My Tricopter just came down in a corn field.
I was flying with FPV over a hedge, I couldn't see directly, although it happened not a huge distance away.
It just suddenly rolled over a few times and hit the ground.
No idea what happened at the time but o
Read more…Hi everyone, so I haven't flown my copter in a while and when I reconnected it to Mission Planner I did the newest update for Arducopter then redid the whole calibration wizard for accelerometer,compass, failsafes, flight modes etc.
Now when everythin
Read more…Can you please let me know if there are good batteries that can let quadcopters survive a flight time of an hour? Assume 1KWh to 4Kwh energy per hour for four motors.
Read more…I have tried to find the minimum requirements(disk space, speed, ram...) for installing and running MP but without success. I'm looking for a cheap netbook and this choice comes with limited perfs. Any idea ?
Read more…After a 30min flight the other night I noticed one of the windings in only one motor was discolored.
Does anyone know if this is a bad sign of near future motor failure? Or perfectly normal and acceptable?
I have yet to see this happen to any others.
Th
Read more…I'm trying to make my quad copter repeat a flight path multiple times until I take control with my RC controller. I have tried to do this using way points. The problem is it would fly one pattern and land but not repeat the pattern. Is their any way
Read more…Good morning,
I would like to know how to create my AutoWP / Gridv2 with the flight pattern going east to west? Or some other method of creating an east/west grid flight. I am using MP 1.3.30
Right now I am creating and flying Gridv2 waypoint routes,
Read more…If copter angle is greater then 90° in acro mode, switching to autolevel (Stabilize) mode, the copter goes up side down!
manu
PS: Impossible to get an acro behavior as with KK, CleanFlight, Mwii ..., why ..., i think the cause is the I-accumulator, t
Is there a solution to the problem of switching from a mode like LAND or RTL (where you may have set the throttle to zero) to STABILIZE?
My reflexes are not fast enough to recover faster than above 40 feet up. Need some way to keep from colliding wit
Read more…Hello,
I just finished up assembling a hex. I am having an issue where the back two motors (4 & 6) are starting up far later than the other motors and sometimes not at all.
Even when switching motors/ ESCs, the issue continues with whichever motor/ESC
Read more…I have a dead pixhawk and 3DR says it outside warranty and wont replace it. There's a chance that I can use my credit card companys extended warranty to cover it, but I can't find the warranty information anywhere and 3DR support isn't exactly quick
Read more…With the advent of new multicopter's like the Lily (https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=65&v=4vGcH0Bk3hg) which is designed specifically for completely autonomous flight without a traditional R/C has anyone considered who's responsible for the aircraft,
Read more…I just put together a (gorgeous) Alien 560 quad last night with a Pixhawk.
This morning I decided to fly a mapping mission, and the quad performed very well, but there were a few hiccups in the mission.
Even though the entire mission was at 50m, at se
Read more…As there are a lot of experimenters and DIY people here, I have a small question...
I have been playing around with the MPU-9150 IMU from Invensense, but was a little worried about the amount of processing (and code!) that needs to run on the host CPU
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Flight controller
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Yesterday, I went flying after a rebuild. The quad would fly great for a few minutes, then switch to RTL and attempt to land itself. (I was flying in drift mode) I switched to stabilize and was able to regain control. Once I switched back, the same t
Read more…Hi all~
I am very confused by the earth to body frame conversion code when I compare it with the frame conversion matrix that I found on the pixhawk website. Could someone please help me out... I cannot believe how much time I have wasted on this... M
Read more…Looking for some insights from the group on what may be the issue, and has anyone else had an IMU flatline and the rig end up on the ground in a pile of pieces? Here are two screenshots, with IMU and pitch/roll, and IMU and speed/altitude.
This flight
Read more…Hey so I'm looking into making a mapping/land surveying application for my drones that I can use on a tablet or phone. Similar to the DJI Vision App or Mission Planner where I can connect to the drone and control simple things like waypoint navigatio
Read more…Bizzare one this.
I have triple checked all my motor orders, prop orientations, etc. And I mean triple checked. Motor test completed the clockwise loop ok. All calibrations done - accel, compass, esc end points etc.
I can arm normally, but the moment
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