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I am trying to arm my pixhawk and I keep failing the check for the 3D fix. However, I do not have a GPS module plugged into the pixhawk and I am just trying to use RC control. My question is, how do I edit Prearm checklist to remove the GPS f
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I'm currently sampling data from a Hobbyking digital pitot tube. The sensor on this device is a MS4525 differential pressure sensor.
I've noticed that in a static environment the minimum change between the readings seems to be 5 counts. For
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I'm new in this world so i have a lot of questions, today i hope you guys can answer me just one. The components of my drone (FC, reciever, A/V trans, gps,etc) can generate interference between them? I was wondering how to place all of them on my
Read more…I think I'm almost done with my drone, but I have run into a problem.
So the Pixhawk doesn't supply power to the servo rail, but that is the only thing my receiver is connected to... I'm trying to research how to power the receiver without a separate
Read more…I had an old APM flight controller (3.2.1 fw) that I thought I would put to work on a HEX. When I tried to calibrate the compass using MP 1.3.44, I got a "Compass Calibration FAILED" message. No matter how I tried, I couldn't get the compass to cal
Read more…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
Read more…YourVuz is a monthly drone video contest. The contest is built around monthly themes often tied to holidays. The winner gets a $500 cash prize. Here is a link to the announcement of this month's theme. Submissions due by February 22nd:
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...
Hi all devs.
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?
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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
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