I have read a lot of instructions and watched so many how to videos on this subject but I am still unsure that I have it right. I have spent all my savings on his project and if I make a mistake I'm out of the game as far as my XUAV talon is concerne
Read more…Hello Rotory-folk,
I usually hang with the straight and level crowd in fixed-wing-ville but a buddy of mine asked me a question relating to quads/multirotors and a project of his and I need some help.
What he wants to do is to have a quad/multirotor do
Read more…Hi,
Currently I am working on a project.
Building a ground station on which a drone should land within 20 cm of the T shaped target using the pixhawk optical flow camera and pixhawk controller. If possible even less the 20 cm.
After landing automaticall
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I've been tasked with shooting some video indoors. Through the 3.2 beta thread I remember there being a few mentions that GPS data is used when EKF is enabled even when not in GPS modes.
I would really appreciate some input, clarification
Read more…Due to taking my quad for a swim, I replaced my beloved APM with a Pixhawk.
I'm finding alt hold terrible, constantly drifting up and down. Also quad doesnt know when its landed (altitude wise)
A list of questions, before I downgrade back to APM(which
Read more…I'm very new to this hobby. I'm using Nexus 7 2013 to connect to telemetry radio for mission planner and follow me fly. But I can't connect to it. It get the error massage of "Mavlink error. Device not found. When I switch to my SamSaung Note 3 phon
Read more…I Have one question is that yesterday I have bought Lithium ion cells http://geb.ebay.in/g/ImportHubViewItem?itemid=221425823673&8-Panasonic-CGR18650CG-Lithium-Ion-rechargeable-battery-cells but I don't how to make balance-r port for this type of cel
Read more…I have the OCD that came in the 3dr video kit and I want to know if it is possible to change the color of the text it overlays. I am color blind so some colors contrast much better for me than others. The white is just hard for me to pickup clearly.
Read more…hi, i have a quadcopter , and am using Turnigy plush 30A ESC's with turnigy 1000kv BLDC's, and i recently installed a heavier frame and the quad can barely hover for 5 minutes.
i was thinking about getting stronger motors and keeping the same ESC's th
Read more…I was asked to help analyzing the altitude loss which occurs during auto missions with a copter.
The behavior happens again and again, it was not a one time event.
The copter is a 3DR Y6 Copter with Pixhawk and uBlox GPS.
LOG file and flight plan:
Read more…Dear all,
I am quite newbie, and I embarked on the construction of a QUAD Copter to learn about.
Frame: Tarot IronMan 650
ESC's: Castle Creation QUADPACK 35 with one embedded Bec
Motor: Motor T-MT4006
FC: 3.2 PixHawk
RC: Futaba 14SG - Mode3
After ha
Hallo,
I am new to this forum but not to multirotors.
Since version 3.2 there seems to be a problem with the RCMAP-function.
I am using Graupner mx-20 Hott which has different channels than the Mission Planers wants.
I used to adjust that with RCMAP and
Read more…If I use the Auto TakeOff function (for ArduPlane) at the beginning of a mission,
and I set the Altitude of the Auto TakeOff to for example 20 meters;
will these 20 meters be 20 meters above ground level or 20 meters above sea-level?
Thanks a lot
Felix
Read more…I've been stumped looking for a place to buy bare lipo batteries! my goal is to make small 3s packs with individual connectors for each cell, so they can be charged as 1s3p but discharged as 3s1p.
I have found small and medium (200-1000mah) cells on
Read more…Howdy all,
I am currently building an RC/Autonomous Mower and have some questions I could use some help with.
Currently I have the mower fabrication complete and as of yesterday I have the mower driving around in RC Mode!
(I have attached a few quick ph
Read more…Has anyone used guided mode? I was trying it out today and all is good until it gets to the target from there it wants to spin around in a circle like it's lost.
Maybe I missed something but is there a setting to change the behavior of the AC when it
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I have been trying to reach someone who might know my problem by posting on my own discussion thread in "miscellaneous" on my profile page. I haven't gotten very many suggestions or ideas, so maybe this is a better category. (except for test flig
I see arducopter has two possible tri-copter options; which is best? And what does it mean when the second option "doesnt need a code change"?
It's for a small 300mm foldable - the HK trifecta to be specific.
Read more…Arduplane V3.2 and APM 2.6 3DR, gps/compas 3DR. It was working fine until today.
Any idea of what could be the cause please ?
Thank you
Read more…I'm selling my 3DR Y6. It's a nearly RTF system (just add your radio and a battery), and is in great working shape. I'm getting 12+ minute FPV flight times with a 4S6000. Would love to keep flying this bird, but need to upgrade my camera beyond wh
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