I just finished building a tricopter today and started setting it up. It is running APM 2.6 with Arducopter 3.1.5 firmware. At the moment it can barely hover at full throttle. It looks like after 1/2 throttle the APM simply ignores the inputs from th
Read more…I see that V3.0.4 beta3 is available. Where is the description of the changes?
How do we add a new main category for ArduPlane 3.X software?
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Hi Guys! Hobbyking has just released this new batteries meant to be used in multicopters. While they have an increased capacity/weight radio, they have sacrificed power output (they are rated at 10C).
While I think this is a good idea, I´m wondering h
Read more…So I am at the end of my rope. I cannot get my quad to be even the most basic stabilized. In no wind it drifts all over roll, pitch, yaw. I have calibrated the compass, accelerometer, radio…everything. Ran compass mot several times to make sure in
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I had a strange crash with my foam quad in auto mode. The quad frame is the following:
It's a pretty big frame and ver
Read more…Hi! Im having troubles with the compass calibration in arducopter.
Hardware:
APM 2.5 + 3DR external GPS and compass .
I really dont get why my z offsets are really high, here is a video showing my calibration process.
Thanks!
Read more…I've got three strange issues for your evaluation. Graphs pictured below and the log file is attached.
1) Loiter drifts. I have a solid GPS lock and vibrations all < 1. It drifts a little to up to 8-10 feet. I can't figure out why. Looking at the
Read more…I am close to getting a Y6 with GoPro and T-2D gimbal in the air, and I'm hoping to eventually get some great footage of friends on mountain bikes. To that end, I have some questions for videographers.
Hi, I installed a servo gimbal on my quadcopter yesterday. I successfuly maked it work with stabilization but now, I have 2 problems:
- How to subtrim servos ? Because of the notches of the servo horn, I cannot get the camera straight. In the mission
Read more…The only instructions (http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/planning-a-mission-with-waypoints-and-events/) I have found for "How to prefetch a stored mission map" only shows how to save the map tiles - barely. It doesn't show how prefetching a map for an
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This is my first post ever over here. I'll be honest I'm not a lot into making quads or anything of this sort but my professor asked me if I could do it and I said yes, as I need this project to graduate.
So now I'm stuck with poor knowledge about
I have a 3DR Y6 with a small 3S battery powering my video Tx. I'm adding a Tarot T-2D gimbal.
How can I power the gimbal from the video Tx battery?
Alternatively, how can I power the gimbal from the main battery (3S or 4S)?
Thanks,
Nick
Read more…I just wanted to make a post to specifically address the issue of vibrations on helicopters, as I am seeing quite a few logs which exhibit excessive vibrations. This not only affects Loiter, but can also affect Stabilize as the AHRS system loses trac
Read more…Ok, runnning into a problem with the 3Dr radios.
I'm running firmware 1.9, a 1/2wl mono on the GS, and 1/4wl mono on the quad, both are at transmit power of 20 (100mw), both antennas are optimally placed and orientated but I cannot get more than 300m
Read more…Hi everyone! I am new to my APM 2.6 and have been doing some simple flights with an Ansley Peace Drone to learn my way around the technology. I am trying to configure/tune the APM, but am not currently using an airspeed sensor, and can't figure out h
Read more…I am trying out a project that I found on this site
http://www.flitetest.com/articles/quadcopter-obstacle-avoidance-system-using-arduino
and according to the comments some people have been able to get this to work on an apm board. I am trying to interf
Read more…Hello everyone! I've set up an Iris to do survey work with a NEX 7 mounted below it. When it flies its pattern it will climb to over 10 meters above its designated altitude of 50 meters. However this only occurs when the Iris is traveling to the west
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For the past few months I've been working on a UAV using a raspberry pi as the flight controller, a crius aiop as the sensor board + real time rate pid controller, an alfa wifi adapter for the remote and HD fpv streaming.
I'm preparing to publis
I am a Newb to flying and to APM and so far have had no joy with my APM2.5 and APM Planner and 3d Radio (MAVLINK).
I am using a Taranis TX, X8R RX, 3dR APM 2.5 with APM Plane V3.0.3 firmware, UBlox GPS, V1 3dR Radio Telemetry, 3dR Battery Sensor, HXT9
Read more…I have a 2.4GHz FrSky transmitter and receiver combo and a 915MHz telemetry module from 3DR. After plugging in the telemetry module, I noticed a twitch in the tail servo on my Tricopter. It twitches every 1 second or so in a little pattern. like T-T-
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