I have been practicing Auto-mission using Pixhawk, Arducopter firmware and mission planner from quite some time. In the last flight, however, in an attempt to check the failsafe, it was observed that the quad started gaining altitude even after enter
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Read more…Instead of connecting a receiver to my quad copter's can I do something so that I am able to send commands to the flight controller using my android smartphone and WiFi?
Read more…HiI am putting an S1000 together with Pixhawk. On my Hex I'm using 200A Mauch but I'm unsure about the current draw on the S1000+ with 20,000 mah battery and possibly 2 20,000 mah batteries. If I go with 2 batteries I should probably have one power m
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I'm searching good umbrella arm joint for 25mm tube (hexacopter, 6-7kg, 15-17' propellers). Maybe You know good one? I found on markets some stuff, but I don't know which choose...
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We are currently a team of researchers at Aalborg University looking into indoor navigation using SLAM on the recently launched Intel Aero Ready to Fly drone equipped with an STM32 running DroneCode (PX4 stack) and an Intel Atom processor
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today I actualized my version of MP on the PC.
Then I found that the FULL PARAMETER LIST is gone.
The FULL PARAMETER TREE is also not visible in the menue.
Is it just me or is the MP version 1.3.44 just without this option?
Greetings
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recntly I'm trying to use K130 with pixhawk (the old one) with firmware APM 3.3.3 and I had some unconfident flights, I mean the copter is not so stable in LOITER mode, in STABILIZE mode I gave the pich stick all the way forward and the
Read more…Hard to believe perhaps, or not. When I think of the military, part of me thinks of MASH, the TV show. This is not to say that I disrespect the military, I have nothing but respect for those who sign up and put their sacrifice for this country. Like
Read more…I am building a hex machine to carry a small DSLR for still photography. I have been working on a 3D gimbal and things are going well.
In an idle moment the thought struck me "Why do I need a gimbal for still photography?".
Surely I need a camera moun
Read more…Whenever I try to download APMCopter V3.4.5 by clicking on the hexacopter image on Mission Planner's "Install Firmware" screen, what I get is APMCopter V3.2.1. I have need of being able to use two parameters [MOT_PWM_MIN and MOT_PWM_MAX) that exist
Read more…Consider the parachute. How long has it been around for? In a sense, it may be one of the more versatile inventions out there. It helped bring the Apollo Space capsule to an easy landing. It helped many paratroopers land without injury. Now, it is se
Read more…I always figured that drones were mostly about a personalized quad with a camera attached so you can get the photo that was not possible otherwise. However, it is graviting to so much more and all with a futurestic tilt to it.
Case in point: Amazon l
Read more…Just upgraded my F450 from APM 2.6 to Pixhawk (lite). Installed 3.4.4.
Amazing software except one thing:
The yaw rate now is very slow: It needs almost 3-4 seconds to turn 360° with full rudder ! (1900 or 1100 pwm) (tested in Stabilize and AltHold). P
Read more…Trying to get some opinions on the best way to test performance of my Multistar 14.8v 10c 16,000 mAp battery.When I fly my drone (designed for a 24 pound max lift) with 10 pounds, the red-blinking warning light on the drone's DJI controller starts af
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Read more…I am looking to have 3+ (ideally quite a few more) pixhawks send their live telemetry data to ideally one laptop that records this data as it comes in. Is this possible?
At the moment I am thinking either mission planner or Qgroundcontrol and using on
Flying well in manual mode
Flying strange in stabilized mode
Recently I tried to use HIL(Hardware In Loop) simulation function in the QGroundControl and I use PX4.
At first, I use QGroundControl 1.3.0v and tries to have connection with Xplane9 it seems
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I'm currently setting up my first scratch built quad with a Pixhawk mini and a Spektrum DSMX 6 channel receiver/transmitter. I have five of those channels in use - four for flight control and one flight mode switch. When I calibrate the radi
