Hello everyone,
in my application I need to read mavlink packages coming out of the Pixhawk telemetry port directly with a PC in which is running a Java program: in some cases I can reconstruct the complete message and numbers I get make sense. In oth
I have recently 3d printed two different quadcopters and am now ready for the electronics. I have been looking at the cc3d revolution controller combo with an M8n gps unit. Has anyone had any experience with this setup? Any comments or guidance wou
Read more…Hey, I need some help to make a surveillance quad-copter with the raspberry pi and pi cam(I'm fine with an arduino also, if it's possible). I plan on controlling it with a mobile phone or a dual shock 4(if possible to somehow connect it to WiFi)via W
Read more…Happy Non-denominational Winter Celebration!
I thought I would share our quadcopter cards with the DIY Drones Crew. They are available on Cafe Press.
Happy Holidays!
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Not new to this community but it is my first post here. So I'm building a quad for this project that I've been assigned to in my company. It is required to be able to lift a 1kg payload(camera for surveillance). I'm adding a 2 axis gimbal f
Read more…i´m having a weird issue with my opera esc´s on calibration
The red ones have a lot of calibrations tones, and looks like to have an active braking ( whe o turn the throttle down, it stops imediatelly)
The green ones does not have calibration tones, an
Read more…Hello everyone,
in my application I need to read mavlink packages coming out of the Pixhawk telemetry port directly with a PC in which is running a Java program: in some cases I can reconstruct the complete message and numbers I get make sense. In oth
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Is it possible using the APM Mission Planner to plan a mission so a quadcopter to makes a verticle square?
Hi.
I'm newbie in this forum, so excuse me if the topic is created in wrong place! ;)
I use Mavlink (actually Pymavlink) in order to connect to my autopilot and control it, see messages and etc.
Everything's ok but I could not change frame type (Plus,X,
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I read a lot of stuff and did my research before buying my first drone and as the title suggests, I'd like to build my own drone. My goal is to have a stable drone to be used for aerial videos with SJ4000.
Basically I want something that is l
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i get this error when i try load the firmware on my APM 2.6
Started downloading http://firmware.diydrones.com/Copter/stable/apm2-quad/ArduCopter.hex
Finished downloading C:/Users/Starfire/AppData/Local/Temp/APM Planner.yn4812
Opening firmware file
Read more…I want to start an autonomous drone project (4G controlled), but I'm new in this domain, having never piloted a UAV. As far as I know, it is completely DIY-able and the whole package is not so expensive, but I want to know for sure a couple of things
Read more…Just received my first action camera today, can't wait to share it with you guys. I bought it from healthcabin around $100 freeshipping.
first of all, I'm pretty happy with the product quality and their service, it tooks 10 days to my door, very fast
Hi guys. I'm an undergrad student working with researchers at my school. My next task is to find them a drone to use in their experiments. They already have a drone, not sure what the model is, but are looking to upgrade to something that will perf
Read more…Hi allI've lost all settings & I'm looking for help setting up a Futaba T14SG radio to control Firefly6 running a PX4 PixHawk system. Just TX settings or photos of TX setting would really help.CheersLarry
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I am using my pixhawk with arduplane with:
- one canon with CHDK for triggering from Relay (Aux 6)
- 2 analog cameras with only one VTx
And I have made one video switch with the chip TS3V330
The input from this chip is logical not PWM.
So for switc
Read more…Hey guys I have done some searching on google and in the forums here trying to find a fix for this issue. I found one thing that talked about resolution but it didnt help me.
I am using windows 10 and a resolution of 1920x1080. Some of the boxes and i
Read more…Has anyone seen an application that would scan a dataflash log file, extract the GPS Lat,Lon and Alt data and create an absolute waypoints file for input into Mission Planner?
Consider the case where I fly a mission using FPV or terrain-based altitude
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Interesting design choice. What are the coolers for?
Read more…Hi all, Resent days RTK becoming Very popular and I came across some function called Heading to True North.
The RTK module is enabled with two antenna facing in the same direction and gives Heading Accuracy (RMS) 0.2° (1m baseline) as bellow. I can lo
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