Relative Pixhawk noob here as I think I have the right log file attached.. I flew my second flight with my newly built Tarot TL8X - Octocopter. During the first flight which lasted about 8 minutes, one of the ESCs failed and the octo hovered just f
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I m just curios if the implemented planner is giong to connect all waypoints through the generation of a spline or uses others algorithms. And if yes, which kind of spline is going to be generated? B-Spline? Catmull-Rom? Quintic splin
Read more…How do companies such as Amazon and 3DR and other drone manufactures test their drones legally in the US? For example, Amazon makes a change to one of their test drones. They take it out back of the workshop and fly it around the parking lot. Even th
Read more…For the APM board, many annotated images can be found such as the one below, but I can't find a single one for a Pixhawk. Does anybody have a link to one? Basically I want to know where the sensors are located.
APM example:
Unannotated Pixhawk board:
I might be being a bit of a dumb ass here, but only recently started to play with droidplanner and the tablet is the primary control system. But I've noticed an issue I've not experienced before (because i normally use the transmitter as the primary
Read more…If I pick my sensor board off the floor, the MPU6050 Z-axis accelerometer detects this.
Once off the floor and no longer rising, if I move forwards, and then to the left, the X and Y accelerometers do not detect this.
I've got the sensor set at +/- 2g,
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I'm attaching my log from our last flight as our little quad went completly bonkers before it crashed.
Short after takeoff it went completly out of control, no response at all from RC or Telemetry and then crashed near a pond (thank god).
But th
Read more…Frame: Tarot Hexa 680
Gimble: Tarot 2 axis
Motors: Mystery 2814-8a 1000kv
Props: Carbon Hobbyking 12x4.5
ESC: Hobbyking Blue series with simonK
Computer: 3DR Pixhawk w/3DR GPS
Batt: Nanotech 4s 5000mah
Camera: GoPro Hero 2
Radio: Turnigy X9
Reciever/Transmitt
Read more…I connected my 3DR Radio V1,1 to my cellphone using a femal usb to fembal usb between my radio usb, and the my cellphone data/ charging cable (with a USB 2.0 on one side and a USB micro.
But my cellphone won't detect my radio. It doesn't even turn on
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well, custom H alu frame, APM mini firmware 3.2 - GPS Ublox 6h, Qbrain 4x25, moteur Ipower 850Kv.
I start the quad this morming with auto mission 800 m. Wait for 7 satelites - I usualy get 8/9 satelites in our open field,
Started with Alt Hold
Read more…Tweaking a new build. I'm flying a 3dr pixhawk with a rangevideo ublox 7m compass/gps. This morning I went for a flight and had some battery failsafe issues. That was simply a mistake on my part entering the wrong capacity in the failsafe mah. Other
Read more…I have a "flown once" HKpilotmega 2.7 system up for sale. I could never get if quite figured out and it sat for weeks on my bench. I had one flight and the craft climbed to the roof. I need something I can fly indoors and I am not skilled enough appa
Read more…In light of pending legislation, I would like to see someone develop a low price point ADS-B transponder that can broadcast position and a selectable secondary radar squawk code in the 1200-1299 range.
I have read and seen some of the commercial solut
Read more…What are your top picks for multirotor UAVs for development projects? If you were working on an international development project in a challenging field location - including 3D mapping, air sampling, video, and surveying - which model would you pick?
Read more…The purpose of this posting will be to document the building of a video capable low vibration quad with FPV/OSD that flies for 1.5 hours.
- flight path range > 15 km (2km radius)
- max speed > 30 kph (capable of handling moderate winds)
- GoPro camera/v
Read more…I think I have the answer for setting failsafe on taranis and x8r with pixhawk for loss of radio communications or you simply turn off your transmitter.I am using Sbus.What I did was go into failsafe settings and set up a custom failsafe on flight m
Read more…I recently flew an autonomous mission close to the launch site. I did not go farther than 50 m away and no more than 50 m high. Nevertheless, there were the failsafe conditions that show up in the attached image.
My FS transmitter was powered up the e
Read more…U.S. Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Integration, Oversight, and Competi...
This is a 2+hour recording of House Transportation sub-committee testimony from 12/10/2014 and I haven't watched all of it, There are some interesting sound bites. (The quotes belo
Read more…Does anybody know if you can make a cheaper alternate than buying a stabiliser for a canon (which is like £600), this will be attached to a drone. (octocopter) I would like it to create a smooth picture while flying. Could you please list the equipme
Read more…Hi I cant find my board on any com port. Nothing shows up in the device manager or on the mission planner. I have tried to reinstall the mission planner. I think I may have plugged in the board before opening mission planner and got driver failed to
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