Hello friends
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
Hello guys
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
Hello,
I have seen quite a few threads about APM telemetry through MAVLink to a FrSky receiver.
There are different solutions with different needed hardware.
I have an APM 2.7 in my quad. I am using also a FrSky D8R-XP receiver (PPM) and a Taranis trans
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I've been trying to set up a control system test bench. Basically, I use to study the impact of data filtering algorithms on the control of fixed-wing drones. It occurred to me that I could utilize the SITL and HITL features of the ArduPilot pr
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can anyone guide me how to control pixracer (with PX4) from pc via wifi.
I was looking for mavlink guide but I couldn't understand how to use it.
For start I just want to control throttle, pitch, roll and yaw rate with mavlink (with C programming)
Read more…Hi, currently building a large drone with 12 rotors, I’ve been told pixhawk 2.1 will be best suited to my heavy lift drone.Will I be best splitting the outputs to adjacent escsOr Can I use the auxiliary outputs for the other 4 motors?Thanks
Read more…Hi, I'd been looking at flying a UAV from the Dover to Calais or vice versa and got so far as selecting a Skywalker and researching specs for it, but a previous thread I read suggested this would be a no-no legally without "eyes on" the drone trhough
Read more…DIY folks, I have a VulcanUAV X8 frame on the way and haven't done a custom build in a while. Does anyone have some recommended PIDs for me to get started with? Would you suggest using Autotune on such a large airframe?
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