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Arducopter 2560 oilpan is bricked! *UPDATE* Now Fixed!

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ben Carson Sep 4, 2012. 1 Reply

Hello!SO had the below problems and finally hooked up the Hobbyking FTDI USB adaptor to the top of the oilpan and now I have full functionality, able to do everything and now have a spare APM!!!!I…Continue

Tags: 2560, APM, oilpan, bricked

Helicopter build - Help with spacing a ball on a servo horn (trigonometry problem)

Started this discussion. Last reply by malcolm churn Aug 22, 2011. 1 Reply

Hello!Can I please appeal to the community with greater trigonometry knoweledge than myself to help solve this little problem I have come across?During my build of an Arducopter Traditional Heli on a…Continue

 

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Ben Carson replied to aditya k's discussion problem with throttle when ESCs are connected in parallel... please help me out
"awesome, enjoy~"
Apr 29
Ben Carson replied to aditya k's discussion problem with throttle when ESCs are connected in parallel... please help me out
"Just to clarify, you are running one esc per motor right? Because if you try to run two motors off one esc it will play up. It is possible to do that though, you would just need to research what esc's work with this and what…"
Apr 28
Ben Carson replied to aditya k's discussion problem with throttle when ESCs are connected in parallel... please help me out
"How many amps are the ESC's? Investigate the smoking wires, make sure you find the source, if it is not a short from human error then one of your esc's are fried. Remember to freak out fully whenever a lipo is shorted as they can catch…"
Apr 28
Ben Carson replied to aditya k's discussion problem with throttle when ESCs are connected in parallel... please help me out
"Try recalibarating the channel limits in the esc's. If they are working independantly fine, check that everythings soldered correctly, a loose wire in the power supply will make the esc stop as it cannot supply the amps. If you have a BEC in…"
Apr 27
Ben Carson commented on Marco Robustini's blog post ArduCopter and the IMU accuracy (six bottle test)
"Amazing! Seeing the awesome evolution of the Arducopter code I was wondering how long until the APM V1.4 becomes redundant due to code optimized for the APM2.5 hardware? Im still running a couple of 1.4's and Im curious whether their code and…"
Apr 14
Ben Carson commented on Roberto Navoni's blog post For a SpecialDrones need special Control Console : VR Droid RC Trasmitter is available on Google Play for beta testing join us
"Wow this is awesome, but when I launch the program on my galaxy s2, the screen goes black for about 30 seconds before quitting- Is the S2 supported? Awesome idea here, Honestly using the headphone jack to put PPM through is brilliant!"
Mar 24
Ben Carson commented on Xerravon's blog post Easy LED Sonar Heater
"When you say 50 degrees, do you mean Fahrenheit or Celsius?"
Feb 21
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"Im uploading pics of where its at with my Quad Copter running on the previously bricked APM 1!"
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Feb 10
Ben Carson replied to Kevin Hester's discussion Andropilot - discussion for Android ground controller users/developers
"OK I have been trying to get this to work with my Galaxy S2 but no luck so far, I am in the middle of reinstalling it's origonal OS (As I got ice cream before I was meant to) And Im guessing my problems arose conflicts with the beta…"
Feb 10

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"Hi Ben, no problem.  Can you post your question with description of the problem on the support thread for Andropilot?  So others also have a chance to answer."
Feb 8
Ben Carson commented on Kevin Hester's blog post Android Ground Controller, alpha release
"Hey I just bought the Hobbyking clone 3DR radio telemetry as I only had X-bees to hook up to my phone (samsung galaxy s2) so When the telem set arrives I hope I can contribute in any way to furthering this awesome gs"
Feb 3
Ben Carson replied to chris wilson's discussion 20 doller reward via paypal for help.....plz
"n find the drivers for the hardware itself, then go to control Panel -> Device Manager -> and if it doesnt recognise the serial interface or unknown device, try manually installing the drivers by right clicking on the unknown device, go to…"
Jan 28
Ben Carson commented on Kevin Hester's blog post Android Ground Controller, alpha release
"I will absolutely use this! Kinda unrelated but do you think it would be possible to have the guts pulled out of a "long" rangewireless router and then mount it on a helicopter to be as access point through which it could beam down perhaps…"
Jan 20
Ben Carson replied to titeuf007's discussion does it possible to have a mission planer on android phone and use 3drradio???
"Hi, yes I used to run the APM on a little 10.1inch netbook - ran awesomely!"
Jan 9
Ben Carson replied to titeuf007's discussion does it possible to have a mission planer on android phone and use 3drradio???
"Ubuntu looks like the best bet as far asactually running the mission planner on your phone, on a slight tangent, I wonder if it would be possible to have a wireless router on a helicopter set up as an access point to then stream video back to the…"
Jan 9

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I am your average heli nut, have been trained in CPL theory and currently have 32 hours in a H300 - Live in little old NZ, with a life philosophy of "Do No Harm" and really wanna change the world for the better!
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Spent the last 5 years researching all things vtol and want nothing more than to work in the field of UAV's, Have a lot of experience with RC Helis, from Gassers to little micro FP's and I strive to find the ultimate application of all this wonderful technology we now have at our fingertips!!
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MAking Headway with a Gasser Traditional helicopter Arducopter (APM1) Camera Ship.

Posted on August 14, 2012 at 5:00pm 20 Comments

The test hop was short due to having spit balled the throttle and pitch curves to come out with a head speed of ~1300rpm and a motor speed of ~1-,500rpm

The vibration…

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At 5:46am on July 19, 2011, nubli hashim said…
hi Ben, thanks for inviting me to be friends. yup I relly need somekind of help. Just wonder if we load quad codes, can later on be reloaded with hexa code or tri code? I think can right?
At 5:23pm on August 21, 2011, malcolm churn said…

ArducopterTraditionalHelisetup.doc

 

hi ben i have posted the manual on here for you...

 

At 7:38am on August 25, 2011, malcolm churn said…

SettingupArducopterMega2560withArduino22.doc.doc

 

Have written an arduino quick setup page

At 4:51pm on February 8, 2013,
Developer
Kevin Hester
said…

Hi Ben, no problem.  Can you post your question with description of the problem on the support thread for Andropilot?  So others also have a chance to answer.

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