Hi everyone,
I am using pixhawk on my gas powered helicopter. I am planning to run some experiments on my helicopter. In these experiments, i am supposed to use a varying frequency, that is frequency sweep signals on each of the 4 control channels. i
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Not sure if this is the proper area to ask for some help but....
My APM 2.5 came up with "bad compass health error. When connected to my PC via MAvlink the compass appears to be working properly when I move it around. I tried another compass calibrati
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Hi every body
does any body know the effect of loiter P gain in the flight and the way we can set and tune it?
thanks
Read more…I'm curious about laptop boot up for Mission Planner. I'm fortunate enough to have a couple spare laptops kicking around, so I want to use one for MP only.
I'm an amateur musician who has my own home recording studio and I use a dedicated laptop for
Read more… As you can tell from my profile I am new to the whole UAV/Drone thing ( Thought not to r/c) and loving my adventure.
I am also new to the concept of open source R/C.
Shockingly, I am also new to programming. Last time I programmed was using basic on a
Read more…Hi guys,
I have a Tarot X6 960 with 3DR Pixhawk FCU.
Until now, I made 3D mapping and orthophoto with a DJI Phantom 3 Professional, post-processing the images in Pix4D.
I would buy a camera to do mainly 3D mapping and orthophoto with the Tarot X6.
I just
Read more…I was looking on the 3DR website for a radio kit but I wasn't able to find one listed anymore. Does 3DR still make and sell radios for those of us who build our own drones? I sure hope they continue to do so into the future.
Read more…I have built my 2nd Skywalker, and running a Super 25 (excessive). 60A eFlite, 4S 4200, DSM2, but throttle response is off the charts - not sure of RPMs but this thing is scary sounding at even 1/2 throttle. Question is, is there any parameter that r
Read more…Hey guys -
I'm new to lighter-than-air flight (been working on planes for a bit) so I don't know the regulations behind them. I'm looking to both fly a lighter-than-air drone just for fun - however I'm looking to bring it into my research in the futu
Read more…Hello all,
I've been searching for quite awhile now, but haven't found the solution (yet).
I have a Hex with a PixHawk FC (running APM:Copter V3.3.3 Hexa) and a Taranis TX.
My landing gear is working all right this far:
With CH 8 on a 3 position switch,
I am trying a custom gcs written in swift using the Mavlink c library.I can manage to send the request data stream command, but I can't seem to get command_long workingHere is an example for sending the arm command.func sendData(){var message = mavli
Read more…I have a Pixhawk and I connect it to my laptop Mission Planner via 3DR telemetry modules using Mavlink. Upon connecting the built in voice within Mission Planner speaks out a long string of numbers. What are these? Does this indicated any kind
Read more…I am trying to set up an ADC Micro multi-spectral camera with a Pixhack flight controller. Has anyone integrated one to be triggered by Mission Planner? Any help would be most appreciated. I also need to integrate GPS into the camera for post process
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I just updated my Mission planner to the latest version on an elderly win XP laptop. version 34 of MP had been working fine until the update.
After completing the update, when I try to open MP either from the shortcut or the program list I get a wa
Read more…First field trip since update.
After doing calibrations in the field first flight was going well until about a minute in. I was in loiter hovering level, just tilting the camera down when the back of the Octocopter dipped violently, lost lots of heigh
Read more…Just been out to maiden my new fx-61 Phantom wing build. First plane I have ever used Ardupilot on (I am experienced with Copter but new to Plane). I have 3.5.2 running on a Pixhawk Lite FC, M8N GPS unit, no airspeed sensor fitted. I hand launched in
Read more…Is it possible to have an aircraft maintain alt and heading while keeping a constant bank angle? i.e. roll to 45 degrees and maintain direction and alt? Any suggestions on which mode and settings to use would be appreciated.
Read more…Hi Community,
I am working a GPS denied quadcopter which requires channels override as I do not have other options. When I use mavproxy and python dronekit version 1.5, I can not seem to make it go forward or backward.
Here is my code:
import time
from
