So... I've got one of the original APM2 board, decent ESCs, motors, props, etc... I basically have a totally working ArduCopter from years ago, but never flew it much because of how difficult it was to keep in the air and how much trouble I had filmi
Read more…I'm looking for advise for a project I have on. I need to have a swarm perform the follow me function and I can't figure out how to accomplish it. I've looked at a couple of possibilities but to make it work with the minimum of kit is a problem.So th
Read more…I recently calibrated the compass and the ESC's on my hex, then did a no-props test to see if all of the motors (1) started at the same time, and (2) all revved up at the same time. Everything looked and sounded like they were working okay. Then to
Read more…First flight in Q_ENABLE=1 was fun. I only flew in VTOL for now. I have a few follow up questions. I use ArduPlane 3.7.0 with a Pixhawk.
Hi all,
I am trying to compile SITL under windows (CYGWIN terminal), when I run make, I hit the following error:
../mk/environ.mk:47: *** ERROR: cannot determine sketchbook location - please specify on the commandline with SKETCHBOOK=<path>.
Anyone kno
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I am currently working with my thesis. At the moment I am able to run a simulink model on raspberry pi. All I want now is let that model running on Pixhawk via Raspberry Pi. And also the measurement data from Pixhawk should be able to observe
Read more…Benewake is a company focusing on robots` eyes.
TF-01 is a low cost LiDAR with good performance.
We support all kinds of opensourced flying control like PixHawk, we can also support other flying control once we got the interface. We already add TopXGun
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I have a situation where after upgrading to some high-end ESCs, I have one at random go into calibration mode. This happens on about 1 in 4 flight attempts. The only way to restore proper operation is to repeat ESC calibration with Mission Pla
Read more…Hello people, my first post on DiyDrones.
Very glad to be here!
Just got myself a brand new Fx-61 + Pixhawk Lite
This will be me first experience with the Ardu firmware
My goal is to run the plane, as light as possible.
Had a very good success with the Z-
Read more…We are company providing Drone Data Services and have experience of mapping large areas using drones. We have been building High Performance Composite UAVs for mapping Application. We have built drones that flies for two hours and carries about 1kg p
Read more…Flying in Auto mode my plane made nearly crashed in the ground making a right turn and decent.
After waypoint 4 a right turn and decent from 20m to 5 m was requested, however the plane fall to 40cm (above ground), then plane corrected to the requeste
Read more…This custom designed hexacopter is a double deck unit that allows all six arms to fold back for transport. I have it listed on eBay here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=322254886402&roken=cUgayN&soutkn=yQKGpO
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My initial problem was my copter falling out of the sky when it loosened 4 of it's 6 props due to the motor nuts thread direction vs it's spin direction (i got CCW motors before i knew better).
I have a Y6B set-up, that is;
6 Prop, Coaxial Y frame w
Read more…I want to modify some value in log file and test.
In mission planner the form is too complex.
And I want to create IMU , ATT and GPS by simulating with RCOU data.
Please help.
Thanks.
Read more…I am selling my Connex HD which I have had for a year or so. It is boxed with all accessories and in excellent condition. I have it on an auction site for £875 but will sell it here for £850 as I wont have to pay the fees. SRP is between £1300 and £
Read more…I would like to get 6 flight modes on my APM 2.6 with my FS-i6 transmitter. With one mix setting, I have managed to get four flight modes onto Ch5. The setting I have is:
Mix #1
Mix is On
Master Ch6
Slave Ch5
Pos. mix 50%
Neg. mix 75%
Offset 0%
That gets my
I just purchased a Pixhawk with a Neo-n8m GPS, but for some reason I can't get the GCS to recognize that there is a GPS lock. I haven't gone through the RC Calibration and whatnot first, as I figured I would get the GPS working first. I am getting a
Read more…I have used Mission Planner many, many times on my APM boards.
Now, I'm trying to move up to PixHawks.
I have two units. One is a "genuine" PixHawk, the other is a mini PixHawk clone from ReadyToFly Quads.
On the PixHawk:
It connects to Mission Planner
Read more…So the pixhawk is out of stock at 3DR for god knows how long, where do you get your hardware? looking for a high quality source for both the controller and GPS.
thanks
Read more…Hello Diydrones!
Last time I have ordered the cheap china 3dr telemetry radios. The inscription on them says that they're ,,mini'' and version 1.6. I've never seen them before. They works pretty good with Mission Planner and on the android device. So
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