I am in very early stage of building an autonomous quad copter robot. This will probably be able to do a lot of things without controlling it.
I am currently in a very early stage of planning about hardware and i planned most of it but stuck at a poin
Read more…Can somebody help and old fixed wing RC guy move into the Multi-Rotor (MR) world?
Over a year ago for Xmas my wife bought me a Drone. I wanted an ARF instead of an all in one because I am a builder. My AMA number is from the 70's, I have a lot of expe
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I bought a SparkFun 9DOF Sensor Stick some time ago and everything is working fine with an Aduino and the Razor code, that uses the DCM algorithm to calculate the pitch/roll/yaw. However, I find that the YPR calculations are not accurate when I m
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I'm looking into a potential build using the Pixhawk Mini as my flight controller. As it's fairly new I wasn't able to find to much information on it's capabilities. I'm want to use the Pixhawk Mini along with with the 3DR Telemetry and a
Read more…I'm currently pursing a project to make a drone, I'm in the process of ordering a drone frame kit that has everything I need for a drone except a flight controller. I have 3 main goals I would like to achieve:
1. Learn how control theory is applied
Hi All,I would like some advice on which drone I should buy for commercial inspections and surveying in the UK/Ireland markets. I'm currently looking at purchasing the DJI M600 Pro (there's being mixed reviews on the M600 hence the hesitation) with R
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Is there something I've missed to pass through the throttle single from the receiver to the ESC?
The ESC beeps continuously when armed.
I'm using QGC 3.0.2 with the Flying Wing/Skywalker X5 Firmware 1.5.1dev. The ESC calibration seems to work tho
Read more…Hey guys. Although I have flown many quad copters and have built many rc planes, when it comes to building a quad copter, I am clueless.
One of my biggest questions is, I own 2 smaller quad copiers, they are both rtf, toy grade, simple cameras, and th
Read more…Are there certain restriction or guidelines to understanding the dead cat arm ratios and angle ratios
Read more…Hello, i had a big crash and i need help figuring out what happened
My setup:
During the
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I got Hobbywings platinum 30A ESC-s.
When they are connected to the Rediolink R9D reciever, they work fine.
If I connect them to APM 2.8 - they does not like the input (throttle) pulses.
I measured the R9D pulse period - 14 ms (71 Hz).
By moving t
Read more…I started the project of creating a new kind of air combat for model aircraft (airplanes and helicopters), and drones. This is for models with remote control, contactless battle. Will lead scoring lesions using a laptop or a smartphone. Who thinks ab
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I've got the FlySky i6 with the 6 channel receiver. Not received the 10 channel receiver yet but would like to change the pixhawk flight modes with what I've got so far.
I can see in the APM Radio Calibration that channels 5 (1000,2000) and channe
Read more…I've searched and can't come up with a direct answer, and the wording leaves it vague in my mind.
1) Is MOT_CURR_MAX for each motor, or the combination and total current? In reading it sounds like it is intended to save the battery from excess current
Read more…Hi, I am trying to use a pixhawk on a large (2000mm frame) custom variable pitch quad copter but am having a hard time getting the ball rolling. I have read that you can save the mixer file on the SD card for easy editing but I cant find the mixer fi
Read more…Im wonder if there is some option in Mission Planner that allows me to set max fly alltitude. Let say that I don't want to allow my drone to fly above some certain altitude value even if throttle is set to high.
Read more…I am using a Pixhawk Mini with QGroundControl on a YoCoo DIY F450 Frame Kit.
After I set everything up and calibrated the ESCs in QGroundControl, I found that not all of the motors were spinning at the same speed (even at high throttle levels above 5
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I have a Pixhawk with M8N GPS module but it's not detected. I've tried the latest firmware on both QGroundControl and APM Planner but neither detect the GPS module. The GPS port is providing ~5v so the module is getting power and all the connect
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I want to ask you if I can switch between the arducopter and arduplane during the flying using only pixhawk controller without the bridge and two different controllers?
I've already seen that we can do the transition in pixhawk, we can use tha
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Having just got back from emergency, I thought i would mention how important it is to remove the props when doing any esc calibrations, testing or what have you when in closed quarters. I've been working with drones for about 3 years and until now
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