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Problem with servos

Hi. I have a problem with apm2.5. I install this autopilot in my new plane and servos dont work. I check connect them to receiver and they work ok. Although with output apm they don't work. I followed all steps ...Does exist any parameter?

My best reg

micro / mini / nano JST SH 1.0mm 6 pin w. wires

Hi,

I'm wondering where I can buy a spare cable with mini JST SH 1.0mm 6 pin female to female ?

It is the cable w. 6 wires that connects, for example, the old GPS style socket  from the 3DR APM 2.5 board to the Ublox Lea GPS (six wires) and I found it

Iris losses power and crashes

Anybody out there that can read my flight log files on 2 different crashes? 3dr really isnt helping much.

Thanks12.BIN.zip11.BIN.zip

Bad AHRS

Attached are the logs of a power up with "Bad AHRS" message. It usually clears but this time it did not. This is a new Pixhawk direct from 3DR and has never been flown.

What should I do to resolve this message?

Do I have something configured incorrectl

Motors spin at high rpm at 0.1% throttle after setting "mot-spin-armed" to ' 0 ' .

Hi,

I have the problem mentioned in the title.

When arming, all the motors spin up to high rpm immediately with no response to the position of the throttle lever.

After setting the value (mot-spin-armed) to zero, the motors does not spin anymore when ar

Autotakeoff problems

Hello everyone!

I've built a catapult for my X8 wing and trying to achieve an autotakeoff.

I put 1st waypoint 150 meters forward of my position and set it as "takeoff". 

Problem is when I switch to "auto" mode before takeoff - autopilot tries to align t

Reverse Engineering IR helicopter

Tuning heavy copters, autotune on big octo, log to analyse SOLVED!!!

Hi all,

There is now several month that i try to optimize the tuning of a big octo-quad (carboncore cortex).

Carboncore use mn4010 motors and tmotor carbon 15" on the top, 16"on the bottom. This set up is working well with DJI Naza, but i never had a p

hexacopter bobbles up/down on pitch when flying headwind - Pixhawk

Running pix 3.2.1 on a hexa, whenever it flies upwind (headwind) it bobbles up and down a lot on the pitch, tends to get worse with the stronger the wind is..not sure why...have run autotune and stuff like that otherwise it flies perfect....CG is on

APM disarming automatically on moving aeleron stick

I'm using HKpilot (APM 2.5). After the whole charade of caibrating accelerometer, compass, radio, failsafes etc. I set the APM to Fly by wire A mode and arm it. It shows a solid red LED. When i try to test out with radio, everything works fine but on

Mission planner terminal throws junk value

When APM-2.5 is connected in Mission Planner Terminal , using Mavlink protocol ,after tow lines junk values are displayed . Need some help from experts

First Auto Flight- RTH engaged to save the game (windy conditions)

 Today was my first auto flight with my arduplane bixler. Unfortunately didnt go as expected but luckily  the plane was saved with no scratch. I have attached google earth screenshots as I cannot interpret whether it was mag offset or very windy cond

SJ5000 NDVI Lens

Hey all,

Anyone know where I could get an NDVI lens for the SJ5000, or even the Xiomi Yi?  I've already tried IR Pro, but it didn't work out.

3DR LEA GPS question

What side of the GPS is the mag chip soldered? Is it soldered on top of the board or on the bottom of the board?

Thanks

Compass interference - expected MAG_FIELD value

I have not had any compass problem so far but when  I checked logs I saw MAG_FIELD value slightly above 550. Wiki (http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-diagnosing-problems-using-logs/) indicates "the length of the mag_field can be anywhere from 12

How to create an _immediate_ kill switch on PX4/APM?

Hi,

I tried to test some different modes and frankly nothing else comes to my mind anymore other than to put a heavy 40A relay to a main power line and attach a servo to it, so I could map it to one of taranis switches so in a case of malfunction or l

Apm cables: how long is too long?

I am currently flying the Ranger EX. I would like to get the telemetry and GPS out onto the wings. I don't know if longer cables are commercially available or not. If they are, where can they be purchased? How long can these cables be before there mi

Pixhawk Issue

A 3DR developer recently tuned my Pixhawk, it flies great, but when he did he also setup my battery failsafe.  Shortly afterwards I was hovering approximately 5 meters away and about 6 feet when the Pixhawk started beeping continuously and started to

Is it legal/practical to make a quad-copter drone at home for commercial photography?

I live in New York and I'm looking to build a quad-copter mostly for fun but am also interested in its  commercial use. Is it legal/practical to make a drone at home for commercial photography?

triggering tetracam adc lite with pixhawk

hi all,has anyone of you guys knows a solution how to trigger tetracam adc lite using pixhawk?