So I was flying my drone and took a pretty hard crash and my front right motor stopped working. I figured it was the esc so I switched it but had a problem. I shorted the esc by putting the terminals wrong so it made a spark and everything. I bought
Read more…i built my first quadcopter f450. APM2.8 flight controller, FS-TH9X transmitter, FS-R9B receiver simonc 30A ESC etc. problem is motors not rotating. if connect receiver into ESC directly motor rotate normally by controller. if connect to flight contr
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I al new to the drone world, I am building my own drone, I have a APM2.5 and when I try to upload the firmware, i get the error: "check port settings or port in use" I have uploaded firmware before on the APM, this is the first time I get the
Read more…I am Pixhawk-ing an S1000 and am looking for some servo wires that have Futaba J female connectors (with the guide tabs) on BOTH ends. I bought some JR style wires but these connector are ever so slightly wider than Futaba and it becomes very hard to
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I got this sonar sensor a while ago: https://www.radioshack.com/products/radioshack-ultrasonic-range-sensor
I am wondering if the pixhawk supports it, and if so how do I connect it?
They have some arduino sample code here: https://github.com/Radi
Read more…I would like to ask what the possible problem would be when the quad does not take off vertically?
It tends to yaw and roll when I slowly increase the throttle and when I do not counteract the movements, it would tip and fall. I have been able to make
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Im trying to do obstacle avoidance with 9 Maxbotix LV EZ0 sensors on a quadcopter such that 8 are horizontal to cover 360 degrees, and 1 below for altitude hold. Im measuring distances from these on an arduino and then sending DISTANCE_SENSOR
Read more…SO i have a problem. I was usuing my landing gear today and it worked fine one flight, put them up and down a few times, took off and landed in the same battery etc and then i landed and turned off the drone, swapped the battery and then took off aga
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So, I'm running into a frustrating issue here. I don't have that much experience with wiring up motors so please do forgive me if I've made some sort of very dumb mistake.
Right now, I have an FX79 Buffalo fixed wing platform that I'm attempt
Read more…I am DESPERATELY trying to figure out why my hexacopter won't fly level in stabilize mode (not altitude hold, just regular stabilize). Please please please help! I'm using a Pixhawk. The hex flew fine on an old frame, then, I moved to a new frame
Read more…Hey guys So I have been away for almost a year at this point and now I am back. I downloaded the GCS (mission planner) update and also updated the FW in my pixhawk. I was curious on what all changed? Was hoping that you guys would be able to give me
Read more…I have recently completed a 3d printed quad, and installed an old HK2.5 flight controller. I flashed it with copter 3.2.1 and connected a wifi telemetry module so I could use Droidplanner/Tower app on my non USBOTG phone.
Specifically, I wanted to be
Read more…Today is all about selfie drones. We managed to review three of the most popular selfie drones on a market right now: Yuneec Breeze, Hover Camera and Zerotech Dobby. All these drones fall in the same pricing category from 300 to 600 bucks. So we figu
Read more…Today I found my quadcopter was having a serious problem during the fight.When I was test flighting today it suddenly lost the radio control and started to hover away ( I don't think the radio really lose it's signal because I was only 5-10meters awa
Read more…I have avoided updating mission planner for over two years since everything has worked flawless for what I use my qaud for. Somehow this morning while launching mission planner from desktop it has updated to version 1.3.46.
I am having a never ending
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So on Sunday I had a bizarre accident with a quadcopter that I have been building for some time now. I built the quad for a friend and he had an issue where it attempted to fly away and crashed into a tree... So I rebuilt, replaced a motor an
Read more…i need drone degsiner how can make drone on my sepcification i can pay
Read more…Does anyone know of a GOOD controller that can be connected to Mavlink via USB and can actually be used to control a multirotor? I have purchased a dozen joysticks, simulator controllers, etc. but I haven't found any of them that is really what I
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I am trying to figure out if or how I can access GPS information from my 3DR Controller? I know it is possible to access GPS information from the Drone but is it possible to do so from the Controller also?
I have not been able to find valid inf
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