I am in the process of putting together my first FPV/telemetry quad and have a few concerns about antennas. I am using the APM 2.6, ublox GPS,3DR 915 MHz telemetry, Futaba 2.4GHz tx/rx, and 3DR 5.8GHz fpv. My question is will the GPS,Telemetry,Futaba
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The ad information almost promises me a cut of the pie!
HERE is the ebay listing.
Better act now. There is only 3 days and 11 hours left at the time of this posting.
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Read more…what should I set my LVC to in the ESC's. I'm leaning toward disabling them all together and rely on my flight timer instead
Read more…The crazy man in me is trying to stuff an APM into a cheapie HK250GT as a method to waste an inordinate amount of time. (and likely also money)
It is a great lesson in weight reduction and miniaturization with many more lessons to be learned - proba
Hi Folks,
I want to extend the GPS and mag cables so that I can mount it on a arm of my hex. Is there a length limit? 30cm OK?
Seeing as you cannot get a 5pin to 6 pin df13 (why oh why?) I'm going to splice them, preferably into one cable. Any good
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While I was connecting Pixhawk with GPS +mag (mentioned for APM 2.6) that came with it. Initially I used the 6 to 5 pin cable that came with GPS module. Then upon connecting Pixhawk with MP, there was no GPS. I watched closely and found that pin o
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Currently I am working on a power distribution board that can handle 320A continuously and 400A peak I thought of using Copper to handle the current. But, the thing I am unable to decide is the cross sectional area of Copper that is required
Read more…I'm trying to limit the throw of the servo so it won't BIND. I can adjust it at my radio, but not to sure that's were it needs to be done at. I've been reading the Parameter setting...say RC3_ Parameters. there are "RC min PWM", RC trim PWM", and "RC
Read more…Since neither Andropilot nor Droidplanner is capable of reading a mission text file without having issues with commands each program doesnt recognize because of being out of date or having a bug...wouldn't it be nice if some Android programmer out th
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When I switch to FBW-A mode it reduces my EL rate to about 1/4 the throw. I have redone the radio calibration, and gone through the Params, but I cant seem to find something that will increase the throw. Can someone please help me out?
Thanks,
Read more…Hi all - recently build a quad and have been testing it the last few days.
Yesterday when I came to land I noticed the copter was leaning forward a lot - so much I had to pull back the stick to level and land nicely (otherwise it would of crashed on i
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Two of my customers have trouble setting up the Pixhawk - I myself have a Pixhawk, but don't use a Futaba receiver, thereby I can't replicate the problem (I would like to find out if the problem is connected to the receiver they use, or something e
Read more…A handful of companies have fully autonomous flying wings, with users leaving the remote control in their bag.
I am considering to do the same, but how reliable is the APM auto-landing feature ?
- Is anyone using it intensively the auto-landing for a f
Read more…During calibration the pitch does not respond to stick input. Both pitch and roll respond to roll input. I flew the quad and it responded the same. It seems as the pitch roll channels are mixed with the roll input and no response to pitch input. I ch
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I'm trying to add a servo gimbal to the Pixhaw. What ports do you connect the servo gimbal to? On the mission planner, what translate to the RC9 - RC12 ports that it lets you choose from?
Thanks
Read more…Is there any way to "force" it by entering it manually, with a checkmark for "always", making sure no external factor would reset it, like a battery disconnection ?
That would allow for some specific missions to double-up the distance range.
Read more…I'm sure this question will be answered eventually in the wiki, but say someone wants to use the older style 3dr radios. What is the pinout of the pixhawk telemetry plug? The other end of the pigtail will be cut and soldered directly on the radio.
negative headlines why?
For some time I have been following the report not only here in German forums. there is to read ticking time bombs, Russian roulette, board dead after 6 flights
APM in the new version is at eye level with the big FC as DJI, Mik
Hi guys, not sure if I'm the only guy to notice this...I used to be the only weird one at my model club who was APM-ing, with full telemetry etc etc...Now I have got a few more guys into it,, I had my model out on the field, with my Telem computer ru
Read more…Is it possible to operate an APM copter from a boat?
As far as I understand, the gyros need to be stationary when they initialize?
Is there a way to work around this, so that I can take a copter out to sea on a boat which may be rocking around, power
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