"Hi Wayne, thanks for this.
Did you mean to say 2 aileron channels and 1 flaps channel (with y cable). I assume you are actually using 2 flaps servos?
I read on another forum that the slow boat to Australia arrives this week so hopefully I can try…"
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Failsafe in Auto mode
Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Thompson Jan 25. 9 Replies 0 Likes
When my plane is in Auto mode and flies out of range of my RC gear (at about 1.2km), the failsafe is triggered. I have set my receiver to deliver a signal around 920 when it loses the Tx. This…Continue
Changing UART0 on APM2.5
Started this discussion. Last reply by James masterman Aug 15, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Just got an APM 2.5, but unfortunately without the DF-13 to XBee connector that was supposed to come with all APM2.5's. While assembling the board, I noticed that the new DF-13 port is marked as…Continue
Lea-6 GPS causing pitch oscilation
Started this discussion. Last reply by James masterman Aug 15, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Hi, I am using the new 3DR Ublox GPS with the big antenna. It gets a lock very fast and appears to be doing the right thing. However, I am having a weird problem whereby the pitch of the plane…Continue
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Timer in firmware
Started this discussion. Last reply by Gábor Zoltán Jul 18, 2012. 6 Replies 0 Likes
For anyone interested, I've tweaked the OSD firmware to add a timer and a " time to battery empty" indicator.The timer is very simple and just starts counting when the speed is over 3m/s so you can…Continue
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James masterman replied to wayne garris's discussion techpod APM 2.5 set up files in the group techpod usersJames masterman replied to Roger Hill's discussion MP merging into Qgroundcontrol"Hi Roger, I hope MP will continue into the future for a while at least. I have used Q ground control a little and agree that it is very unintuitive and hard to use. If MP is discontinued, I will be looking for other alternatives.
I think we will see…"
Gábor Zoltán replied to James masterman's discussion MinimOSD and PAL"That strange....
Ahhh!
There is something!
Don't use the middle wire on bough, camera and vtx!
Gábor
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Tony Lehto replied to James masterman's discussion MinimOSD and PAL"I just tried the r596, I set it to PAL, same as the display and gopro setting.
I have the camera running, when I plug in the telemetry cable from APM to the MinimOSD for power and data, the camera picture comes on. If I disconnect the camera, the…"
Gábor Zoltán replied to James masterman's discussion MinimOSD and PAL"Hi,
If you are using the latest extra code:
Set the standard in CT.
If still no luck, boot the camera first than OSD.
Gábor"
Tony Lehto replied to James masterman's discussion MinimOSD and PAL"I can't get it to work no matter what I try. I also have the OSD working fine without the camera and after I plug it in, it just replaces the OSD overlay.
I've tried with Gopro hero 3 and some generic cam that came with the TX. Neither…"
James masterman replied to John Moore's discussion How to I stop throttle failsafe activation in Auto?"That's good news, I'm glad it worked for you. Hopefully, with the changes made to Ardupilot in 2.71, we will no longer need to do this to have proper failsafe control.
I am surprised more people haven't noticed this problem, but I…"
James masterman replied to John Moore's discussion How to I stop throttle failsafe activation in Auto?"I think this has been fixed in Arduplane 2.71. The release notes say that one of the improvements is "prevent control mode changes due to receiver input change when in throttle failsafe". I haven't tried this release, but it sounds…"
James masterman commented on wayne garris's group techpod users"Thanks Wayne,
As you can probably tell, I'm very keen to get my Techpod in the air!
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James masterman commented on wayne garris's group techpod users"Sorry to keep harping on this, but is there any news on the Australian shipment front?
I haven't seen any shipping announcement in the last month. I may have missed it so would be grateful if someone can point me to it."
James masterman commented on afernan's blog post DroidPlanner & 3DR flight test (APM for Android)"This is a really great bit of software Arthur. I've been testing it on an unrooted $99 'audiosonic' brand 7" tablet from (the Australian version of) K-Mart. Seems to work fine on the ground - the hud moves and the map…"
James masterman commented on John Cousins's group Western Australia"Hi John which plane is that? Looks cool.
I've used MinimOSD - it's very good when it works. The new "extra" firmware is very full featured. They are very easy to burn out, though. Most people seem to have problems if they…"
James masterman commented on wayne garris's group techpod users"Anyone in Australia got theirs yet? I assume we will be a bit behind the rest as they are coming by ship.
Keeyen, I was planning on the same setup. I have the motor, battery, ESC, etc, etc. Just need the plane now!"
James masterman replied to moglos's discussion Short and Long Failsafe Action Occurs Regardless of Setting in the group ArduPlane User Group"I don't know if my instructions are the way it is intended to work, but looking at the code and based on my experience, it's the only way I could get it to stay in Auto mode when it failsafes.
The problem for the APM developers is…"
James masterman commented on wayne garris's blog post nextpod"Nice, even better if it will be an optional addition for existing tech pods. I assume it will be made of plastic or something?"
James masterman replied to moglos's discussion Short and Long Failsafe Action Occurs Regardless of Setting in the group ArduPlane User Group"First thing to do is check what your Rx is doing when it fail safes. In particular what happens to the mode channel. Look at ch8in on the mission planner when you switch off the Tx. That may be the source of the strange mode switching behaviour.
If…"
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Mapping with Ardupilot
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:45am 57 Comments 19 Likes
I've been playing with ArduPlane for quite a while and have finally got to the point where I can make it do something useful. I've been inspired by others on this site to use it for aerial photography to make 3D maps and the like.
I have an ST Models Discovery as the airframe (awesome platform for Arduplane by the way) and have made my own camera mount out of plywood for the bottom. It has one servo for roll stabilisation using CHAN 8 on the autopilot to keep the camera…
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