I upgraded 1.2.80 to latest and now the .tlog files are not saved after the flight. I see from the change log that they have made changes but I can’t figure out how to save the logs. I see that they are being generated as I fly but they disappear whe
Read more…I have seen recently a lot of threads about sudden fly-aways occurring on previously rock solid platforms, and I feel it necessary to share my experience. I have an SK-450 quad with Ardupilot 2.5+ that has over 100 flight hours on it currently, and a
Read more…I have apm 2.5 with a fixed wing aircraft. I am running the arduplane 2.72 and like how my plane flies with this version so I have not bothered to update mission planner OR the latest firmware for arduplane.
I just got my son a amp 2.6, power module,
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Having a few issues getting a 3DR radio module to initialise correctly. It worked great about six months ago, but has been in storage since.
Decided to get the kit out to have a play with the quad during the festive season, however there is an
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I'm about to order a Tarot T810. But i want to be sure that i buy a genuine Tarot.
I have found both http://www.tarot-rc-heli.com and http://www.tarot-rc.com. Which one is the original Tarot website? Or maybe there is another??
I also found the T
Read more…I am amazed at the ingenuity of THIS device.
And to think, I could start my own commercial multirotor business with this guy's help!
(clipped from his listing just because it
Read more…Hi there, and happy Christmas!!!I'm new on this forum, fly planes and helis since 15 years but i'm building my first multirotor, a carboncore cortex (x8) for photo/video.I need to know if i can mount my apm 2.6 perpendicularly to the frame.The availa
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Apm from unmanned.co.uk is real 3dr? Or they sell the same china boards like dx.com or banggood.com?
Don't trust those boards from china... Don't want to have trouble on start, anyone buy from unmanned.co.uk? They sell them on expensive price.
Read more…I would like to use something besides the 3DR Power module such as the 180A AttoPilot current sensor from SparkFun or one of my own design based on an Allegro Hall Effect chip.How is an alternative power module implemented? Is there a published pin o
Read more…I've made a little video explaining my problems, it looked like the most direct way of explaining them to me.
In short, apart from the fact that i had my pusher and normal prop inverted (and thus i wasn't able to lift), wit
We did 10km flight out, with 99% telemetry link. We haven't had more space because military zone ended there. Plane has big problem with it's turning to the right and over-turns to left because engine torque and little deformed right side of wing (by
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I'm doing a first time set up for my 3DR Quad using an APM 2.6 board. I've managed to install the Mission Planner software and the device drivers for the APM. I've set the baud rate to 115200 on both the Com port and in MP and selected the correct
Read more…Hello, I have been successfully flying a Bixler 2 with APM 2.5 , firmware 2.74b , mission planner 1.2.90, 3dr telemetry, windows XP.
I want to use a script to set a servo but I am having problems with the following:
print " Start"
Script.SendRC ( 5
Read more…I just updated to the update 3.1 for the Ardupilot and I have done the calibations and I still can't arm the system it will not arm through mission planner and it will not arm through controller. I am at a lost here and don't know what to do.
Thank y
Read more…Upgraded both of my 915MHz radios from 1.7 to 1.8.1.
Linking the radios using MP now takes almost 1.5 minutes, with numerous messages like "Already got Parameter X". Once linked the update rate of the horizontal situation indicator lags for several se
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We've been flying and testing v2.74b and v2.76 in a number of aircraft over the last three months namely two X8 flying wings, a Skywalker Condor 1880, a RvJet, a Multiplex Easyglider v2 and a 1.7m span twin boom own design pusher.
We have problem with
Read more…Hi guys, a newby to multi's and apm here. Having lots of success along with a few mistakes but no crashes yet :-)
I need to fly by absolute alt because many of my waypoints are below home. I tried entering negative relative alts but that doesn't work.
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While we are here mostly to share, the forum itself is surely surveyed by NSA. This makes professionals unwilling to even browse the forums, as their rules sometimes even prohibit leaving SSL area. I think it would be a good moment to introduc
Read more…This is my holiday project.
Im trying to keep costs down, so have stayed with Hobbyking parts as much as possible.
Im not an Electrical Engineer, so I'm working on what I've researched just in the past few hours.
Here's my schematic. I don't mind if you
