Hello,
I'm using the Pixhawk autopilot with a telemetry link and a 6 channel Spektrum transmitter.
6 channels don't don't allow me to cover all the flight modes that I desire to use.
Question:
Is it possible to change the flight modes of my quad in fli
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Read more…Can anyone add their Parameter file from a succesfully flying Trex500/550 sized heli with Pixhawk...
I'm going around and around in circles tuning these settings, but getting no-where... would be great to see someone else's settings...
Thanks in adv
Read more…My copter fell from the sky today. Not sure what happened. I think it's like a guy who posted a crash log a day or so ago, it looks like power failed suddenly.
I don't know how the power plug could have come loose (xt60), but that's my best gues
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Read more…I'm looking to offload some spare gear:
1x Brand New 3DRobotics Pixhawk, never opened newest model. - $175 or best offer
1x Broken 3DRobotics Pixhawk, Telem 2 Connector came unsoldered from the board, it still boots up as usual but the Telem2 will nee
Read more…Hi,I have a Tetracam Lite camera that I want to use on a 3DR x8 with a PIXHAWK on board. I want to trigger the camera at waypoints. The camera is triggered using RS232 serial signal. I need to print ESC and T (ASCII) to tell the camera to take a pict
Read more…Just saw this from Gaui and very excited.
With all the benefits of a Heli over multirotors in large applications (Efficiency, payload capability, safety (ability to auto-rotate), etc.), I think this is a great step forward in finally having a mass pro
Read more…Hello,
I'm using the Pixhawk flight controller on a Quadcopter.
With the throttle stick on my RC transmitter all the way up - My ESCs will deliver current well above the rating of my brushless motors - effectively burning the windings.
I know that I can
Hi there,Currently I am planning to make a new wind turbine. I am using a 12V DC motor to run the turbine and it will generate electricity. I have a 12V to 240Vac (DC TO AC) inverter which i made myself after doing some research in the internet.Now I
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C-astral wings (website) are identical to the wing X8 Skywalker (or the opposite!), but the perfomance are very different. What could double performance of the c-astral? The outer covering (composite or carbon)? The motor / prop combination? My go
Read more…It appears that the wiki page is either out of date or I'm not smart enough to figure it out. The directions for HIL and SIL simulations don't seem to work. I'm also running into an issue where my remote is not recognized when HIL firmware is install
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Just wondering if there were any suggestions about anti-vibe mounts for APM; I have the one in this picture, but I seem to be getting borderline bad vibes at hover. It works well on my other craft, but seems to be failing on this one. It's als
Read more…I am using the latest beta (1.3.20.2), but have noted this issue with previous releases also. I think the issue is down to the fact that params under IMU and IMU2 have the same names. So say you have AccZ from IMU checked and displaying its trace, th
Read more…Just recently I bought RFD900 telemetry as ground and my existing 3DR 915 telemetry as onboard telemetry. try to connect but couldn't. Anyone has done it before? Pls help thank you.
Read more…Hi! I'd like build an airspeed sensor for my plane. I have MPXV7002DP sensor (original from Freescale Inc. ), and I tried circuit, what the datasheet suggest (1 uf and 10 nF paralell with 5V, and 47 pF paralell with output), but when I swithched on m
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I have had about 20 flights or so on AC3.3rc7 on Pix....I usually fly an AUTO mission and I manually takeoff (even thou I have a TAKEOFF entry of 10m) and then switched to AUTO at a low altitude and then it takes it from there, been doing this for
Read more…I have a problem with one of my hexa copters.
I took off today and found that it wanted to pitch to the right with me having to put full left stick to level the copter.
Looking at the logs it seems that when the copter it level and disarmed it keeps ro
Read more…I haven't been on here for a long while. Noticed my board has been retired, so I uploaded the last firmware addition for this board yesterday. I think MP only now works with PPM signals ?.
Please can anyone show me how to connect a Rmilec RD4047 rece
Read more…Anyone got an idea why my hex now only records the last 15 minutes of a flight?
This flight was actually 34 minutes long, but the APM is only recording 15 mins. Every time, exactly 15 mins.
How do I enable full log lengths again?
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