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Ag-Surveying Plane Set-up Help!

Just finishing build on a Volantex Ranger EX V-3 that will be used for agricultural - surveying. Would like to find someone in the Pacific Northwest interested in helping me get Mission Planner & ArduPlane set-up correctly.  I have MP 1.3.44 Build 1.

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Receiver help (connection cables)

Hello everyone.I have a king kong smart 100 pnp model (no receiver/transmitter supplied.I bought a flysky receiver/transmitter (see photos for receiver) and am having a hard time finding a cable to plug the receiver to the drone as there are connecti

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Satellite Telemetry

Hello Guys

I use rfd900 modems with good results.

Sometimes need to fly in mountains and hill zones, and frequently loss link due LOS issues.

Is there a relative low cost solution for a Satellite link? i mean for low bandwidth telemetry, no video

best re

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THERMIK XXXL for UAV USE

Hello Guys.

I want to build a THERMIK XXXL with an stretched fuselage for long range surveileance.

Im looking for some experience about power setup (electric)  max weight tested and expected endurance

I already done this before but with a Arthobby 3Mete

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For Sale Event 38 E384

A great way to get into aerial surveying and mapping. I bought this brand new and used it to map out a lot of agriculture tiling and golf courses. It is a great drone and remote control airplane. It can be flown by hand, with assistance or completely

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How to use Arduino as a PPM encoder?

Hi all,

I am working on collision avoidance system for my drone. I am using a 8 channel R2008SB Futaba radio receiver and a Pixhawk as the flight controller. I thought of having an Arduino to perform similar function as a PPM encoder module, that is,

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Copter pauses during Auto flight

We have several DJI S900's using Pixhawks, and in the past couple of months, we've noticed the copter "pausing", or at least wide swings in speed from the planned speed. This seems coupled with the inability to hold the planned altitude very well.  A

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building custom airfirm

Hi All

I've already attach an image to my drone. I tried to choose the quad and hexacopter as an airfirm but it didn't work with me. I was thinking of controlling the power of each motor but I couldn't find a way to do that. I tried also with the PID

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Fixed Wing Gimbal?

I've been trying to find a simple roll compensating gimbal (single axis or compact 2 axis) to mount a camera inside a payload bay. It seems if you want to use anything larger than a GoPro the gimbals are huge 2 and 3 axis things.

 I'm trying to keep t

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GoPro's Karma Makes a Comeback!

The GoPro Karma is attempting a comeback!

I have my opinions on this, mostly I'm in the wait and see mode, but I would like to hear what your thoughts about GoPro trying to bring back their most famous drone. One that was a somewhat failure the first

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