Hi guys, Im new to this forum. I've been searching some informations about drones and lastly I think I found the right place. Currently I am building a quadcopter which I want it to lift more than 500 kg. I just wanna know what motors I can use in or
Read more…I hope it's OK to post a job request here, but if anyone is experienced with Antenna Tracker + MAVProxy and is in the Los Angeles area, we could use help getting our system integrated.
We presume it would be a pretty quick setup for someone who knows
Read more…So after calibrating the esc's, I was then playing about with the throttle. Motor 1 always was less responsive than the others, I am only moving the throttle stick so no mixing should come into play. The video gives a quick glimpse at how it was not
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I was hoping someone could help me with this question of mine. I am trying to use a DJI Zenmuse Z15 N with the Pixhawk Flight controller. In every manual I read it says that you must use a DJI (wookong or Ace or A2) flight controller w
Read more…Is it possible to build autopilot system with APM, raspberry pie, 3g dongol, gps module but no remote control system, everything controlled by APM only?
Read more…I would love some advice with these lines from my log file
Test: Compass = GOOD - No MAG data, unable to test mag_field interference
(Loiter seems pretty locked in, so I'm confused about the "no mag data")
Test: VCC = WARN - VCC min/max diff 0.351v, sho
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I have had great success with a foamie and the autotune mode to get it flying.....
Now I have bought myself a very fast and "twitchy" Yak 54 stunt plane, that is powered by a 26cc two stroke motor..... It's a bit of a jump flying from one to th
Read more…The new 3D robotics quad Kit does not come with sonar mount bar. In that case, I was wondering how people install the sonar on it. I have a Sonar mount from the old quad but it does not fit in the new quad. I was wondering how other people have ins
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I need to flash my APM 3.1 (the 30x30 version) with the sbus compatible PPM encoder firmware. However, it appears that JP2 is missing from the board; does anyone know how to flash the SBUS PPM onto this board without a visible JP2?
Read more…well strangely enough my hexa (with APM 2.7 and 3.2.1 firmware) got "stuck" at waypoint 4 position, after arriving at it, until I switched to Stabilize mode....no apparent reason, no GPS failsafe or glitch (HDOP was 1.8 all along). logs reveal nothi
Read more…I have a problem with manual mode in APM2.5. I downloaded new Arduplane versión from Mission Planner. I followed instruction about it. Later I tuning my RC radio in Mission Planner Configuration option. APM2.5 worked ok.
I connect my battery to system
I am currently using the NTM Prop Drive Series 28-26A 1200kv for my F550 hexacopter (with MultiWii flight controller), and also on my 3D Printed quadcopter (with Naze32 flight controller)
The problem with this motor is that it has too much vibration.
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I have started doing some survey missions with my 1900mm skywalker.
I have encountered two problems.
1: when doing a survey the plane woud pass WP1-3 and when trying to pass WP 4 It would loop a couple of times then the plane proceeds to RTL/loint
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I need to upgrade from the 3DR Radio modems to long range (approx. 30 km) telemetry. The RFD900+ seems nice but they are not yet legal in Europe?
What do people use? I have some XBee PRO 868, are they the best option?
Thanks in advance!
Hi I'm having major difficulties trying to get my XUAV talon launched and flying. I have had a professional help with the VTail set up, it had a good launch and started flying but automatically turns right. I have tried many things checked compass an
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I trying to autotune my fresh builded slowfly quadcopter ( 360kV , 16*5.5" props ) without succes
beacause of my poor experience in log analysis and tuning, i'd like to understand what exactly doing wrong and how to improve it.
I've sea
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Does anyone here have any idea why my FMU power light turns off when I arm the Pixhawk?
The FMU power is solid green right up until I arm the Pixhawk and then it shuts off. The mavlink also shuts off with the FMU. I don't know if it makes any diffe
Read more…This is my first post here (I've been lurking for a while) so Hi to all.
I have a bit of background in R/C but I'm brand new to quads.
Having researched the options I bought a s/h quad from ebay with most of the kit I wanted.
It was really badly built b
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I placed a small order for sensors on 3DR last last week. The parts I ordered seemed to be in stock, at least it didn't say it wasn't in stock when I ordered.
Ten days later the order still hasn't shipped, I emailed 3DR 3 days ago inquiring about t
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I'm running a DJI S900 on Pixhawk running the latest stable version with a frsky taranis. This morning I replaced the motor rubber dampening pads with DJI Part 35 which is a softer damper that is supposed to reduce vibration / micro bounces in
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