After spending 3 days reading and downloading apps, I thought I was ready to fly my solo. Went out in the yard and set solo on the ground. (Level ground). I tapped the fly button and the motor started. When I tapped the fly button again, the drone fl
Read more…I am new to quadcopter and RC world.
I buy from ebay my kit and built my quadcopter assembling all the parts following various instructions from various websites.
I buy this kit to build for my son and up to date I have not see the quadcopter running.
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When i armed the pixhawk to run, i move throttle stick to up small movment, motors start to spin and rpm increase without any control . Motor spin is very fast in stabilize mode and indoor witht prop on motors. THR_MIN default 130 and MOT_SPIN_ARM
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I am implementing ardupilot source code on PX4 board, and follow this article to get information from sensor and display on console window: http://dev.ardupilot.com/wiki/learning-ardupilot-the-example-sketches/
But recently, I can not run these
Read more…I am using a Iris+ with the Tower App.
Is there anything that tells what each of the parameters is?
I would like to set a default speed for waypoints instead of setting each waypoint speed individually.
Read more…Hi Everyone,I am using apm plane v3.5.0 with MP v1.3.37. With regard to the geotagging, the ability to adjust the log offsets has been removed in this version of MP, so I'm not entirely sure which altitude is being used when geotagging.When the AMSL
Read more…A small clip from the high efficiency quad using 29 inch 3 blades props running of U8 135KV motors and 6S batteries.
The setup delivers ~35 min with 16,000 6S lipo and 1.8 Kg useful payload.
More scope for extended endurance beyond 40 minutes with la
Read more…I have an X8-M and PixHawk. Last year everything worked fine when I was flying autopilot missions and the camera would automatically take pictures. This year I went to test it after doing software updates and the autopilot doesn’t take pictures. I
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I have wanted for a long time, a small box that with a press of a button will connect to my quad, and send it its gps data for follow me mode.
I didnt want to spend all the money on a android tablet when I had a raspberry pi and a few parts l
Read more…Thought I'd better share this as i've never seen anything come close in performance.
This is an FPV 250 in hover! On the left chart -- Less than 0.2g is good, 0.8 to 1.2 is excellent, but an average score of 0.01 is just nuts! I've seen numbers as lo
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I have no spare channels with which to enable Geofence, therefore I would like to enable Geofence via a Mavlink command. Is this possible in APM Plane yet or is there a work around?
According to the Wiki, I can auto enable Goefence if I d
Read more…Kinda of a silly thought, but since I own a Phantom 3, and a Pixhawk-based hexacopter (that normally uses 3S batteries), I was thinking it would be nice to consolidate my battery purchases.
Of course the P3 battery is about $140, and I can buy equival
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Following a crash, I look forward for Spare Parts for my iFlight G40 Brushless Gimbal or any other that i could adapt. If anyone could advise where l could order spare parts gimbal frame parts to build my own will be really appreciated.
Thanks al
Read more…For the FPV and multicopter industry to accelerate it's annual leaps in technology, it is my belief that it needs standardized test procedures so that:
- a manufacturer/inventor knows
... before product launch how their product compares (saving money
Read more…I would like to assemble a camera that will record accurate GPS location data using RTK.
My aim is to use a kite and/or blimp balloon for photogrammetry mapping. For this, I need high accuracy coordinate data to accompany my aerial photos.
I have h
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Anyone know what "Add POI" feature does on Mission Planner. On the flight data screen if you right click you can add or delete a POI. How is this different from ROI, which I'm familiar with...?
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I know this is a forum and I am supposed to ask questions, but i am here to ask for a small favor.
Currently I am working on a project that will be solving the problems that you might be facing with Lithium Polymer batteries.
I would reall
im looking for a flight controller were i can go from fast agile quad but still be able to strap my gopro and gimbole up and go slow and get study video how is the apm 2.8? or is the the naz a lite better i want something that has the return to home
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I have been trying to get my Iris+'s Pixhawk to trigger my Canon S100. I have been following the Tuffwing instructions, but with no success.
BEC is soldered where the TX60 for the battery joins the board. I have KAP 3.6 on the camera, and I ca
Read more…Mission Planner just updated on my Windows 10 machine, and now I do not have Spline Waypoints available. If I select the radio button for Spline then create a waypoint, it makes a regular waypoint at coordinate 0,0. I have tried to do a fresh install
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