First post! But of course long time lurker.
On the 11th for a class project I sent an APM 2.5 up in a high altitude balloon. The flight went well and everything was recovered undamaged.
But the telemetry file is proving to be a problem.
In Mission plann
Read more…WARNING to TradHeli users:
Do not attempt to fly AC3.3 until you hear otherwise from me. I have not even bench tested it yet, let alone test flown it. There are quite a lot of changes that have gone in that could be crash-o-matic for helicopters.
AC3
Read more…Would it be possible to use a Taranis program that was used on a 650MM quad and change it from quad to hexa? Then pick the flight modes from the pixhawk system say (Stable, Loiter and Auto) and make it work this way. I know you would be losing about
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Under
it says that motors "A" and "C" spin clockwise. I want to build a quad where "A" and "C" spin opposite directions and use motors "D" & "B
Read more…I heard it was possible to save F/C settings on Mission Planner so if I reset or want to make a copy onto a new APM I don't lose everything already set on that flight control unit. Thanks.
Read more…I feel like my head is spinning looking at all these cameras and gimbals.
I need to do an 3D survey.
I see camera prices ranging from $150 - $900
Can I please get a link to a reliable camera and gimbal that are suitable for geomapping?
Thanks
Justin
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Warning #1: an issue has been found with Tower's Pause button which can cause the vehicle to fly to an old position if the vehicle has not sent a position update to Tower in some time.
Warning #2: Copter-3.3.2 fixes a bug found in Copter-3.3.1's desir
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Interesting challenge with a decent reward.
Has anyone worked with phase cancellation systems?
Regards
Read more…I feel a bit of a noob asking this but having had my mini quad flying quite nicely I did an autotune that appears to have unlocked the roll and pitch so I locked them again and averaged out the PIDs. I then loaded 3.1.5 after reading that perhaps thi
Read more…At what k level, if any, would you consider it inadvisable to rely on gps modes? Have you ever had uhf problems during an event?
Read more…I recently purchased an Iris with the GoPro camera setup but need to ask if any others have found a comparable IR/thermal imaging) camera that can be incorporated onto the Iris instead of the GoPro?
Please respond to brhodd1@yahoo.com at your earliest
Read more…Not sure why, but my flight appears to be full of EKF errors.
Any suggestions? Appeared to fly ok...APM 2.6, Arducopter 3.2.1, 3DR quad.
Hello Folks,
So I recently purchased a Hardcase for my Iris+ and Y6, but unfortunately the case did not come with any foam included, and I have absolutely no luck finding any retailer that sells foam!
Does anyone have any idea what so ever on where a p
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I am in the process of building a rover with a 6WD Dagu platform and Pixhawk.
I put it together and noticed the following:
In manual mode - driving forward or backwards is fine
In manual mode - while driving forward the steering is fine
In manual mode
Read more…I'm having trouble with one of my motors losing power, but still spinning and delivering enough thrust to fly. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
I'm using a Pixhawk on a 3DR DIY 2014 quad frame to control four 30A Red Brick ESCs from HobbyKing
Read more…Nothing against Bearospace Industries, but I am trying to figure out if I should buy the kit or not and modify where I see fit as they say on the website.
So I used Ecalc and it gives an error for max motor due to current being too high and 10 minute
Read more…I had a few emails from some people in the past who had tried my yaw vane idea and were not having too much success with it. Here is the reason why it may not have worked for you.
The yaw vane should be considered as a motor torque amplifier rather t
Read more…We're beginning a project that will require offboard software control of a Pixhawk-equipped quad (we're using an Iris+). We'll have to send pitch, roll, thrust and yaw values rather than waypoints. We plan to use pymavlink and Dronekit. In pymavli
Read more…Has anyone tried doing the pass through with a M8N gps?
I have tried but u-center is not picking up my GPS. It works with my neo-6m.
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