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Wrong behavior - Quad / Tarot 650 / T-motor 2012-13 - (3.4.5 Quad)

Hi guys!

Ihave quad with Pixhawk (3.4.5 - Latest Stable), a Tarot 650 frame with T-motor 2012-13 (kv340).

So the thing is when i used only the vibration mount plate with the pixhawk on top the everything was working good, just had the Vibe Z too high (

I'm giving away a set of M9 hall effect gimbals for your Taranis

3 Axis Gimbal, SunnySky Motors, Tarot 650 Frame, T-Motor Props... need gone!

Hi all,Some of these I've had up for sale for a while now, other's I've just taken off my rig.I have prices in mind but please feel free to make offers on anything you see listed!!I purchased all of these motors to try and work out the best motor/pro

external barometer for PIXHAWK

Hello,

I’m trying to build a helicopter which can be operated under extreme environmental conditions (high humidity and light rain). For this reason I’d like to protect the autopilot in a watertight box. Of course this is a problem for the internal ba

Question about trimming drone for autonomous flight

Good morning,

We're working on a school project that has a drone flying autonomously using dronekit scripts. None of us are very experienced with flying drones so we're definitely going through the props. My question is, is it absolutely necessary to

Popular FPV Pilots Flying Around Unreal Locations!

Here is a link I found of some of the more popular FPV pilots flying around some crazy cool locations! 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tylerjmason/11-crazy-videos-of-racing-drone-flights-2u25s?utm_term=.paO8pQObG#.qcXExwGD9

APM 2.6 crash in loiter mode

Hi all,

today after about 4 mins of flight in loiter mode my quad suddenly started turn heavily arround the yaw rate and than started struggling until it hit the ground. Luckily nothing seems to be damaged but I would like to find the problem before I

my first build.Neeed help!!!!

Hi guys,I need some help.This is my first quadcopter build and i need some help.I have a zmr250 with brushless 1804-2400KV motors with simonK 12a Esc,A CC3D ATOM MINI,A 3s 1300mAh turnigy nanotech battery,A FS-CT6B transmitter with a FS-R6B receiver.

Intrinsically Safe Helicopter Drones

Is there anyone that could please help me by telling me what the best intrinsically safe helicopter drone would be?

Need help finding the cause of a crash in flight logs

Hello everyone,

I recently finished my 1st quadcopter (F450 frame, emax 2213 motors, 30A ESCs, 1045 plastic props, 4200mah 3S lipo, Pixhawk controller, 1200g with battery installed), and had some test flights, the last one of them resulting in crash.

Roll oscillations, Pixhawk@Twinstar Arduplane 3.5.3

Hi folks,

I have an issue with my Twinstar platform. Generally it is super reliable and stable. Recently I tried a few flights in stronger winds and experienced roll oscillations sporadically. Sometimes they stopped without intervention, sometimes I e

pixhawk 2.4.6 and MaxSonar-EZ0 (in front)

I'm having a problem on my quad I'm using a pixhawk 2.4.6 and a sonar MaxSonar-EZ0, the sonar is IN FRONT OF THE QUAD ...
I would like to know which parameter I change in the pixhawk (using mission planner or similar), when the sonar detects object t

Joystick and throttle problems

hi
this is my first time in every thing (MP,Pixhawk and UAVs) I'm rely thankful for the decoctions and the solutions given it helped so much in my project only for one problem the joystick and the throttle are two separate units with deferent USB por

Using Pixracer as antenna tracker controller

AntennaTracker is a powerful but rather obscure feature in MissionPlanner that enables a flight controller to control antenna tracking.

For my next project, I would like to explore the possibility of using the AUAV Pixracer as an antenna tracker contr

Can a pixhawk work only as a camera trigger and not control flight plan?

Looking at getting a Matrice 600 Pro. I need to fly two sensors at once. One will have its own GPS/IMU so no need to integrate with UAV there. But I have a FLIR that works directly with Pixhawk. My question is, can I mount a pixhawk to the Matrice an

HIL (Pixhawk, Ardupilot, FlightGear, Mission Planner)

I have been trying to get Hardware in the Loop working using PixHawk, Mission Planner and FlightGear to no avail.  The instruction at http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/flightgear-hardware-in-the-loop-simulation.html do not work.  I think they may have be

GPS-Denied Autonomous Navigation

I was wondering if anyone has ever implemented the Extended Kalman Filter in ArduPilot without GPS states?

I would like to implement a GPS-denied navigator that uses only the position of a known "home station" as a reference. Every time it lands at sa

DIY quadcopter build (help please)

He there ya'll! Hope you guys are having a good day. I am currently a drone flyer with a Syma, a Hubsan h107c and a Hubsan h107d. I am researching a quadcopter that I can build myself and have a FPV setup for possible racing. Here are all of the mate

Pixracer firmware development on linux

Hello,

Can anyone suggest how to get start Pixracer firmware development on linux system.