The latest version of Mission Planner version 1.3.17 Terminal connects fine to my new pixhawk, but the "setup" menu contains:
reset
show
set
esc_calib
and the "test" menu contains:
baro
compass
ins
optflow
relay
shell
rangefinder
but no "motors" test. So how can
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Well my Tarot TL8X bit the dust, literally. Spiraled out the sky from about 60 meters. I had logged about 2 hours of 4-7 minute flights over the last few weeks. On the day of the crash, I flew it twice before without a problem. I
Read more…Hey guys I am looking at ways by which the range of battery operated UAVs can be extended beyond the normal 1-3 hours of flight time(or the 7 hours by the Techpod).
I have been looking at these guys http://www.amicell.co.il/batteries/rechargeable-bat
Here's my issue, I am unable to get the flight mode to change with my spektrum dx8, on the radio calibration page I see that channel 5 is working properly with the gear switch and I have set up flight modes, but when I switch from different flight mo
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Will the antenna Tracker code run on an old 1280 Oilpan type APM, and where can I get it?
Read more…So I think my octocopter had a brown out, but the question here is if I did have a brownout is it the autopilot or the power module? And how do I have out in the log files?
Thank you for any help.
Read more…Hi,I have just bought an APM 2.6 and use Futaba T10J radio, so I also bought a R3008SB Rx. I have read a lot about problems with the PixHawk and Futaba Systems. Is the APM 2.6 compatible with the R3008SB Rx? Do I need to purchase a PPM converter?Than
Read more…Does anyone see a problem with using an XT90 Anti Spark connector in a X8 with as 6 cell power supply. My concern is doing damage to the Pixhawk and RC with the initial connection through the resistor.
Thanks
David Ardis
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I have several Ver. 1.1/1.3 3DR radios (not clones) with the USB connector. ie. ground modules, I broke one of my air modules and would like to know if it is possible to simply take a female USB cable and connect the 5v,0v,Tx,Rx to th
Read more…I was flying my custom hexacopter with Pixhawk running Arducopter 3.2. This was my first flight after a previous crash took out a few speed controllers (I made repairs, updated firmware, and ran through the initial setup again). At first the hex flew
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i have been using an apm2.5 running 3.2hexa firmware. i have tried uploading 3.15 on the board. it said firmware uploaded but not verified.
then when i am now trying to connect to mavlink, (it shows the arduinomega2560 and also comport10, by th
I've been out for a while... I just updated to the latest (1.3.17) Mission planner. I remember having some white dashed circles around some airports on the flight data page, but now there are some big concentric blue circles on the map. One is associ
Read more…This is kind of a strange question for this group, but here goes.
I want to use an old ArduPilot Mega 2.0 I had never used and I want to use it to capture images for photogrammetry from a manned aircraft.
So I would like to use the Mission Planner and
Read more…I had a crash today.
I loaded 3.2 a few weeks ago and haven't had any trouble with it, in fact, It has been excellent!
Today something happened that caused a crash, the damage isn't too bad.
However, I have been trying to make sense of it, and I hope if
Read more…Before I destroy a pricier toy, I'm going to purchase one of the $50-$120 quadcopters that have hit the scene lately and learn how to fly it.
From other forum posts, I've seen many recommendations, but many are a year or more old and I'm hoping to ge
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I've just finished writing and testing the stabilizer PIDs for my Arduino based quadcopter.
I currently use the Gy 80 IMU (accelerometer,gyroscope, magnetometer, barometer/thermometer).
What I'd like to do now is to introduce the U Blox Ne
my pixhawk can not connect to the QGC(v2.2.0) or MP with px4 firmware.And the main LED is always breathing blue, I'm not sure what does that mean.
QGC can find the board and the bootload except the firmware .I reload the firmware as QGC's suggestion.
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Is there anyone who could help me with finding some plans for large (2-3 m wingspan) blended-wing-body plane or flying wing with true aerofoil? (note that there is difference between BWB and flying wing. I prefer BWB.)
I'd like to build something
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Just a question about the LIDAR from Pulsedlight3d - I got mine today, but the best rig for testing it is an APM, not a pixhawk. The LIDAR is i2C.
Can I run the I2C board (https://store.3drobotics.com/products/pixhawk-i2c-splitter) from the AP
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