I can not solve this: I have a grey screen for video.
Please keep in mind, this setup WAS WORKING. I had video but no OSD, so I started to mess with it, now I have only OSD and grey background (see pic).
I have a minimOSD v1.1 board.
I have tried ALL
Read more…I 'm sorry if this has been posted before, I couldn't find another reference to it on the site.
Is this the most exciting breakthrough in our lifetimes or have I missed something? It looks like the people at ARCAA have cracked the most horrible sensi
Read more…I am building a dynamic full vehicle thrust stand and need to be able to set the throttles to specific levels for calibration purposes. Is there a way using the mission planner and a joystick as my control device to make the engines run at specific
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I'm trying to see if I can make my payloader and my gimballed searchlight work on a phantom. Unfortunately, I've never flown or owned one, so need to buy/borrow the bottom part of the shell so I can see what the mounting options are.
Does an
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I had a small crash this morning while testing some video shoots with my Y6.
APM2.6 ublox GPS with external mag, Rctimer HP4108-380kv top props 13x5,5 bottom 15x6,5 + 40A rctimer ESC.
frame type 10.
4.5 kg with 5 S 5800 and Nex7 with gimbal hover curr
Read more…Hi I'm trying to find out the amp draw for my hexacopter to find out if i can put a 40 amp voltage telemetry monitor in my hexacopter
Here is my setup:
550 frame
3d Robotics 880kv motors
10x4.7 props
3d Robotics 20 amp esc's
5000 mah 3 cell battery with 30
Read more…Hello everyone, I have just tried to flash the simonk firmware onto my esc's and got this error log in the screen shot below.
We have the right firmware, and even tried older versions getting the same code.
we even tried taking the usbasp off the esc
An African inventor has successfully invented an improvement in propellers for airplanes, helicopter, multiple rotor crafts (drones) and marine vessels.
The propeller designs makes less swishing noise than conventional models when in motion. It can al
Read more…HiI was curious if I can use my radio's expo and/or dual rate to fly my quadcopter.I want it to fly a bit more smoothly on the sticks e.g. indoor flight or for video recording. In other words less sensitive on the sticks.I'm not sure if expo and dual
Read more…Is there a solution for me to add autopilot to my blade 350qx?
Most of the components are proprietary so has anyone else brighter or more resourceful than me figured out a fix?
Please help.
This post is not much to find an solution but also to give a solution for those facing the same issue.
When trying to update the firmware of my quadcopter to v3.1.2 I could not get it working with Mission Planner (v1.2.97 build 1.1.5167.24804). It eit
Read more…What happened to setting flight mode on the joystick buttons. As from this version only the following options are available
Change Mode
Do_Set_Relay
Do_Repeat_Relay
Do_Set_Servo
Do_Repeat_Servo
ARM
Disarm
All the other options, Manual, Stabilize, Auto, Loit
Read more…I am interested in using Arducopter 3.x (esp. 3.1) and an APM2.5 with GPS units other than the 3DR GPS. In particular, I want to use the much less expensive ublox NEO-6M gps rather than the LEA-6H.
I've seen a few threads about this, but they are all
So I've never been 100% sure on this.
When using Survey (Grid) in Mission Planner, what focal length is the software asking for? Is it true focal length (i.e. that which is printed on the lens) or do we need to convert it to its 35mm equivalent? Sin
Read more…Hello, I just received a PIXHAWK kit with 433 MHz 3DR V2 radios.
Following the instructions here, I connected one of the radios to port TELEM 1. I also attached the remaining peripherals, buzzer, button GPS/compass (using the I2C splitter). I did not,
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Thank you very much for all fruitful and valuable discussion here. I have built a DIY H-copter with wood frame for a social-ecological research (forest monitoring, conservation, river water quality) in the tropics (Borneo). I am based in Eur
Read more…Alright so here is what I am thinking. I have the major components on there way to me as we speak, 3 axis MEMS digital Gyro , A 3 Axis digital accelerometer, and 3axis magnetometer/Accelerometer combo in one chip. These are coming from ST Microelectr
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I am new to using APM and mission planner. Is there a way to set the throttle level through mission planner?
For instance when i set a waypoint can i program the apm to navigate to the next waypoint at a faster throttle, and then change throt
Read more…So i just finally got my techpod all assembled and now im onto installing all of my equipment into the plane but im having a hard time setting up the channels with rangelink.
the only flight control currently working (and working on the correct channe
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