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Wanted: Separate RTH cruise and loiter altitudes

Hello folks,

I have several APM setups that I use with multi-rotors.

I currently use EagleTree OSD pro setups in my long-range FPV planes.

I'd like to try APM plane, but the area where I normally fly is very hilly. Eagletree has a feature which is inval

APM & telemetry > Laptop > Droidplanner or Andropilot?

How does one connect a tablet or phone running Andropilot or Droidplanner to a laptop running Mission Planner using Wifi?

I.e. I want to have my laptop running MP with telemetry and have my phone in my pocket connected to the laptop via Wifi routing t

USC film looking for photorealistic drone model

Hello DIY Drones Community,

USC film looking for photorealistic drone model

Hello DIY Drones Community,

APM Elevon Mixing Problem

Hi All,

I'm using a DX18 to fly a plane with an APM 2.5 but I can't get the elevons to mix properly.  I set them up on the radio and not matter what I do they don't move in the proper direction in FBWA mode.  I tried switching the channels where the s

SPECTRUM DX7S INACTIVITY

Does anyone know how to disable the inactivity warning on a DX7S. This goes off after 10 minutes. I regularly fly my Bixler for 12 to 30 minutes without  ( hopefully ) ever touching the transmitter controls. Probably cannot blame them for not thinkin

Is there a maximum distance that the APM will go to before returning?

I know that there is geofencing available, but some time ago there was a discussion about how far the APM will go before turning around to RTL. Someone mentioned 2.5Km but I can't find the discussion.

Does anyone know if there are any limits to the AP

How to connect a 3DR Power Module to PX4/PX4IO

So, how in the world do you use a 3DR Power Module with the PX4?

I would like to be able to measure both voltage and current with the PX4, and using the direct connection to the battery will only give me voltage. Is there a way to connect the power mo

Pixhawk and Sonar for Arducopter 3.1.1 RC2

Hi,

I did a post in the new forum, but I did not get any further response:

http://ardupilot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5733

Craig said that Pixhawk with sonar works fine, but only if I define sonar pin (SONAR_PIN).

But this parameter is not avaliable

An Important Restriction?

I was walking through downtown yesterday, in a crowded downtown "promenade". A downtown area of about 4 sque blocks in a big city where the streets are closed to vehicular traffic.

All of a sudden I came up on a crowd. In the middle of the crowd was w

APM 2.6 mount orientation change

Hi All,

I've been building APM driven multirotors for a bit and this is my first try with an APM based plane, looking for a little help. 

Due to the tight space on my frame, it would really help if i could mount the APM as pictured below:

After research

Minimosd Update Character Set

Hi All,

I have two MinimOSDs that I'm having issues with.  I have them hooked up to an APM 2.5 and have split the telemetry wires to go to my 3DR radio and the MinimOSD (diagram attached.)  I can get video from the OSDs but one says UPDATE CHARSET and

2.77 doesn't work in APM 1 2560?

The others versions works perfect in the apm 1 but the apm doesn't work with the 2.77, It's incompatible?

Thank's

Receiver freeze up after a few minutes

I have a strange situation where the whole system work fine when I first connect the power. But after a few minutes, the receiver suddenly stop working, do not react to transmitter input and the LCD also blinking red which means no binding with the t

PixHawk COM Port Settings

I am trying to load firmware but it always gets an error. I looked at the driver and it is set to the following:
9600
8 bit
No parity
1 stop bit

I was thinking that my APM was set much faster than that but I don’t know about the PixHawk? When I try to fla

Compass is 15' off = yaw?

Recently took my testbed quad up, and it crashed during autotune.

This takes the score up to Autotune:0-Ground:3

This was later traced to a battery low voltage error (at 4.02v idle???), causing a land event, which actually didn't attempt to land at all

3DR Iris Final Edition Status

Can we please use this post for all status updates updates on the Iris?

At a minimum We would like to be informed regularly about the following:

1) Current Development status of the Final Consumer Edition

2) Differences from the Development Edition

3)

RTL mode does NOT bring plane back.

I have a proven X8.  By proven I mean I've gotten 50 minutes of controlled flight out of it in multiple modes on multiple occasions.  Something has changed and I don't know what it is.

Today I almost lost it.  I had it in stabilize mode at 350ft.  I s

How to check APM plane firmware version installed and open it using Arduino IDLE?

Hello all,I want to check which APM firmware version i have been using before i update it to the latest (just in case something changes). How can I do this?I also want to make some small changes to the code. How can I do this using IDLE? Specifically

AHRS Orientation and Compass Orientation help

I'm going mental.  Can someone please tell me how to set AHRS Orientation and Compass Orientation for the following setup:

PX4 upside down and front pointing to the left of the vehicle

GPS module upright and front to the front of the vehicle

I thought