I have been following the usual steps for configuring Pixhawk for a quadcopter. I have tried both QGroundControl and MissionPlanner with both ArduCopter 3.3. and PX4 flight stacks. I don't have the ESCs connected but instead I am monitoring the PWM o
Read more…While looking at various plaforms springing up there are things like the precision hawk..sensefly and then others which include some which use Pixhawk and Mission planner. The prices for almost all of them are anywhere between 10-25k on average ...is
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Check my review in Rcgroup from JJRC H32GH http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2728272#post35584360
GoPro Hero 4 Silver $125 for sale.
Barely Used, Like New Condition. I've listed the camera on the website below.
https://www.dronechest.com/en/listings/291197-gopro-hero-4-silver
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A few weeks ago I was having arming issues and while trying to fix them, I reformatted my pixhawk’s SD card on my desktop. The “Download DataFlash Log Via Mavlink” log downloader menu gives an output after clicking “download all logs” of “Gett
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I have a Pixracer bought from auav.co complete with the assorted cables but without a power unit. I want to use this Matek PDB to power Pixracer (the 5V lines) and provide current and voltage monitoring via an APM power module.
According to
Hello Everyone, I´m looking into triggering a servo output whenever my plane breaches its geofence.
I know you can trigger flight modes and failsafe operations, and maybe other things with custom builds.
Is anyone familiar with this, and could perhaps
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I was going through the Complete Parameters List on the arducopter wiki page and there are some interesting parameters listed that I'm not able to find in the Mission Planner Full Parameters List (Mission Planner --> ConfigTuning/Full Para
Read more…I'm reading here http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/raspberry-pi-via-mavlink.html that
Powering via USB is recommended as it is typically safer - because the input is regulated. If powering via USB, do not also connect the +5V pin as shown (still connect
A while back someone used an ardupilot to control a rc boat but I never heard how it did. I am looking into what it would take to do something similar, but this is on a small fishing boat, not an rc boat.
Is it possible to use my existing fish finde
Read more…As the subject line says -- I'm running ArduPlane SITL (Rascal) on a Linux box. It works great -- but after 20 minutes or so, it just stops -- I get "no link" in MavProxy. I am trying to find any logfile to see if I can deduce what might be happening
Read more…I'd appreciate a better set of eyes on this. Which motor is failing here (this is a 3DR X-4)? It looks to me like it is back-left - Ch2, since the copter rolls left and pitches up. But physically back-right - Ch4 - seems much more likely since the mo
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My wife and I would like to get some drone footage of us wakesurfing in trade for wakesurfing lessons. We are in the east side of the twin cities in Minnesota.
It usually takes a
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Question about Mission Planner program.
As we knew during flight planing we could see altitude of each terrain point on map loaded (right up corner of flight plan tab), besides program knew home position altitude (right low corner a
Ok. I'm just about to rip off this M8N unit and toss it into the gulf of mexico. Nothing but issues. GPS acquisition is phenomenal - typically 15 to 20 satelites....sitting in my living room. The issue is that &%$ compass.
Symptoms:
- Stable Loiter ab
Read more…I want a good drone, but I don't want a cheap drone if you know what I mean. I'm am inexperienced flyer, but do you think that I should I just go ahead and buy the Phantom 4? http://wpvsblogger.com/best-drones-to-buy/ I noticed that flyers have a lot
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First I would like to say that I work for an engineering company and we are looking to develop a commercial drone. We have been awarded a grand to research technology that could improve the ambulance service's emergency response.
One project is
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I Have just received 4 XRotor 40A ESC (asian pacific) all the items passed "Anti-counterfeit Code" meaning that they are all genuine original.
When I was about to flush them with blheli I noticed that the PCB is different than the one seen in th
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I have a rather large issue. I fried my usb port as far as i can tell, through plugging the battery in while the usb was powering the board. The port can power the board via the usb cable still but when i click connect via the APM P
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