Failsafe, RTL. My Quad doesn't know if there's a tree in the way, or worse, a human.
Is anyone working on obstacle avoidance using LIDAR, SONAR, or feature recognition?
Wouldn't it be great if my quad could go around a tree?
Thoughts?
Read more…Hace un tiempo di varias conferencias en Colombia sobre los UAV-Drones, debido a la gran cantidad de preguntas y dudas que me hacen por el perfil de DIY Drones y a mi correo e decidido compartir la conferencia de sobre los Drones, esta puede dar una
Read more…Am I safe to assume that I can power an APM Mini from a normal APM Power module, i.e. 5.37 volts?
Thanks.
Read more…This post has been up for 2 weeks now and I've got no response.
I first put this in ESC's and Motors, then "Pixhawk", Am I doing something wrong?
Hoping someone can help. Took a month off from flying my Pixhawk 3DR Quad and now motors won't spin when
Read more…I just don't seem to be getting very good range with the stock radios, and I would like to try longer antenna. I know/think that they currently have 2dbi antenna, so must I look for something with the same dbi? I'm just looking for a cheap'ish, off
Read more…Hi Guys, I felt like joining just to post this info. I purchased a Winbook tw700 for for my 6 year old, at $69, it's dirt cheap. It runs the full x86 version of Win 8.1, so I decided to test it out with Mission Planner. Well, it seems to work grea
Read more…Hello everybody, actually i'm working on a drone, i made a simulink schema to controle a drone wich is integrated on xplane. now i have a porblem, i have no idea how to make the drone fly automatically in a specific point. for example i give the long
Read more…I have been working on this a few weeks now. It is a BEC and R/C switch all in one that powers the servos, thus taking the current load of the servos off my APM.
Just wanted to share and maybe get some help on getting this to a single sided pcb
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Got my Pixhawk but the PC do not see it. When I plugged it in to USB, the Pixhawk seemed to me gets alive, but the PC don't see the device, don't installs any drivers. I tried at two PC's and tree OS (Win 7, 8.1, Linux Mint), Mission Plan
I'm running dual M8N's, and on some flights, I seem to get tons of GPS errors. It seems to result in RTL doing nothing. However, I seem to have plenty sats. These are the CUAV units.
Any reason I'm getting all these errors?
The previous flight was 35 m
need some help, my 650 quad is doing this strange surge climbs during AtHold and Loiter modes, I have checked vibrations and the APM is sitting on comfy foam pads.....this is a new build.....
any ideas please? I have attached a zip file containing all
Read more…What can a visionary man do, who holds the whole vision of a craft in his head, but is not able to draw two parallel lines. Ask for help : ?
Good technical 3D drawing skills are needed for:
A Saucer/Frisbee shaped vehicle which turns by magnetic levi
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I´m just finishing my build of this Giant X8 and being a Pixhawk fan the choice of autopilot was easy...
I made a search for D-130 X8 on the net but but didn´t find anything about anyone flying this beast with pixhawk...
I´m a litte bit nervous doing
Read more…I am traveling to Cabo (Mexico) and have no clue if it is going to be too much of a hassle to take my Iris+. I have 4 batteries and a mod in the Controller. Anyone done this? Any problems ahead with Airport/Airplane/Customs? Seems a shame not to get
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I'm trying to figure out why I'm able toget lat/lon data to work in Andropilot and QGround Control, but not Mission Planner or Droid Planner. The data link seems to work fine across the board. Satellite Count, and Altitude seem to come a
Read more…Has anyone successfully modified the GentLES USB2 to include the normal GentLes function as well as having video out (same USB connection) for the Canon S110?
If so, willing to share?
Pinouts?
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Through a number of tests (comparing with a fixed reference point) I noticed that my Pixhawk can have an altitude error of up to 9%. This meant that if I aimed to fly at an altitude of 100m I could in fact be flying at 91m. This is not always the c
Read more…Mapping Drone Build
3dr Quad Frame kit w/power distribution board $50 3DR
(4) SunnySky X2212-13 Brushless Motor KV980 16x4 $59 EBAY
APM2.6 ArduPilot Flight Controller+Ublox 6M GPS+915Mhz 3DR Telemetry+PM for FPV $85 EBAY
(4) APC 10x4.7 propellers $10
I'm looking for an Iris+ or similar. APM 2.5 or better. Thank you.
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