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i want to know which processor is used to create my one rc plne used for DAS ?

and which type of OSD i should use ?

DJI Phantom 3 or 4

Hi guys! New to the forum. Thanks for having me. 

I want to buy a DJI thats for sure, but i'm stuck between the 3 or 4. I want to buy the nicest and newest model, but i'm not sure if its worth the money.

http://dronelifestyle.com/drone-buying-guide/

Thi

Check if safety switch is on from ground station

Hi! I haven't been able to found any information on this (neither I have seen it on the usual GCS or mavlink common messages). 

I have my own ground station, and I wanted to be able to tell the user whether the safety switch was on or not. Just to add

Depth map live generation from 2 cameras in obstacle avoidance algorithm

BTW

The above animated gif should serve as a demo video to identify objects and close and distant layers

Hi,

I am looking for step-by-step manual on live obstacle avoidance algorithm based on depth maps live generated from 2 cameras.

There is a number of

Want to build my first Quad-copter, but need advice

I have been wanting to build a Quad-copter for awhile, but was lost trying to find out on google how a beginner like me can build one. So I was hoping that, everyone here at DIY Drones could help a beginner like me get started in this awesome hobby.

iFLY IF2205/1900kV/2300KV/2600KV Multirotor Motor

SURFING WITH DRONES.

What about surfing with drones?

Someone have news?

3DR x8+ octocopter, Pixhawk controller, and DJI Lightbridge module........

Hi everybody:-- this is what I’m trying to do.

A few months ago, I bought and successfully rebuilt a Phantom 3 pro drone, that had been crashed. After a dozen or so wonderful flights, it ran into a cluster of tree branches and suffered another mishap,

Fly towards object/colour

HI i have an competition coming up, can anyone tell me how can i program the drone such that it will first search then fly to an object and drop payload?

I am using pixhawk and Rpi(OpenCV and mavproxy)

Cheers

Fabian

Mission Planner displays GPS status incorrectly

So I've been trying unsuccessfully to interface a secondary GPS NMEA stream to my quad with Pixhawk installed.  Finally I just connected my terminal program directly to Pixhawk and started sending a single GGA message.

Here is a sample message I've be

UDP Connect broken with 1.3.41

Hello,

I use to connect via UDP on my Navio2-Pi board.

Connection was OK with 1.3.39 but latest update broke it.

Something is wrong with the UDP connect dialog, listening port is replaced by continuous <<<<<<

I revert to 1.3.39 to restore UDP connect, if

How to see what caused a failsafe?

My APM has been triggering failsafes around 11.4v for no reason that I know. It isn't losing radio connection (I'm just a few feet away from my drone usually) and the low battery is set to 10.5v. I want to look in the dataflash logs (downloadable via

Air frame suggestions please

I havnt been on here for a fair while. Still using the APM2 in a diy quadcopter UAV I want to do max range in a plane (UAV). Last time I looked the Techpod was the latest and most talked about kit. Are there any other resonably priced plane kits for

Air frame suggestions please

I havnt been on here for a fair while. Still using the APM2 in a diy quadcopter UAV I want to do max range in a plane (UAV). Last time I looked the Techpod was the latest and most talked about kit. Are there any other resonably priced plane kits for

Let's do a group buy of the LIDAR TF-01

Hi Everyone,
I am Kane from Benewake CO,.LTD. It`s about to Chinese National Day. And we got 7 days off. Really nice holiday. To share my happiness with you all, we decide to have a little game about our LiDAR TF-01.
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Using storm Pro-3 universal gimbal throught pixhawk

Hi, 

Has anyone worked with the Storm Pro-3 universal gimbal yet, as advertised here? If so, can anyone please point me in the right direction where they did the necessary config for the gimbal? 

I presumed that the gimbal controller board is a Storm32

Where to plug the sbus futaba esc and servo for ardurover pixhawk

I'm trying to set up an ardurover with a pixhawk. I have a sbus radio R304SB and 4 channel T4PX Transmitter. I plugged the radio reciever into the RC port and all the pixhawk pereferials like gps and telem into their ports.

I'm having trouble to under

connecting pixhawk to ardurover sbus futaba. Where to put servo and esc 3 pin connectors?

I'm trying to set up an ardurover with a pixhawk. I have a sbus radio R304SB and 4 channel T4PX Transmitter. I plugged the radio reciever into the RC port and all the pixhawk pereferials like gps and telem into their ports.

I'm having trouble to under

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Removing Rolling Shutter Artifacts

Hi

I am looking to use drone captured data to map out areas.

I am seeing rolling shutter artifacts from the sensor system I am using. This impacts our photogrammetry and massively degrades the orthomosaic quality. I have seen that Pix4D has a solution