GDU (former company name ProDrone) was firstly introduced to public at IBC, Amsterdam on September 11, 2015 as the first foldable quadcopter manufacturer in the world.
Except for the portability, Byrd has the universal flying platform, which enables
Read more…Hello guys! I'm a little stupid when it comes to this... but can someone help me with a step-by-step installation of the SITL? I can't seem to accomplish this command:
3. Add the following line to the end of .bashrc
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/ardupilot/ToRead more…
Hello there, I am in the process of making my first Quadcopter but I am unable to connect my APM flight controller to mission planner using MAVlink. I am using a HC-06 bluetooth module and have set the baud rate to 57600. MP is running on Windows 7 6
Read more…I need to be able to control my craft with a joystick. This function is broken in the later versions of MP. I would like to know what is the latest version with fully functional joystick control, and where is a reliable source for that version?
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I’ve been playing around with an idea of electrifying some octocopters I’ve been designing/building with my 4-year-old son, however I seem to have found myself in the dead end when it comes to motors.
In order to [more or les
Read more…thanks in advance! I have only flown my new build 2 times and both resulted in most of the flight actually pretty stable, good control from inputs. But all of the sudden it would yaw very fast and I had no yaw control and it would crash. on second fl
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I'm new to PX4 and drones. I am trying to connect my raspberry pi 3 to PX4 wirelessly. I connect the PX4 hotspot WiFi to the Raspberry pi (Ardupilot). I have installed MAVProxy version 1.6.1 on the raspberry pi together with all the de
Read more…I have recently purchased a Tarot 680Pro and plan on extending the arms to an 800. I have also bought a Canon 6D with several lens for a steal($500) from a person of Craigslist. I plan on using the drone for photogrammetry missions. I am currently lo
Read more…I have a fixed wing drone that is competing at the 2017 AUVSI student competition in Maryland, and I am having trouble setting up the failsafe requirements.
Here are the requirements:
The UAS must have either autonomous return to home (RTH) or return
Read more…Has anyone used this charger? After studying FPV/UAV stuff I decided to go with a FX-79 2m plane with a 3S 16000 since this battery weighs about what two 3S 5000 yet has more than 1/3 watt hours. My next issue was charging the monster battery,
From th
Read more…We just updated our website to feature our latest heavy lift drone. Questions are welcomed.
Good Morning,
I am a newbie at this so apologies in advance.
I have recently bought a second hand 3D Robotics Quad. Looks quite old and it came with a ArduMega V1.4 Flight controller which is red and then another board that sits on top from DIY Drones
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Can anyone tell me if it's possibile to find an ADL architecture of the Mission Planner software project?
Thank you.
Read more…I cannot find one gimbal that will hold a Canon EOS 6D. I have a tarot 680pro that I am beefing up to an 800. I've been looking for weeks with no luck.. Can someone help me with this issue.
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Hello,
thanks to everyone in advance for the help.
I want to compile Mission Planner solution without making any changes to the code.
I followed the guide in:
http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/buildin-mission-planner.html
During the compilation I received
Read more…We are trying to run a simple takeoff command using DroneKit-Python. We have a lidar and an optical flow (PX4 flow) camera connected. We have disabled GPS and have successfully achieved loiter mode with no GPS. We're running APM 3.4.6. The craft succ
Read more…I started to assembly DJI F550, this is my first assembling drone.
I am having doubts about ESC configuration.
I did the ESCs limits configuration, but when i turn off the drone battery, i need to configure again the ESCs limits and the ESCs em
Read more…Im having trouble with my fail safe set-up
For the fail safe I have already set-up, the short fail safe is for the plane to circle after 1.5 seconds of communication lost, and the long fail safe is for the plane to RTL after 30 seconds of communicatio
Read more…Im having trouble with my fail safe set-up
For the fail safe I have already set-up, the short fail safe is for the plane to circle after 1.5 seconds of communication lost, and the long fail safe is for the plane to RTL after 30 seconds of communicatio
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