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3DR Version 1 Telemetry Radio with Pixhawk

So I finally added the 6th wire to my version 1 (3DR) telemetry radio and its not receiving any heartbeat packets. And if it does it takes forever to establish a link. Sometimes it only gets 1 Heartbeat packet.

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Daily Drone News Articles Rant

I'm beginning to wonder about all these drone sightings coming in. It seams every day now there is a new report of an airliner seeing a drone flying in their airspace. When I read drone spotted above 3000' AGL I really question the integrity of the s

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-Pls Help- Pixhawk dead just before his birthday?

Hi everyone, 

I need your help please, I'm afraid my Pixhawk is dying (which would be a shame since it's not even 1 year old). It's doing this:

Pixhawk anniversary from mterzian on Vimeo.

- I powered my Pixhawk for a flight today and couldn't start it.

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Ublox GPS connector

Hi All, 
I have the UBOX GPS for the APM 2.6 I purchased from banggood.com
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When I plugged the connector on the GPS side, the 6-pin block broke. 

After pounding my fist against the table several time, I realized the other two

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Project Help Needed! Object Detection Warning System For On-Screen Displays

Hi,

I am starting a new project which aims to take a live stream from a DSLR type camera (HDMI), and overlay a visual proximity warning system over it. Ideally, i would then like to output this over either an analogue or digital data link.

I was going

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LidarLite on Pixhawk setting zero range

I have the LidarLite on my quad with a Pixhawk controller running software version 3.2 and I see the ranging values in the setup screen.  When the quad is sitting on the ground on the landing gear, the LidarLite is about 50cm above the ground.  Does

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What have I missed in the last 12 months ?

Haven't been on here for a while. I have the APM2 board and Ublox gps on my quad. Last time I flew her the auto landings were pretty impressive.

 Has the APM2 firmware got better ??  or is everything geared towards the new APM2.6 and pixhawk ?

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3D printed EDF tricopter/tiltrotor

ive been working on a tricopter for a few weeks in autodesk inventor and am wondering what power setup i should go with and if you guys think this thing will even fly. they are 90mm edf cowls and all three rotate like an osprey, the fuselage can hold

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flying quadcopter using 4 channel RC and xbee

hello everyone, i have a quadcopter that uses APM2.6 controller and its flying manually using 4 channel RC, and i want to start flying it on missions using mission planner and xbee.

the problem is that i see everyone uses auto-stabilize and auto-trim

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communicating apm2.5 with rasberry pi

I am trying to send complex control commands from rasberry pi b+  to ArduPilot Mega(APM) 2.5, such as loitering and acquire GPS location. i have connected both boards using USB. i was able to write a command to read 250 numbers on arduino and uploade

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3 problems with mission planner

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Iris+ Motor will not spin

Hi Happy New Year everyone.

I'm totally new in UAV. I bought Iris+ 2 weeks ago and had fun flying because is so easy. Now I got problem for  won't arm and some errors say RC not calibrate. I read some forum and try to skip gps and it arm and the motor

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Fpv gear for Arducopter 2014

What are the best types of fpv cameras that can record video.should i get the goggles or monitor, what is the most cost effective? What are the best types of cameras to get that can record video, has to be compatible with Arducopter 2014 DIY kit, I d

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Pixhawk Over Compensating

Hi Guys, i am new to this forum so hopefully i have this post in the right place.

I am having a small issue with with two multi-rotors i have set up.  First machine was a quad with 14 inch props, 3508 motors, 6S AUW 2.2kg

Second machine having the same

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Mission Planner ...... Display waypoint file name

After loading a waypoint file, Is there anywhere the file name is displayed in the "Flight Plan" screen?

Thx,
Brian

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Camera Trigger Cables

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Camera Trigger Cables

Hi Guys

 

Ok seems there is some interest in trigger cables. WHO WANTS ONE !  speak now or forever hold your peace.  lol

 

Please provide me with your camera model and your shipping address and email.

 

I will be making cables after the holidays, so taking

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Please Help, Firmware Update resulting in no more RC signal? Previous to the update it worked perfectly!.

Please Help! Flashed my pixhawk with updated APM Planner (2.1.15) firmware and now can no longer receive any Transmitter signal, when it worked perfectly previous to flashing I had just done a esc calibration with no issues what so ever...Using X8R w

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arducopter 3.2 motors not spinning on arming

Hi everyone, Ive got a F550 converted to 680 with DYS 65oKV motors and APM 2.6.

Had 3.1.5 installed initially but upgraded to 3.2.  Since then I get about a max 1-2 mins flight time on 4S 8500mah battery and no motors spinning on arming.  This is comp

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