My first missions are all working great, including hand-launching in auto-mode which is a littke gem, RTL, loiter and mission auto-land process.
I am still having a problem though understanding the Home process.
I do not own a laptop or a tablet, there
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is it recommended to use digital servos with APM because of the usually faster and more precise feedback loop or do you think analog is good enough and has less problems with current spikes and brownouts ?
Read more…Does anyone know what frequency the GPS functions on Canon sx230hs camera operate? I am using 915 MHz for telemetry and hope to avoid a crash and burn scenario. Any help would be appreciated.
Read more…'hey guys, i have been using position hold for quite some time, it is the only mode which offers position fix x and z only, why has this been removed?
I allowed me to film exactly how i wanted to film, fast ascension whilst maintaining a fixed positio
Read more…Hell, I am trying to do photomapping by UAV for a remote coral reef near Taiwan. It's out of the cruise range of our quad from land. I am thinking to take the quad, with APM 2.6 + GPS 6H, on a boat, sail to the reef, then launch the quad from the boa
Read more…I have tried to update Mission Planner 1.2.97 build 1.1.5167.24804 and get the following error message:
"Update Failed File downloaded does not match hash: it-IT/MissionPlanner.resources.dll"
What does this mean and what should I do to correct it?
Read more…Some of you might have read my blog posts about ny autonomous sailboat. It is now time to implement my control algorithms on the APM.
My plan is to start with the APMrover code and replace some parts with my code. There are a few changes that i need
Read more…It seems that it I an only hold rather gentle descent rate in loiter. Otherwise it starts to wobble and flop around. I suspect that it is simply descending through it's own prop wash and making the accel go nuts. I can control that with the stick,
Read more…I'm looking for ways to enhance visual orientation of my quad. Right now all I've got is green props up front and black in the back. So if it is close enough, I can tell which side is the front. But I need better. Looking for what others have don
Read more…A very reliable Hex fell 300 feet today... good thing I was at 400 feet because it recovered...
But I had to fight to get it back...
I am not very good at looking at these logs..
It looks like the throttle input, to the APM, went to zero for a few sec..
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Looking to have a space on DIYDrones where folks can talk about humanitarian applications of personal drones, like Euan Ramsay's recent blog post on using a quad to deliver Search & Rescue payloads:
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/payloader
Read more…I am ALMOST excited further to my very first APM 2.5 + Bixler 1 mission...
My waypoints are low,but the plane keeps on climbing while going through all the waypoints... 50 meters and above... I become scared, goes back to stabilize and glide nicely, b
Read more…My Initial Factory settings:
I recently finished and assembling a QAV540G Quad with low KV high wattage motors with a 6S 5100 Battery pack. It is using TMotors 12" props. The beast weighs about 5.5 lbs.
After assembling, calibrating and setting up
Read more…Has anyone experiencing fast altitude losses (around 10-20FT) when loitering close to ground, followed by an overshoot after if it tries to go back to the original altitude?
It also sometimes just hovers very close to ground after the altitude loss ha
Read more…OK, so I finally got sick of testing my motors/esc/props on make-shift test stands. I decided to make something that will be as close to finished product as possible and hopefully, if there is any interest I could make it into an official product.
Wi
I have a RTF Hexa from 3DRobotics and I am having some problems with the display of my OSD, (see picture), there are artifacts that look like characters on the screen. Has anyone had this problem or know how to correct it?
Hi
Does anyone have a link for the build instructions for a new Skywalker X6 flying wing? I tried all the usual places Th position of the CG would be really useful, the rest of it I can work out.
Thanks
Read more…Flight mode 6 is manual , greyed out, and cannot be modified.
How can I modified it to STABILIZE or FBWA please ?
Thank you
Read more…Since upgrading to 3.1, I've had the following issue:
If my throttle trim is zero, then channel 3 is 1050 when transmitter is on with throttle stick all the way down. When my transmitter is off, then channel 3 goes to 1150.
In order to make throttle z
Read more…In flight planner, the actual number are gone in the first column of the command interface. Anyone know what this is about? I can post a screen shot later if need be.
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