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Connecting CC3D to AR6200 receiver and DX6i Spektrum

Question about barometer

Hello to everybody

I have 2 multi copters,  one its a 450 with apm 2.8 and 3.2.1 that i own 1 year,  and the second one is a hexa with pixhawk

I have made my first flight with my hexa and its awesome, pos hold rock solid , change from one flight mode t

Should 3DR build an Inspire equivalent drone?

I am considering acquiring a Solo. I currently use DJI Phantoms for agriculture and survey work and I think the solo would fit my needs much better.

However, I am quite worried about the small payload capacity, 400 to 500 grams.

To most of us, the grea

Connecting CC3D to AR6200 receiver and DX6i Spektrum

Connecting CC3D to AR6200 receiver and DX6i Spektrum

Alright so I've got the receiver and the transmitter bound together, and the receiver connected to the flight controller and powered on. Thing is, after plugging the flight controller into my computer with USB, Open Pilot GCS doesn't get any input si

BAT-SAFE for lipo charging

BAT-SAFE is a low cost safety device developed by Tom Mast, aircraft design engineer. It's easy to use, and literally put a lid on the dangers of malfunctioning batteries. They just released a Kickstarter campaign. It has the potential to become a st

CH PRO joystick Yaw

Good day everyone.

I am building my first drone using Pixhawk and want to test it this weekend. 

I have the SIK radios for the telemetry link and will be using my CH PRO fighter joystick to control the drone. 

The joystick however does not have any yaw

Which is the most stable pixhawk firmware at the moment? 3.1 3.2 or 3.3?

I bought a T960 hexa frame, and I'm currently installing a PixHawk that I bought from HolyBro, and I usually use the 3.1 version, but I've never tested the other ones...

Question for Discharging Lipos on Charger

I am planning to use a Hyperion lipo charger to discharge test my new lipos.  It has a USB connection, which I will use to graph data.  My question is: what voltage do I discharge to?  I am unsure of the difference between open loop and closed loop v

Can not upload firmware on PX4 via USB port

Dear all,

Today I have uploaded a new firmware which I have some implements for my px4

After that my PX4 can not connect to PC via USB port

Is there anyone who know how to reset PX4 to default firmware, please help me

Thank you

Motors' output are too bouncy and vibrated a lot

I deployed pixhawk on my Quad running ArduCopter v3.3.2

After a few testing, I found that my Quad is a little bit difficult to control and its attitude is not that stable. I found my RCOUT is very abnormal.

Can anybody help to solve this?

Attachment is

New Mavlink Message and mavproxy

Hi 

I am trying to add new mavlink message, pretty simple one:

<message id="159" name="LASER_LANDER">
<description>The data comming from laser landing aid</description>
<field type="uint64_t" name="time_usec">Timestamp (micros since boot or Unix epoch)

Motors don't stop spinning after land.

So I swapped out my APM 2.6 on my quad (which working flawlessly for many flights) with a pixhawk (rtfhawk). Did the usual required radio calibration, had a few nice flights, did autotune etc but found I needed to also recalibrate the esc's as I had

Stop Motor spinning during taking a photo / automission @ arduplane

Hello, does anyone have an idea how to stop the motor one second or something before releasing the shutter to reduce vibrations on a plane for photomapping. After the photo the motor should spin up again automatically.Does anyone have an idea?

Eagle tree V2 RPM sensor for brushless motor ARDUINO

Hi,

Has anyone tried recording RPM measurements using an Eagle Tree Optical RPM Sensor ? For a project i need to mesure the RPM of my brushless motor.

My code :

 // FREQUENCE INPUT PIN => pin 5 pr aduino uno
#include <FreqCount.h>
int RPM;
int count;
int nb

OSDLite 2.3 final build with copilot’s OSD & targeting system features

OSDLite 2 has reached its final stage of development and as usual it’s available for free.

Although OSDLite is basically a Ground Station, it's not designed to replace bestsellers like UgCS, APMPlanner or OpenPilot, but it's designed to supersede limi

OSDLite 2.3 final build with copilot’s OSD & targeting system features

OSDLite 2 has reached its final stage of development and as usual it’s available for free.

Although OSDLite is basically a Ground Station, it's not designed to replace bestsellers like UgCS, APMPlanner or OpenPilot, but it's designed to supersede limi

Why not allow switch from LOITER mode to FLIP mode?

I've checked the code (AC 3.3.2) and found it is only supported that switch to FLIP mode when in ACRO, STABILIZE and ALT_HOLD mode before, 

because of this "if" statement in bool flip_init(bool) function in file control_flip.cpp:

if (control_mode != AC

Pixhawk powerbox compatibility

Hey guy’s,

I’m an aviation student and I’m currently an intern at a company that is exploring the potentials of UAV’s. My project is to make a Decathlon 122’’ plane from RC pilot ready to fly with various payloads.

Here is my question. I’ve been given

Apm 2.6 crash - Can't find out why

Hello community,

During my latest flight my quadcopter made several flips and crashed from 40 meters high. Reviewing the logs I couldn't understand which part is responsible for the crash. All parts were found in good condition. I mean the flight co