Hi, I just purchased a pixhawk, but decided I'd go ahead and try out my APM2.6 first since it's been collecting dust. I'm using the 3dr Hexa frame.
I've flow rc planes and variable pitch helicopters, but have no experience with multi-rotor copters o
I just installed a MB1242 on my pixhawk.
Appears to be working a-ok.
I just want to confirm, the "sonarrange" in the status tab in Mission Planner is in meters correct?
In my case, it goes to 0.19 when the quad is on the floor. And when I lift it to a m
Read more…i dont understand the "angle boost" in AC code, and the difference between use angle boost and not.
Could somebody help me?
Thanks!
Read more…Hey. I have a quadrotor with Pixhawk, APM:Copter V3.3.3 (acf2e10c). I have tested it in Stabilize & AltHold modes, works fine. Also tried switching to Land mode from Stabilize & AltHold, and the drone lands perfectly.
I wanted to try AUTO mode, as a f
Read more…Interested in using drones and satellites for humanitarian work - or for any kind of remote-sensing field work?
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative will be holding a Remote Sensing for Humanitarian Programs Workshop from June 20 - 24, 2016, on the Har
Read more…trying to log in to http://ardupilot.com/forum and I keep getting a message saying my password or username is incorrect, so I try to reset my password by clicking the "I forgot my password" link. Then it says that my information is unknown.
So I try t
Read more…Has anyone figure out a way in Mission Planner to control channels 9-12 with a Joystick? It appears as though one can only configure Channels 1-8. I'm running it with Copter v3.3 and trying to control a brushless gimbal on channels 10 and 11. I've go
Read more…Android app for creating flight plans for mapping rectangular areas. After flight plan generation, the results can be exported to DroidPlanner and Mission Planner. Basically, it defines three points (Start, Finish and station), for a height, a Latera
Read more…Hello , I'm having a problem with my Pixhawk .
I'm using 3.0.1 firmware for airplane , stabilize and RTL mode, are working perfectly , but when I make a flight plan to automatic mode , the plane simply flies straight and if let you go, it lose on
Read more…Can you please help me find a drone that can is under the budget of $300 that has smooth stable flight. It has to be FPV as well.
Cheers
Read more…Always looking at doing small upgrades here and there, I have set my eyes on the compass on my quad.
The GPS unit that I have installed includes a HMC5883L compass.
I have noticed there is quite a few options as far as I2C compatible compasses go.
The M
Read more…I have noticed the arducopter online docs mention a number of RSSI based paramaters that are missing from my 3.3.3 arducopter build.
I have found that in the github they are nowhere to be found, but are included in the arduplane build.
Specifically I a
Read more…I have a Pixhawk Clone in my Telemaster that am currently trying to tune. I seem to have noise in my servos when I activate a flight mode other than MANUAL. It seems that the noise is particularly strong on the roll/x axis. After looking at the lo
Read more…I have a 6 channel PPM receiver that I have connected to my pixhawk. I understand you can map channel 1 to 4 but I need to map channel 6 to 7.
I have no use for the options that come on channel 6 but channel 7 has auto tune and I need to trigger it.
Is
Read more…Using Qgroundcontrol-2.9.4-72, how do you find the Firmware Version of the aircraft you are running ??
Read more…As a commercial drone guy, we've been there. You crash a unit, and learn from it. Part of the Deal.
Last week, my new Skywalker hit the dirt and was rendered a mess of foam, splintered carbon fiber, electronics mess, and a smoking LiPo. But this didn'
Read more…I'm trying to create two different bluetooth links to cut down on some wires. Currently, TELEM1 on the pixhawk goes to the 3DR radio and TELEM2 goes to the OSD.
The first and most obvious is bluetooth module on the drone, connected to the PIxhawk TEL
Read more…Running AMPplanner2 V2.0.18 via Ubuntu 14.04 system; should my Qt version be higher then 5.2.1?
AMPplanner2 appears to run ok and mavlink etc. provided that I start the app via the Terminal with the cmd line "apmpanner2" however if I initiate the
Read more…That's a bold statement ... Worlds Best. But it's even larger than that. Not just Worlds Best, but best for most all applications less than 30 Amps (limit of the tests). That means:
- duration ships that only pull 2 to 8 amps per rotor
- most all 6S an
Read more…I wonder what is not right that I could not connect RFD900p/u with SiK 1.9 firmware to a Non 3dr also with SiK 1.9 on it. Also any one can help explain whats the differences between RFD900U with RFD900P ?
