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Ardupilot Mega 1.0.2

The update is on the SVN for the brave. 


Ground start has reverted for now to 2.7 version. I was having a lot of trouble with the prior version. I have added a ground start delay option for those who want to have some time between power on and IMU cal

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JPGW to KMZ, anyone?

Does anyone know of an easy/free way to convert a jpg with an associated world file (jpgw) into a KMZ file for reading by Google Earth?  I've got my data in ArcGIS but want a way to automate the extraction of the data straight from the field to an ap

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No GPS Light

I just successfully loaded code base 2.6.2 for ArduPilot and when I attempt to power up the AP only get a red light and the blue GPS light never comes on, doesn't blink or anything.

 

The GPS light did start blinking after the code was successfully loa

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Drift of yaw angle

Hello,

When my quadcopter is staying on a level surface I noticed that sometimes yaw angle is drifting, say about -0.1 degrees per second.  I have a HMC 5843 magnetometer attached to oilpan by a 3.3V to 5V I2C translator (my HMC 5843 board does not ha

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need help with ESC

I have a brushed motor connected to a ESC, from the ESC 3 wires (red, black, yellow) are connected to the output (OUT0) on the APM.


How do I go about programming the ESC in order to control the speed of the motor ?
How do I declare the pin number cos I

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All GPS data zero

Hello,

I have just received my MTK GPS to add GPS capabilities to my quadcopter. I connected MTK board  to APM GPS board and uploaded the GPS_MTK_test program. Serial monitor read all the values zero..

GPS MTK library test
GPS: Lat:0 Lon:0 Alt:0.00 GSP:

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Arducopter build software

I just joined the Ardu pilot Mega and the IMU shield/ oilpan.
I loaded the drivers for Windows Vista.
I plugged in the brain and started the Arduino.exe
I need some help.
I loaded the drivers OK
3. - go to -> File -> Preferences and set the location for y

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Autonomous Senior Telemaster



I have just posted a youtube video showing my autopilot flying a senior telemaster.  I included the take off and landing (both manually flown) because I thought it looked cool.

Here is the youtube link (I don't know how to embed the video here in the

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Ardupilot 2.7 Beta 5

Hopefully this is the last update before release.


What's new. 

The PID files have changed slightly to match Mega.

Landing options are now set by distance to the landing waypoint. See the config file, this should be much easier to do than before. You'll

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