A lot of safety focus for RPAS is rightly on protecting the general public, that is people that are not associated with the flight of the RPA. We recently did some advanced training (but we are still learning) and the instructor was telling us horror
Read more…We have a large 12kg multirotor (AUW) that flies 5m/s on auto missions as the default Mission Planner setting.
We can set WPNAV_SPEED higher according to the docs: http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/auto-mode.html
The maximum wind speed the multirotor ca
Read more…How secure is the 3DR V2 telemetry radio? There are only 500 Net id values to choose from.
If someone gets the Net id of our multi-rotor can they cause trouble?
Read more…It is taking me a little longer that I had expected to tune a large scale Heli (Vario VLC) with a Pixhawk running copter_3.3. Have previously setup up and tuned a 800 size with the same setup and found it quite simple.
The problem I have is that in lo
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In the last couple of months I have utterly destroyed two Bixlers. Needless to say I need some advice.
The last crash went like this. The auto mode was set up to fly a trip around the ball park at an altitue of 60 meters (approx. 200ft). Whe
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I'm flying a 450 with APM2.6 running the latest (last, v.3.2.1) firmware. In most scenarios the quad handles superbly, but I do suffer noticeable altitude loss *during* forward flight in Alt controlled modes (principally loiter/PosHold)
Duri
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Had some success with APM Mission Planner based antenna tracker by following a tutorial from DIY Drones. Here's the results (time lapse video using a simulator) with links, lessons learned, and other comments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3
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I have been trying to learn to use logs..
I would like to have some comments of vibes on my hexa.
If i´m reading this right, its not too bad ? ..or is it ??
Tips about analysing vibes are allso very welcome :)
Read more…Hi all, looking for a smart person to help me with some Agricultural Drone stuff, Thanks
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We are still using the famous minimOSD but it's very old compared to other new OSD of other APs.
Is there any other alternative or anyone working on a new robust OSD that we can use with Pixhawk.
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we have a strange behavior on one of our drones. We are manufacturing drones, so this is not the first one....
Quadcopter 500mm, Pixhawk, v3.3.3, ESC 30A, Turnigy motors, custom distribution board, carbon tubes.
ESC are below motors. Signal w
Read more…Mission Planner will not load Beta Firmwares. It does say it received the list...
Mission Planner goes through and completes with the error message "Remote server not found (404)?
Anyone know a way around this...
Windows 10
I am connected to the intern
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I had a weird crash with my big camera X8 using 3.4-dev.
I had 4x 20min flights without any problem using 3.4-dev before. I used it because I needed the external Barometer...
I flew it in stabilize while suddenly it rolled to the left and crashed
Read more…hello all i just did up date in mission planer the up date went well
now i am missing a feature
i was able to swap from the tracker to the plane or quad using Ctrl X set the way points or control the unit then go back to the tracker using Ctrlx watch
Read more…Hi all sorry if this has been asked before but I'm a bit new to this.I have a hex setup and she flies lovely. I'm using a hyper spectral camera that needs a perticular speed which is 2ms but when I set speed in the mission planer section, draw the po
Read more…I am new to Pixhawk and PX4. Been flying 'standard' off the shelf drones until making the dive in DIY.
I have the 3DR Pixhawk using stock firmware. Its a Quadrotor. I can get into specifics of parts and such, but not yet clear if that is relevant y
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Thanks in advance.
so I'm building a flight controller with a arduino mega and its coming along nicely but i have run into a wall and wonder is someone could lend a hand as i've research for days on in and nothing has fixed my issue
First off the
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I'm a new user so forgive me if I'm a moron for some element of the following question, but my issue is this: My Pixhawk seems to refuse to enter ESC calibration mode.
Background: I am building a flying wing UAV for mapping missions. I am
Read more…I looked but didn't see this posted anywhere. So this article about the drone crashing through a window was apparently a fabrication. https://skyvideo.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/huffington-post-lied-and-heres-the-proof/Huffington Post article http://m.
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