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DRONE SHOT DOWN: Duck hunter shoots, hits #DJI Inspire 2 in Utah
DRONE SHOT DOWN: Duck hunter shoots, hits #DJI Inspire 2 in Utah
https://www.thedigitalcircuit.com/hunter-shoots-down-dji-inspire-2/
Compatibility of parts for my 1st DIY drone
Hi to all DIYDrones.com forum members,
my name is Angel and I'm a racing drone enthusiast (still a newbie).
After a couple of big crashes and major repairs of my first drone model JJRC X1, I decided to build up myself a budget friendly drone with a car
Read more…making my first own drone using arduino microcontroller.
i just fell inlove with drones and i really want to make my own. Is there anyone who's willing to help me build my first drone, using microcontroller. i dont know anything yet, so im hoping if someone can help me. Thanks a lot. :)
Read more…3DR Aero M won't throttle up when switched in auto mode and thrown.
Hi all
I have a 3D robotics aero M. I have been flying the aircraft successfully however Ive run into quite the hurdle. The aero M when moved forward and thrown should throttle up and climb to its first waypoint. Mine does not do this and does not thr
Read more…PPM VS. PPMSUM
I am building my first quadcopter and chose to go with the RPi0 and PXFmini combo as the flight controller. The PXFmini speaks PPMSUM and I was pulling my hair out trying to find an affordable transmitter / receiver pair that supported PPMSUM. I woun
Read more…Aero M update Please Help : 3DR aero M has elevator in down position and wont throttle up to take off in Auto Mode.
Hi all
Im posting again coz I did not seem to get a reply in my previous discussion. My 3DR aero when switched into auto mode produces an elevator down response. When moved in a throwing motion for takeoff the motor also does not throttle up. Is there
Read more…Pixhawk data sample rate related issue and its practical use for research purposes.
Can someone help me out of the data sample rate using PIXHAWK?
I saw 100Hz of sample data rate using Pixhawk at the site:https://pixhawk.org/firmware/apps/sdlog2. But, I am confused with the sensors individual sample rate. As each sensor data is sampl
Read more…An "Aerial Luminance" Drone Production
https://www.airvuz.com/video/586e9167bf479e13759f888f
I am new to this forum, so I apologize for my 'beginner-ness.' I just wanted to start out by posting this sick film I found that was shot from a drone! Definitely one of the coolest drone videos I
Read more…ESC Sync
I have done it all! ...but sync my ESCs. I've attempted many times to sync as illustrated via youtube videos with no avail. Can anyone please assist?
Is it the platform? it has flown before but after the motor upgrade it won't take flight. They say th
Read more…MIssion Planner Feature Request - ch9-16 test values on calibration page
Michael,
Now that we can use 16 channels it would be very helpful for troubleshooting systems to have the extra channels on the calibration page. Even though when you move the extra channels during calibration the values and hence the fact that they a
Read more…IMU1 and IMU2 in cold conditions // Re-Used Pixhawk
Dear Community,
on a Quadrocopter i use a 3DR-Pixhawk on ArduCopter Firmware Version V3.4.2.
The FC was formerly used in another setup and had a crash last year. It seems to work fine, though.
There's just one issue i do not have enough experience with
Read more…Something happened to my Ublox Neo 6m Gps Module -APM 2.8
I did not fly my ArduCopter for around 10 weeks or even more than that.Now suddenly it is showing bad compass health in the mission planner, my HUD reacts and moves perfectly according to the drone but same message keeps on showing "Bad Compass Healt
Read more…STROM32 v1.32 cannot connect to the PC
I have a gimbal which had a blown BGC so I decided to upgrade to STORM32. My first step was to connect to the PC using USB. Nothing.
I looked at the wicki and it suggested that the USB was for show and FTDI was needed. I used the Arduino FTDI hack to
Read more…Raspberry pi3/Navio2 flight controller with bluetooth help
Good morning!
As a school project we are building an autonomous drone that can perform certain tasks. We decided to use the Navio2 board as our flight controller and since for this project we are only going to be dealing with distances up to a max of
Read more…missionplanner
hello,everyone ,how to operate the ground station(missionplanner)? please give me some advice , thank you.
Read more…APM3.3.3 PX4 flow test,MP warning:”EKF variance”
I use PIXHAWK burned with APM3.3.3 firmware to test the official PX4 flow sensor, (supported by http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-px4flow-overview.html). Now,I can see the optflowdata in the MP(version1.3.38) status section ,then I change the E
Read more…Attacker GCS for MAVProxy
I am just trying to run the attacker code of the link mentioned. But i am facing the following errors :
MAV> Waiting for heartbeat from tcp:127.0.0.1:5760
Exception in thread main_loop:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/thread
Power Level error in Mission Planner while using 4S Lipo
I was flying my QC with 3S 4000MAh battery but for hovering 700 PWM (70%) of throttle was required. Therefore I moved to 4S 4000MAh and now the hovering PWM is 540 (54%) only but the Mission Planner shows Power Level error (as red) on the PreFlight c
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