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Quadrokopter ..Kabel durchmesser...auftretene Fehler.

Hallo zusammen,moechte euch nicht vorenthalten was mir passiert ist.Vielleicht hilft es den einen od. anderen in der Zukunft.

Folgendes,bisher hatte keine besonderen Probleme mit meinem Kopter bis eben vor 2 Wochen. Ich entschied mich einen Klappbaren

Cruise Control

DJI has just released a new video with a new feature which comes very handy when you film from a copter and do all the camera controlling by yourself.

You can slowly accelerate to maybe 10km/h then flip a switch on the transmitter and its keeping this

PixHawk-arduino interfacing

How can you connect arduino to PixHawk or APM and make arduino send commands to it?

Obstacle Avoiding

How can I add ultrasonic and IR sensors to pixhawk?

MATTERNET looking for a UAV technician/engineer!

DIY Drones Mentioned on CNN

I built this Octocopter with Justice Bentz and Alan Carol of Pigeon Vision at my little drone workshop in Connecticut.   It's a 1.3 meter Foxtech Kraken using a Pixhawk Flight controller to carry a Canon 5D on a 3 axis gimbal.   

Justice uses the dron

Parachutes for large multirotors

Looking for the most reliable parachute system for a 16kg 1300mm X8.  Not that I don't trust my Pixhawk, but the payload value is very high and of course there's the safety factor with such a heavy unit.  I've seen the Opal system that deploys from t

What USB inputs can droidplanner take?

Im about to start another *roll eyes* project to build a custom handheld GCS.

I plan to use a nexus 7 tablet hooked up to a RFD900u, but also have a USB joystick connected by USB OTG.

For the joysticks ill be using something like these:

Ultra Precision

any Pixhawk issues at high latitudes?

Hi all -

I am wondering if anyone here has experience flying a Pixhawk-based multicopter at higher latitudes in the Arctic.  We are purchasing an octocopter with Pixhawk and 3DR uBlox GPS for use in surveying around Tuktoyaktuk, NWT next summer (69.4

CanadaDrones

I'm usually a fellow that gives people a fair chance and I think I have in this case. I purchased a 3DR Pixhawk with GPS from Dany at CanadaDrones. Everything was fine until I needed to send the GPS unit back for warranty. Now 3DR had been excellent

FRANK KWABENA????

who got a profile message from this one?

i got a notification in mail about saying i got a comment on my profile... but in here i cant find it... 

and it seems a lot like a scam of some sorts

Quadcopter with APM 2.6 and Arducopter 3.1 flipping backwards

Hi

I am building quadcopter which is ready to fly but when i try to lift it it always flip backwards everything is according to instruction. Please suggest any change is parameter or other setting so that it will lift off the ground.

thanks 

Thesis about ardupilot

Hello everyone! CAn anyone help me! i want to built up exercises and examples about ardupilot! how does it work and how can anyone fly with autopilot in arduino! i want to do it by simulation with X-plane! Any ideas please about how?

Tracker...

Hi all

new here so dont kill me just yet...

i used google to search the forums for a clue but ran my head against the wall

i wanted to see what options APMPlanner had for controlling a tracker... but there are only 2 items under config... 3dr and firmwa

How to write messages from Pixhawk code to the outside world for debugging

Hi everyone,

I am frustrated in trying to get any kind of message out of my code with some sort of printf OR similar statement.  These would be temporary statements to be removed after debugging.

I heard that hal.console was part of a solution but coul

Baro acceptable noise

Hi, I experienced some weird issue today and would like some help, I have a X quad running 3.1.5 with amp 2.6, I have this one for weeks and no problems today I attached a landing skid and a t-2d gimbal, I notice the copter requires more power to hov

Iris+ Compass Configuration

I found the below instructions for setting the compass for the Iris. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD9Z9IR2TNU&feature=youtu.be

When configuring the Iris+ compass, is it the same? from the compass interface, do Iris+ users click live calibration? 

Ne

How much should my voltage bounce in MP?

Trying to figure out if I have a jacked up power module. I have calibrated mission planner using a watt meter. But when I'm at idle with the motors spinning my voltage is all over. My watt meter will read a steady 16.4v but mission planner is showing

IRIS+ , /W GIMBAL. ISSUES

Hello all,

I bought two IRIS+ and I am having a issue with the gimbals that came with them. It seems I am getting jitter/shakes in the video footage during fast movements. I suspect it may be the dampeners that need to change.

Has anyone notice this wi

ARM THR below FS

I am the owner of a new Iris+ and I have been doing my best to take it slow.

When I went out for my maiden voyage, I tried to arm the Iris+, It would not arm, so I tried arming the Iris from my tablet and it returned the following error:

"ARM THR below