Discussions

Airport display in Mission Planner

FYI:

Mission Planner will display rings around airports. This is a good thing for flying safely and avoiding low level air traffic.

But some of us have noticed that some airports do not seem to be displayed, where other nearby airports are displayed. O

A Newbie's Guide to Remote Camera Cable for Pixhawk...

Hello Everybody,

I've been trying to create a remote camera cable to activate my Canon S100 and SX260 point and shoot cameras (with CHDK scripting program) on my 3DR X-8+ with a Pixhawk autopilot.  I know this topic has been bounced around for some ti

Autolevel (Stabilize), bug or feature ?

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, the

Pixhawk as a standalone mapping device

Has anyone used a pixhawk as a standalone device to assist in mapping using a full-sized fixed wing craft?

I'm thinking about setting up a pixhawk +GPS + 3dr radio in a box that would be powered by a 5v BEC. A camera trigger would be connected to the

Confusion with Pixhawk Servo Rail

Hello everyone!

This is probably a stupid question, but I am still confused regarding the Pixhawk servo rail. The ardupilot website claims that the Pixhawk does not supply power to the servo rail. But so far the only thing plugged into my Pixhawk's se

Vibration analysis

Hi,

My transmitter has not arrived yet so I have been trying to get deeper understanding about brushless motor and prop vibrations.

I did not have any success using phone for vibration monitoring so I constructed a stand with two independent sensors:

1)

Sony RX100 iii/IV or DJI phantom 3 pro for aerial photography

Hi all, 

Let me start by introducing myself, My name is Pascal and I am from London, England. I am not a complete noob and have been playing with RC toys including cars, planes and boats for a while now. Quads are new to me hence why I am here.

In the

inverted v-tail elerudder config

Hello everyone

I have searched hi and low trying to find out how to set up the inverted v-tail.

Pitch and yaw work well for the standard v-tail. But for the inverted v-tail if I get pitch to work I am unable to get yaw to work in the proper direction.

T

inverted v-tail elerudder config

Hello everyone

I have searched hi and low trying to find out how to set up the inverted v-tail.

Pitch and yaw work well for the standard v-tail. But for the inverted v-tail if I get pitch to work I am unable to get yaw to work in the proper direction.

T

Problem with Verify Height

I set up a mission with ArduCopter V3.2.1 over a steeply sloping field with a constant height of 10 meters and Verify Height ticked. I checked that when I cleared the mission and reload it Verify Height was still ticked. But when I flew it the height

Can't communicate through MP or APMPlan

I've had my Iris+ for a couple months now, and have been through my share or crashes and repairs. I uploaded firmware to it when I first got it so I could recalibrate and begin process of learning and understanding how these work.  Took me a minute t

make command for flymaple

I am trying to use the make command to build APM 3.3 (or 3.2.1) for the flymaple board.

I have followed the instructions here, but when I attempt to make I can many errors about regarding "/bin/sh: -march=armv7-m: command not found'

A sample of my outp

crashed today! don't know why!

Hi all,

Well it started out a great day, no wind, great weather, I took up the 26cc Yak gasser, with APM2.5.

I'm used to electrics and glow engine planes and Ive had many hours flying FBWA mode, but this was the first day flying this gasser with APM.

Al

MinimOSD stopped working

I'm using a MinimOSD with a Pixhawk.  I had a picture w/o OSD for an hour this morning for a test.

When I unplugged the battery and plugged it back, the picture was also gone. I've been struggling for hours w/o coming any closer to a happy ending. If

Test: PM = FAIL and lurching motors - Stock 3DR y6B 3.2.1

Cultural heritage preservation of Palmyra & 3D modeling - Syria

Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani castle (or Palmyra castle) is a castle located in the province of Homs, Syria.

Built by the Mamluks in the 13th century on a high hill overlooking the historic site of the city (which was one of the most important cultural center

Indoor Navigation/tethering for research project- Help Needed.

     I wanted to ask if anyone knows of the best way to either tether a IRIS+ quadcopter so it will hover relatively stationary, or provide a system for indoor navigation for a room. I am currently working on a cyber security research project at a la

Mavlink upgrade possibilites

Stairs flight in RTL

Hi guys.

My "octa" behaves strange in RTL mode. It flies a little bit in home direction with ascent, then stops, reduces altitude up to initial and again flies in home direction with ascent. It's a "stairs" flight (please, have a look at  flight schem

Advice needed: PID Tuning an RCexplorer style Tricopter after motor upgrade from DT750 to Sunnysky

Hi,

This is really frustrating, I had an RCexplorer style tricopter working pretty well.

Weight 1040g without battery, 1400g with 5200mAh 3s.

I used to use DT750 tried with both 10" and 11" props, the 10 was a little smoother but either worked.They work