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Lindenhurst, NY
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An active RC flyer that is just getting started in flying a quad as an UAV
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I am trying to use Channel 8 to turn my sonar on and off when connected to the mission planner i can see that the switch does work. But the Sonar does not turn on and off when switched when testing it it works even when switched off.I thought that…
I have updated my APM 2.5 board on my Quad with Arducopter 3.1 and after a few problems i had it flying great. I changed receivers to a Jeti receiver that outputs PPM and that seems to all check out with the setup in mission planner, and the Quad…
"All my power loss events have been when using deans connectors on my batteries. When connected i would move the battery wires and see the APM lose and then regain power. I changed to XT60 connectors and no longer have any problems."
Last night i used an XT 60 to Deans converter plug made by a friend to connect a battery to my quad which has an APM 2 board and I use the APM Power Module. Well i did not check the plug before i used it which was a mistake as it resulted with me…
"Thanks to everyone for the help i have the Quad up and running ! I ended up finding Mission Planner 1.2.15 that i had a copy of and used it to load the Quad and the Parameter file to the Quad. So right now i have a Quad that can be flown i plan to…"
"My Quad frame is a replacement for my old original ArduCopter frame i decided to upgrade it to a newer version of the frame. I have flown the old one many times but wanted something that was a bit newer. My autopilot is the original APM 1 with the…"
being a bit new to working with my Quad and updating my APM 1 board i am lost as how to update it it with a "param" file. I have assembled y new Quad frame that i purchased from Diy Drones and they have a param file that has been used with this…
Has anyone tried one of these autopilots on a quad yet. I have been wondering if this would be a good replacement for my APM 1 on my Quad.
After a great amount of tuning my Quad i now have it flying pretty good to fine tune it i tried to download some logs but no matter what i try when i go to download them i see that there are no flights logged. I am able to connect to the quad it…
I have my quad setup using the APM1 board and have this Magnetometer HMC5883L Triple Axis Compass Magnetometer installed using a cable to connect it to the board.When i connect to quad to the mission planner and have the GPS showing it has locked…
I have my arducopter set up in the + configuration and have tried to level it and so far no real success. when i think i have it i connect to the mission planner and the horizon is always off. Would it be better to level it using the mission…
Has anyone tried to make replacement motor mount from anything besides Lexan? If so what was used and how did they work?
I have picked up a used ArduCopter and have managed to get it to the point of test flying it so far in my living room. I get it to lift off and it always goes forward and right so compensation is needed to keep it level. It is in stabilize mode…
