I bought an APM 2.6 from 3DRobotics 2 weeks ago. I finally got around to putting it in a hexacopter.
I have a question regarding the connections of it because it seems to be dead and not working.
I have Hobbywing 30A ESC's.
So when connecting everything
Read more…After many long months I have finally gotten my quad up and running. After a successful test flight with stock PIDs, I decided to give the Auto Trim a go. Set everything up, and got up in the air. Maybe 10 seconds after a hover, the quad would sudden
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I've flown my Quad + Pixhawk twice and it worked GREAT.
Then I started to tweak things in APM Mission Planner to get the Tarot Gimbal tilt control working. Now it does.
But I must have messed with some parameters in the progress: I tried to
Read more…For a project that involves fast, low flying jets, we set up an APM running Arduplane 2.74.
We used EZUHF for the RC link which was programmed to trigger RTL if the RC link got too weak or lost.
What you can see in this video is the Mavlink data using
Read more…Hey everyone, I'm trying to flash my pixhawk with the latest hil apm plane firmware but I'm getting the following error...Screenshot of error attached.Thanks for the help :)G
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I finished making my hexacopter and tried to fly twice but they both ended up with terrible crashes. Eventually, I have realized I really have to adjust the PID values. Could someone who has or had a multicopter weighing around 4kg share
Read more…This is a OSD for FrSky Smart Port telemetry based on minimosd-extra.
To get this working you need:
- MinimOSD or MavlinkOSD
- UART to Smart Port Inverter https://github.com/razvanstanga/minimosd-frsky/blob/master/S.PORT_inveter.png
- FTDI 5v connecto
I am attempting to fix the flybar acro code, wanted to get it out with the upcoming 3.1.3 release, but I'm in a bit of a pickle. It compiles in Arduino, but won't compile in Make for PX4. I assume it's just some sort of annoying problem with Make.
Read more…I spent 329.99 on 3DR products nearly two months ago. I received the package a month and a half ago, all good this far.
Now today, a month and a half after FedEx dropped off the parts I get billed for $100 in import and customs fees!
I don't know if it
Read more…I haven't seen anyone with a similar situation so far, but I have an SK-450 with an APM 2.5, and I'm having problems switching from "takeoff" to the rest of a mission and from the last waypoint to "land". More specifically, it will takeoff and loiter
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I configured the camera trigger on CH6. I can get this to work using the "Trigger Camera NOW" on the MIssion Planner. I am sure it would work with the Camera distance trigger.
But what if I wanted to manually trigger a picture using my RC ? I do
Read more…From local news, unconfirmed by me:
CYPRESS, Texas -- A customer at an HEB store in Cypress was stunned when something fell from the sky Tuesday – a drone!
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Drone-crashes-in-HEB-parking-lot-in-Cypress-254467061.html
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Bit of a strange one this - I've spent the evening gradually increasing the length of my GPS mast, as I was getting 24% on compassmot. For me this is unacceptably high (the highest I have had until now has been 1%). As you can see from the pi
Read more…Hey folks,
I have an APM2.5 running on a SK450 with whatever the latest version of arducopter firmware is. Using a ublox gps and 900mhz radio telemetry modules with 2.4 for rc control.
In stabilize mode the quad works great. I fly up to about 5m altitu
Read more…I tried finding a recent post regarding this but everything was referring to APM 2.0/2.5 and even firmware 2.x.
I have 3.1.2 on my 3DRobotics APM 2.6 running Mission Planner 1.2.99. I am curious when creating a waypoint mission how the altitude works.
Read more…Did I fall asleep?, just checked the artificial horizon in MP 1.2.99 and noticed that the artificial horizon now stays level when the aircraft banks.
I'm one of many who have misunderstood the HUD view in the past and thought that the horizon was reve
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On a couple of my flights I had this weird error verify_nav: Invalid or no current Nav cmd
The plane after launch, when put in Auto mode did not accept and started flying circles and totally ignored the waypoints. There were around 130 waypoints
Read more…Hi would love any help with this.
i have a brand new hobbyking apm 2.5. i am about to send it back but thought i would check here first.
In mission planner the gyro performs backwards. when i roll it left it shows as right, and visa versa.
Yes i
After setting one of my quads to 'Plus' frame type Mission Planner uses the plus quad icon for all my quads, including the ones set up with 'X' frame type.
