Hi All,
I am struggling to find any concise information on ArduStation, but bits and pieces I can find suggest it is a pretty handy bit of kit that I might consider exploring...
My main intent it to create a SIMPLE antenna tracker. Simple because it in
Read more…Wonder if Ali Express are really selling what they're advertising? I've bought other uav products from them before without issue, but this seems too good to be true. I guess they could be knocking off the FLIR core, but at a 1/10 the price?
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I'm trying to choose a motor to build a long(ish)-endurance quadcopter. I will be using the RCTimer x650 frame to lift a go-pro and small brushless gimbal. I want to use 2x 4000mah 4s packs for a total of 8000mah 4s
I want to use ~16 inch propel
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Recently I started working with APM and mavlink. I'm trying to get attitude and acceleration data from APM via USB. So far I was able to receive RPY data correctly but I can't seem to be able to get correct readings from accelerometer. Rele
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Read more…I've set up my APM 2.6 with the receiver that comes with the Flysky TH-9x. To make things simple I'm doing everything using the wizard found under "initial setup" tab of Mission Planner. I've gotten to the point where I'm supposed to set up the radio
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I just implemented an idea I had a while back to improve the Arducopter stability control. It's basically using the stabilized acro idea and comes from noticing that my acro leveling code was faster at returning the copter to level than the
Read more…I will shortly be ordering the 3dr video kit. It includes a 3s Lipo fo the air and the ground. Obviously the ground one requires it, but I will probably wire it into my Turnigy 9xr directly. However, for the air I'm wondering why I need a separate
Read more…Here's a bit of a brain teaser. How would you go about calibrating a 3-axis magnetometer in a vehicle that's too big and heavy to be manipulated by hand? The brute force method would be to build a big rig to lift the vehicle off the ground with thr
Read more…Hi, I am using two camera (Day and Night) payload in my plane but I have only one video transmitter which can communicate to video RX connected to Ground station (GCS). Now I want to send one of the video signal to video tx one at a time. To do that
Read more…Hello All,Does anyone know of a way to have the APM measure motor rpm and report it back via telemetry to mission planner?Thanks,Ted
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I am building a new copter and currently thinking about wiring.
I have a 3DR PDB https://store.3drobotics.com/products/hexacopter-power-distribution-board-1 and I am not sure if I should use it for connecting the ESC signals to it to connect t
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I'm about to take the plunge on a Mini Mugin 2.6m from FPVModel. I really prefer it to be electric, so I need some suggestions what to replace the motor with.
It comes with a DLE30 motor swinging a 19" prop. The factory (after my insistence th
My plan to create a drone, acquire imagery and process by May 5th with NY weather seems to be far reaching for this semester's college project. Although I intend to proceed with the project as a personal interest I am back to ground zero for projec
Read more…Why was the prop direction changed? Better performance?I've just built a little "bulldog" around y6a - should I be on y6b?
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We are a small start up constructing a high performance composite fixed wing platform for land and environmental surveys with a capacity in a first instance of 2-3kg of payload, this is a 3 meter wingspan platform : www.raptoruas.com/re-1.html
We
Read more…I see on the Pixhawk product page it says it only work up to 8 channels on Spektrum satellite recievers. Does this mean that a satellite that has been bound to a 9 channel RX wnt work at all or that you will only get 8 channels? I have a 9 channel sa
Read more…I have upgraded our quad to an octaquad and we have been conducting test flights using AC3.1.
The first test flight 18th, was in relatively calm wind conditions and the IMU showed quite low X,Y & Z settings. The drone flew very well except it didn't h
Read more…It seems the popular Tarot and Zenmuse gimbals use the GoPro without it's rugged and waterproof housing. Is there a reputable gimbal that will hold the GoPro while inside it's case? I am leary of having a $400 camera outside it's protective case.
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