UAS Mappers,
I am considering building a UAS system for metric mapping. I'm looking for a reliable and stable platform that will collect imagery and positional data. I have the essential software programs for processing and analyzing acquired data. I
Read more…I have 2 APMs, one a genuine 3DR and one an RCTimer ArduFlyer. Both have been used with no problems on multiple multirotors within the last year or so. I moved on to PixHawk a few months ago which is what I've been mostly using but this week decided
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I have a peculiar little problem with my 2 UAV's.
I have a lone ground radio that I can use for both machines. On the quad I use an On-the-Go cable with my Android tablet to connect and it works great.
The hex can use the same ground USB radio
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Read more…I have built an octo which rolls to port on takeoff. I have checked the forums and can confirm;
1) ESCs calibrated.
2) ESC wiring checked ( Motor test)
3) All props have been checked for left/right hand
4) Have calibrated accelerometer 3 times.
5) Roll sa
Read more…I am following instructions on http://docs.megapirateng.com/documentation/tipsntricks to disable the internal compass on a Crius AIOP v2. The instructions say
Sometimes you want to use an external
Read more…After extensive researching I have concluded Mission Planner .kml flight paths and geotagging are generated using raw GPS data. We could have much cleaner, smoother, and more accurate flight paths if we used the IMU fused data. Any chance of getting
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I was able to get the beeping to stop by setting my RC3_MIN to below 1140. I currently have it set at 1130 and have since adjusted my transmitter to make min throttle around 1100 and max around 1800 using the THR C/V.
I am still looking into wh
Read more…I'm stumped. Any help/suggestions is much appreciated.
I swapped out Pixhawk and GPS/Compass module into a new airframe. Same airframe, just new.
The motors are same, but new, as well as the ESC. The only other addition to the acft is a 12V regulator
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looking for a little help here,
I've been on the search to find a proper answer and the closet I have found is upgrading the firmware on my 9XR which is not possible at the moment as I don't have a programming card for the 9XR which from
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Today Pixhawk (latest Arduplane) rebooted twice. Once I heard it plaing music tones while it was in the air in Stab mode(lost connection with GCP had to land). And then second time while autotake off in Auto mode. https://youtu.be/vuOHnH
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I replaced one of my quadcopter's ESC two days ago. But when I finished the work and rebooted the APM, it could not record the radio calibration. No matter how many times I recorded it, it still could not record the radio calibration.
Though the APM c
Read more…I just switched from Droidplanner 2 to Tower, and I noticed that, unlike Droidplanner 2, Tower does not count down battery usage in percentage (calling out every 10% like Droidplanner 2 used to do). Is there any way to activate this feature in Tower
Read more…Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm just getting started with the Pixhawk on a XAircraft 650-X8 frame. With Cobra 2217 motors and Afro 20A ESCs using Genfan 11x4.7 props to lift a NEX-5 camera. I made several auto test flights with the equival
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I am having quite a bit of trouble getting the correct radio controls to show correctly using APM Planner 2.0 in Manual mode.
I have flown the airplane in pure RC mode (no components connected to Pixhawk), and was successful.
I have the receive
Read more…Is it possible to connect e.g. an android phone or a 3g/4g modem over usb to a pixhawk and in this way provide internet access to the pixhawk?
I would like to use this for sending pixhawk's data to my webserver. For example the gps position, data of t
Read more…What constitutes an airport ? I did a search of airports in my vicinity and found two private airports that are no longer operational . One was a Helipad at a private residence and the house has sold 3 times since. The other was a private grass runwa
Read more…Hey Can't I just use all cc props and just have the motor spin the other way on y6 coppter
On a Y6 What if I had a bigger prop on the back then the ones on the front ?
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