Discussions

Manual camera trigger option using radio

Guys,

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

Drone crashes on parking lot (Cypress, Texas)

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

Compassmot stuck at 24%?

Hi guys,

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

Loiter Not Work

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

Mission Planner waypoints

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.

HUD artificial horizon change

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

Error : verify_nav: Invalid or no current Nav cmd

Guys,

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

apm 2.5 help gyro backwards

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

Mission Planner quad icon displays wrong frame type.

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.

Intense weaving started to happen suddenly

Guys,

I am puzzled by a very strange behaviour of APM on my SKywalker. The setup was perfectly tuned and I had done several photomapping grids. All settings were fine tuned and the turns were all smooth sharp and with no weaving.

The same setup, one da

Pixhawk power supply questions on Airplane

Guys,

Was installing the new Pixhawk on a plane and was using the 3DR power module to power the Pixhawk. I also have an ESC (w/BEC) and 4 servos to drive around. Now i noted that without the ESC connected the Servo rails were powered with the 3DR Powe

9XR Open LRS Telemetry Hardware Mods

Forgive me for this but I have had some sort of brain hit. When I first began this adventure, I saw several good descriptions of the necessary hardware modifications to bring up the transparent serial bridge for telemetry on my Turnigy 9XR/Orange Ope

some Flight Plan condition commands not working

Here is a screen capture of the flight plan I uploaded to my quad (firmware 3.1.2).

CONDITION_DELAY and DO_JUMP did not work when I flew the mission.

I have also tried DO_SET_CAM_TRIGG_DIST without success.

Pixhawk with Taranis novice question

Dear all,

Probably being a little stupid but I can connect to the PIxhawk using mission planner and my TX controls calibrate without a problem so I assume the sbus connection from my RX to the Pixhawk is working fine (power going the other way is clea

Any good GPS cameras lighter than a Canon SX230 HS?

I've been using a Canon SX230 HS on multicopters for mapping and vertical imaging. I think it does a great job and takes fantastic pictures....but it's heavy! At 220 grams it seriously shortens flight time over other, lighter, non-GPS cameras. I'd li

Strange behaviour snap-rolling left on a hex.

Ok, bit of a weird one.

Hex displayed some alarming over-roll events tonight, when "snap" rolling - ie jab the sticks. Mainly because I'm still tweaking the PID's the last few percent.

However, it's only when "snapping" left. Add left stick progessivel

APM fell into the fresh water with battery connected, any advice?

Dear all,

I have been using a DIY h-copter for supporting my social-ecological research in the Borneo. Just some days ago, due to my mistake on not checking the battery, the h-copter fell into the water and everything is wet. I try to unscrew everythi

GPS/Loiter problem and 5.8 Ghz Tx

Hi,

 I have recently installed a 5.8 Ghz video transmitter on my APM 2.6 quadcopter and ever since the loiter is rather shaky, doesn't hold good position, some jitter is visible on the copter , although stabilise mode still works well.

 Thanks

Need help with altitude sensors

Skywalker X7

Hey All,

Just putting a Skywalker X7 together and was wondering if anyone has experience with the bright orange wing attachment things? 

1) Do they work? SOme say the clips break easily and you are better off using the plywood attachments.

2) Do you use