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Brown out, then failure of an Arduflyer 2.5.2 during Compass Calibration.

During an attempted Compass Dance, I was trying to get a good distance from my laptop during a Compass Calibration while I was reinstalling my APM 2.5 in its frame after changing out the method of powering. I had just allowed an update Mission Planne

can drones be used to do work?

 I had the idea to use a drone for cleaning my windows, putting a rotating brush at the end of it, just wondering how easy it is to push off against a solid object and how accurate it might be. I am very new to drones but I thought it could be a fun

3dr Telemetry

I am trying to find out what the max range on the 3dr radios are. And what is the max watts I can put them too.

Do I need Compass re-calibration when I travel out of country?

Hi Folks,

I live in the Netherlands and going to Denmark over the weekend (distance: 800 km, up North). I use the Arducopter v3.0 firmware, and it hovers quite well at home.

The magnetic declination as found here, gives me the following values (Degrees

Possible UART0 Failure [Solved]

I believe the UART that USB and telemetry share has stopped working.

Everything was working great for months with telemetry, teensy, jd-miniosd, all sending data to their respective destinations (pc, taranis, goggles). Now there is no mavlink. Power c

auto take off fx-61

Hi Guys,

I have got a fx-61 some day ago, and I am having problems with the settings for taking off in auto mode.  The plane doesn't keep its heading, always turn right and up, so it gets down inmediatly. Have you tried to take off in auto mode?, if y

Auto Tune on Large Octo

Auto tune worked great, much better than I expected. The only side effect is the difference in stick movements afterwards between stab mode and loiter/position

Otherwise pretty much perfect

Mission planner install

When I try to install it I get an error message saying installer needs to be on local directory. Windows 7Any fixes with we links?

I upgraded a stable flying APM 2.0 quad running ArduCopter 2.7.3 to 3.1.3 and introduced a wobble

Hi guys.. I wonder of any of you have any ideas on how to reduce a wobble.  I went through all the steps as I did when I built the quad and installed firmware 2.7.3.  I'm attaching my flight logs hopefully someone can give me advice.  The wobble is l

Entering Magnetic Delclination Issues

This is a very old issue with APM Planner and I was hoping it would go away eventually, but maybe I'm not understanding how it's supposed to work.

When connecting to my copter using telem radio, I go to Initial Setup / Mandatory Hardware / Compass. I'

Does this sound on boot up for Pixhawk indicate a problem ?

Guys,

I am having some trouble figuring out if the sounds from my Pixhawk running the latest APM:Plane on it , indicate a problem. Everythign otherwise seems to work great on ground - though havent flown in air.

Heres the video : 

https://www.youtube.co

Arm/ Disarm APM

What's new in 3.1.3?

I see that 3.1.3 is out, and I've updated from 3.1.2.

But what's been added, and what's been fixed? Any new gotchas?

Take off problems with 3DR Quad kit!

Hi all,

I know there's been lots of posts about these sorts of problems, and there is troubleshooting guidance on the arducopter website (which I have been through), but I have tried everything I've come across and still have had no luck!

The problem I

Mission Planner Mavlink Won't Connect (No Heatbeat Packets Received)

MP connected and downloaded firmware to the APM 2.5 without issue.  But when I click the upper right Connect to get the parameters:

o When the USB is plugged in, COM4 Adrino Mega 2560 (COM4) appears [device setting is 115200 as is the MP pulldown]

o Wh

Can anyone tell me why my quadcopter came home??

Here are the logs

2014-04-16%2022-20-02.tlog

2014-04-16 22-20-02.tlog

Saving Mission as a file for later use with Mission Planner

Hello,How do I save my mission plan (created using MP 1.2.87) as a file for later use? I would like to make several mission plans at the office. So in the field I´ll just upload the mission files as needed, without wasting precious time and computer

Quadcopter Jolts, Toilet Bowls, Crashes. Can't figure out these stupid logs.

Second actual flight I've done with my finally finished quad, I get it up for a couple seconds, and then I lose control of it and it toilet bowls, breaking one of the arms.  I'm looking through the dataflash log but I can't figure out how to make sen

APM tries to yaw, roll and pitch

Hi everyone,

I made an APM2.6 Hexacopter and I'm sure there are no calibration mistakes. The problem is, when I spin the motors, APM itself decreases some PWMs and increses some. This is mostly to yaw but sometimes it can pitch and roll too. When I de

IRIS and Tarot Gimbal Video Test

IRIS Gimbal Test Flight from robcee on Vimeo.

I spent the weekend configuring the Tarot 2D gimbal on my IRIS.

Check out the buttery smooth video!