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I have quite big octocopter with flat frame cinenestar type with 16" propellers and t-motor u7 420kv motors. It has 120 cm frame size. I would like to change the propellers in it to 18" to have longer flight time. I can use longer booms but the
Hi guys, I'm working on ardupilot for 3 years. Recently I built an ground control station of nodejs version. I can't wait to publish on github: https://github.com/kvenux/nodegcs
Features of nodegcs include:
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I need a good fixed wing drone for my research and was wondering which one would be the best. The following features are the "must haves" for it:
I have discovered the logfinction of my APM 2.7 flightcontroller.It is great to be able to evaluate the behaviour of your quad.I am only having a problem. Flight time with my battery is about 22 minutes.It seems that the memory capacity of the APM is
Read more…Hello, which compass chip is recommended as external one for Pixhawk nowdays? I need something that isn't OOP. 5883l and 5983l are.
I am going to have my own small PCB made for it to suit my mounting requirements.
I've just had my FX-61 taken down by a hawk, while experimenting with QGround Control flying a survey using my Macbook. Unlike APM planner (which I also have used), QGC doesn't seem to write a tlog file that I can replay the flight in, to see what ha
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We've been using Pixhawk in our four for a long time and we've had a lot of success with it so far. Something strange happened today:
We were tuning a new platform for the application of chemicals. It was a windless day, but the takeoff d
Read more…I'm trying to get hold of some 300mm DF13 connectors for my GPS module - the ones that came supplied are too short for the installation and my soldering skills aren't up to joining a few together. Can anyone recommend a possible supplier, ideally in
Read more…Flying an APM 2.8 board, setup a waypoint flight using Mission Planner. Set altitude of all waypoints to 100M.
Flew two missions. The first mission went perfectly. The second, with more waypoints had a problem in that after waypoint 5, the quad j
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I'm currently working on my first drone build. I am direct soldering most things to my PDB, a Strix Fortem 6 and FC.
I completed all the soldering, and want to make sure there are no shorts before I plug my LiPo in and cook something. I got a
Read more…I'm selling the following:
FRAME: Talon Hexcopter (V1.0) Carbon Fiber Frame - 625mm
itemID: 9171000060
Specs:
Weight: 440g (w/out electronics)
Width: 625mm
Motor Bolt Holes: 16/19/25mm
MATERIAL: 3K CARBON FIBER, ALUMINUM MOTOR MOUNTS AND STAINLESS STEEL MOU
Hextronic HW 2.15 FW version 1.6
A2212/13T 1000KV motors
10.45r plastic blades
FS-iA6 receiver
Turnigy nanotech 2200 mAh 35-70c discharge 4 cell
JMT 30a ESC 11.1V LIPO
Mostly the problem is that it always wants to pick up sideways and flip over. I'v
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Im kinda new to that autopilot stuff so i dont rlly understand how to wire pixhawk and power it over the servo rail. Im posting a picture.
Im goona plug from 1-4 like it is shown in the picture and gonna use 3s lipo with ESC 5v and 2A.
Am i d
Read more…My APM board is Arduflyer 2.5.2. I changed the AutoMUX to UART2 by cutting upper solder bridges and connecting the lower bridges. I get ArduCopter 3.2.1 in github and put "#define TELEMETRY_UART2 ENABLED" code in APM_Config.h. You could see the code
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I have had a 3DR X8 for a long time now... but it has never worked right..
this X8 is one of the first ones... it hovers fine, but once I send it on a mission it starts to shake a lot, this problem is not right away... travels about 100
Read more…I currently am using a Naza M Lite and Emax motors on my S500. However, when I raise the throttle to max and then lower the throttle one of the motors will stop and then start up again, at the slower speed. I have tried calibrating the motors, but ha
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I would like to introduce a novel VTOL/FW. It is based on decoupling the pitch of the multirotor from the pitch of the plane resulting in 'Continuous Variable Transition'. The core concept is to allow the the multirotor to freely swivel relati
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I am working on an Octocopter for image acquisition of facade. I am using PIXHAWK fc and have been continuously facing problems during ESC calibration. Whenever I try to calibrate the ESCs with the steps mentioned in the site,I am never able t
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I'm trying to get into the hobby and this is a list of the components I put together for my first build. I;m still thinking through batteries so any recommendations you have I'm very open to. Thank you so much for the help!
Radio: Taranis Qx7
Re
Read more…Hi guys! I've just rebuilt my hex onto a new Tarot FY690S frame and put the latest (supported) firmware (3.2.1) onto my APM2.5.2. It seems to want to take off at a very steep pitch angle, and tips over backwards before lift off.
Holding it above my h
