I did it by accident for about 30 seconds, before I realised what the cable was. I originally thought it was the power cable to my Hawkeye receiver.
I didn't have any other power going into it at the time.
The pixhawk is a 3DR one.
I haven't tried to po
Read more…Dear all,
I am testing the PX4flow together with Pixhawk, and it seems to require 3D Fix before arming in Loiter, even though EKF_GPS_TYPE = 3 and geofencing is disabled.
Could this be a new bug due to the new feature of not being able to disable GPS p
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Does anybody know where I can get more information on redundant radios on the pixhawk using the two telemetry ports? Two 3DR radios, 2 RFD900+ radios, or any combination of the the two to allow full comms with the aircraft in case of fail
Read more…I've been using a HobbyWing Quattro 4-in-1 ESC all year for my test quad. It has worked very well, however reviewing the manual while installing another in a new copter, it states:
Read more…Throttle signal loss protection: The ESC will reduce the output power
This quad has worked fine, but would act flakey sometimes too. I thought I had narrowed it down to the cheap hobby king camera generating noise. I wrapped it in copper and things seemed to be working good.
I had been doing some small auto missions, ma
Read more…So my custom built hexacopter crashed during an autopilot flight. This was after two successful autopilot missions on the same day. Everything seemed to be working fine. I am running a pixhawk with 3.3? firmware I think (I updated it about 2 weeks ag
Read more…Has anybody tried this? Is it true? How does it work? Wish I didn't just buy rfd900 radios now and openlrs equipment.http://www.fpvpro.com/store/dragon-link-advanced-complete-system
Read more…Hello
My quadcopter suddenly lost control and crashed. Fortunately it fell from low altitude and after some tape it flew without problems just minutes later.
But this crash is bugging me, I am not confident (for obviuous reasons).
Log files show weird s
Read more…Hi all,
It's been a long time since I've posted on here.
I work for a radio broadcast company, and I've been wondering about the use of drones to inspect the tower and mounts of antennas and other gear mounted up there.
We have STL links and FM broadcas
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Few days back we were flying our Tarot 680 copter in Auto mode. We have flown several time with the same setup with no problems. But on that day even though the battery was fully almost completely charged but it was showing in red on mission
Read more…PLANE: 3.4 problems
i have been trying to get plane going for a long time and keep having the same problem. i fly in manual mode so it isnt a problem with flight control. the throttle acts as though the signal is intermittent. half second on, half sec
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I am pretty new to all this, but I have a problem with using 'Make' to compile the ArduPlane code in Eclipse for my Pixhawk. I have been following the directions on this page:
http://dev.ardupilot.com/wiki/editing-the-code-with-eclipse/
Unfor
Read more…....thought I was all set. installed servo type gimbal and wired to pixhawk aux rc9 and 10. config on mission planner ......angle limits, etc. All "dialed in" and working great. Taranis ch6 for "tilt" control. All tests fine.....as long as I'm (
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Hi
Hope you guys are doing great and best of your health. Currently I am working on a research project title " Follow me on GPS with obstacle avoidance " .
I am wondering if any one did soem work related to what I am doing and provide me
Read more…Hi everyone,
I'm having hard time with the logs in APM.
Logs were saved normally till a few days ago and now they are not saved anymore on the SD card.
I tried with only USB connection, with battery, arming disarming....no way.
Any idea? I tried deleting
Read more…Hi, Please advice me on what to do from here.
I am connecting Mission Planner to IRIS via 3DR radio. Setting at COM3 (given by my PC), 57600 and press CONNECT. Warning message is “No Heartbeats packets received”. I am using Windows 7 OS. In the Window
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Hi All, I am a newbie trying to build a hex s550 kit from HK, it came with Emax 30a BLheli opto's and I am having nothing but trouble with the calibration, at varying stages I had most of them running in synch - but never all 6! 1 just wouldn't run s
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at the moment I'm using a Tarot 650 quadcopter with DJI motors, ESCs (E300) and the DJI Naza V2 for taking orthophotos (GoPro). The copter belongs to a friend of me who has built it himself. Unfortunatley this friend is going to move away th
Dear Community,
Currently I’m developing a concept to found a company, based on the development of smart boxes, used for the management of special content.
The boxes will contain innovative Inlays to guarantee a perfect handling und a safe transportati
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