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Stupid (?) question about APM wireless communication

Posted by fenclu on May 1, 2013 at 5:03am

I really like the idea of ArduPilot Mega with the APM Mission Planner. I just don't get one thing. I'm hoping to get my question answered here.

The Mission Planner is capable of controlling the APM through the USB. It can set the waypoint for the drone. Well, is it capable of live changes to the waypoint or displaying the drone's position when the drone is up in the air? If so, how does it actually communicate with the computer?

Thanks in advance

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Phil Smalley May 1, 2013 at 5:30am

Communication is done thru telemetry radios, one Air module that plugs into APM and one Ground module that plugs into computer with Mission Planner

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