Hi,I'm new to drones but have many years experience maintaining and flying live aircraft. I am attempting to create a scale model of the MQ-9 Reaper for arial photography purposes. Has anyone attempted something similar to this? Does anyone have a si
Read more…Please help.My ardupilot does every thing it is supposed to do accept for one problem,it will not navigate.When I switch it into auto it just flies away.ALWAYS GOES EAST.Does the same in RTL.After doing some reading I found out that other people are
Read more…I just realized I should have posted my question here, instead of on the blog page. I'm not sure of the forum etiquette, so I'll just post a link here and you can respond here or there:http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/accelerometer-question-for-im
Read more…The personHi,This being my fist post I guess I should introduce myself a little (feel free to skip!)… I’m an undergraduate currently studying lvl2 Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide, compulsive tinkerer and a fan of all things mecha
Read more…Hi AllMany thanks to all of you who helped and especially Rory Paul. I managed to use the info for a presentation and now have an "angel investor" / business partner, and we intend to run an Aerial Phography business for Agricultural Developement pro
Read more…Hey guys i'm a newb in this field & i need ur help in making my final yr engg project.Actually i want to make a UAV based on ardupilot .As i'm making this project alone so i'm low on budget.I wanna know wether earlier version of Ardupilot (tht green
Read more…Hi,My name is Russ and I am just getting back into robotics and automation after a 20 year hiatus. Between the interest in robotics and being an airplane nut, I naturally ended up here. Anyway to my problem:I just maidened my easystar, got one 2 min
Read more…Hi Everyone,Anybody wish to sell old Blimp indoor or outdoor. I need to buy for my training.ThanksDeen
Read more…Hello All,I have begun a Ardupilot project and am using a SuperStar EP to get started. Eventually I will conver it to brushless but for the time being will use the stock brushed motor and speed controller.I have lots of 3 cell 2200 mAh LiPo batteries
Read more…Hi all,I am designing a small 6-DOF IMU with digital outputs that uses the newest MEMs devices on the market (some of which haven't been released yet) to keep the footprint small and the cost low. I'm hoping to make a bunch of them and sell them at l
Read more…Hi all, i m ready for the ground test.Before starting i would like to clarify few things here..I dont have Z sensor and air speed sensors soofcourse no throttle control then also... I was ok with version 2.0 but since i would like to add the config u
Read more…Had 10 flights yesterday but no luck getting to WP's the model seems to be looking for the WP's.. but just gets further and further away. My question is. When a model arrives at the last WP, should it hold that position. Also when it arrives at the R
Read more…HiI have one question.If i going to adapt the ardupilot to the predator, then i must change the code and add v-tail stuff ?But if i use a v-tail mixer? then i must tweak the pid gains and change the code less?What do you guys think?
Read more…(This is based on my blog post at http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/new-project-quadcopter-first)I am thinking of a Quadcopter Project using a platform based on Arduino since I have learned some programming on it. Currently I am leaning towards the
Read more…Maybe there are features that people miss having here, we can use this topic to discuss that.I'll start... I miss having the CHAT Feature thas is available on Ning.
Read more…I AM TRYING OUT SOMETHING ON FLIGHTGEAR BUT HAVE A PROBLEM OPENING .rgb FILES. COULD ANYONE HELP ME OUT?
Read more…Hey everyone,I got the build plans for the Tiny v2.11 from the paparazzi web page and took it to a company to build for me. I have little programming experience and haven't worked in linux before. The thing is that it isn't programmed like when you b
Read more…I've had some successful flights using my own platform and APv2.1.2. However I'm having some issues that perhaps someone can help with.1) under power the plane climbs above the stated height set with the config utility, I've set it to 15m however the
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