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Drone Avionics Education Resources?

I am making some education software that will use drones. I want to learn a lot about the avionics theory involved in drone flight (IMU, PID, Mix Table, etc). I need that rather than building the drone and uploading the software type info. Anyone kno

10 UNITS LIMITED - SHIFT RED DRONE SPECIAL EDITION

Hello Everyone!

I brought a news of a limited edition. Hope you guys like this news!

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To celebrate and join the festivities of Independence Day, the Limited-Edition Drone will don the traditional colors of the US National Flag. "We've received an o

Help! ESC config or Motor slider issue

KapetAir VTOL fixed wing UAV

Hi all, my name is Luka and I am the founder of KapetAir, a Danish/Croatian hardware startup. 

KapetAir is a fixed-wing VTOL UAV featuring patent-pending rotors that is designed to become a workhorse for remote sensing operations whether they are mapp

Formula for determining resolution (cm/pix)?

Im trying to determine the resolution of my camera for mapping. Its 12.1mp, flight altitude is 320 feet.

I have this chart for a 10mp camera, but is there a formula someone can share?

10mp.jpg

Building a drone for beginner

Hi Everyone,

I am thinking of building a drone. I needed some advise before starting. Since I am completely new to drones.

Here are few queries / question I need help with:

• Where should I look first ? I mean theories, documentation, tutorials.
• What platf

OrangeCube Erasing Parameters STILL After Bootloader Update

Having a really inexcusible issue with my OrangeCube and Kore board. It will randomly erase all Arducopter parameters and write the defaults. Of course this totally screws up the bird and I need to load my saved parameter set which may or may not the

Skyhunter 1800mm with pixhawk for FPV setup.

I am coming from the world of quads and traditional helicopters, I fly a few DIY quads, a phantom 3 and a Align 550L Dominator for fun and I decided to give fixed wing FPV a try. This is my first fixed wing build, but I have experience on other platf

Bug during ESC Calibration in Mission Planner version 1.3.68 Build 1.3.7105.26478 Ardu Plane V3.9.8 (6ea22c9c)

Edited: 7-11-2019
I need help in understanding is there something I am doing wrong “or” there is bug either in “Plane 3.9.8 Official” or Mission Planner version 1.3.68 Build 1.3.7105.26478 Ardu Plane V3.9.8 (6ea22c9c).

1. I am using PixHawk 2.4.8
2. Firmware

iOS 11 - DJI GO 4 App

Have anyone tried the DJI GO 4 app on iOS 11.3? I've upgraded my iPhone 7 to latest OS and now as I open the DJI app it simply crashing right on the startup. Anyone else been encountering same issue? Any idea how do I get it working again?

Update: I c

Radio modem / GPS antenna setup

Could you guys post some pictures of your antenna setups? I have trouble getting a GPS fix with the RFD modems on (I uses 868 european models).

Here's my setup:
- Reach DGPS base station, RFD868 on the serial port, powered through the reach
- Reach DGPS

GPS Accuracy, Refresh Rate, and Kalman Filtering?

Hello All!
I am working on a project where I have two devices that constantly trying to locate eachother using GPS modules and LoRa transcievers.
Its a buddy tracker for spearfishermen, to make it easier to locate your partner when you're out in th