Posted by Adam AKAV8R on June 18, 2013 at 3:00pm 16 Comments 1 Like
Well the price has finally been released for the new DJI Phantom gimbal @ $699.00 and comes complete as shown below. The nice features are the ability to charge the GoPro while flying and the ability to output video to your video Tx all contained inside the arms of the gimbal. Full details …
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