Discussions

New acro mode settings?

Hi, did the acro mode settings change in ArduCopter 3.0.1? I thought the range of ACRO_BAL_ROLL and ACRO_BAL_PITCH is between 0 and 200 (as it is mentioned here: http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/acro-mode/). But my Mission Planner (1.2.80) and this w

[HELP] APM 2.5+ not connecting to mission planner!

I have an OcrtaRotor setup and connected to the APM 2.5+ board. It worked fine upon first installation and calibration of the ESC. The APM was running the 3.0.1 octa firmware.

I wanted to do a re-calibration of the radio, connected the APM to the lapt

Setting of COMPASS_USE?

Hi

I have an APM2.0 with the GPS/Compass on board on a X5 flying wing , Is it preferable to use the compass or the GPS for heading information? ie COMPASS_USE   = 0 or 1 

What advantages / disadvantages exist. 

Thanks guys. 

HK Cloner board won't update

Here's a strange one...

Got a $75 HK cloner APM2.5 board, just to see what it's like...and it's actually ok! Build quality is good, and even slots into a genuine 3DR case without problems.

Even works ok too - Baro is accurate, picks up the ublox no pr

Everything works except loiter

Hy

Currently I tune my second quad a QAV540 with the APM.  

First did tune the roll rate all with channel 6 directly in the air works really great. Then rate D and rate I as well.

It flies really well in stable mode or in acro mode with some expo. The

Y6 and PX4

Can't get my Y6 to work with my PX4. Had everything working with my APM. But when I tried to use my PX4, no prop spin. My PX4 has an IO board and it's taken a bit of time to get everything solder together an running. I've gotten the firmware to load

Motor speed not high enough to execute missions from MissionPlanner

Hi,

I had a question regarding executing missions from a Ground Station such as the Mission Planner.

We  created a mission in Mission Planner with the following steps:

1.) Takeoff

2.) Waypoint (fly to 10 meters and wait 10 seconds)

3.) Land

We executed thi

GPS problems - hardware or software ?

I had some unexpected "let's fly to Timbuktu" events with 3.01 so I upgraded to 3.1rc2 to see whether GPS glitch prevention would make a difference

Did all the calibrations and compassmot, all results looking good.

Having tested all modes (all fine) I

Copter being LAZY - not hitting Waypoints

My Copter isn't reaching Waypoints before the Mission Planner anounces it's heading to the next one. It seems like it gets quite a few Waypoints ahead of itself based on its GPS & visual position.

I'm using the latest Firmware & Mission Planner in a Q

Geotagging Help - what's wrong with my log: Lat and Long?

Hi,

I was testing some simple mapping with a new octo and APM 2.5 (ublox gps) and followed the geottaging tutorial

http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-geotagging-images-with-mission-planner/

And I'm using a software to create the mosaics, the proble

Using Quaternions

I've tried several sketches with the ArduIMU V3, the stock DCM version and FreeIMU and Martin's DMP.  The stock DCM works for me, but I want to DIY.  Right now I have FreeIMU loaded and I changed the quaternion sketch so it will work with ArduIMU Tes

Cannot connect APM with telemetry

Hi all!



I have my new 433MHz air module. I have set both ground and air module with exactly the same settings. Now when both are powered, green led is fixed on both and both have blinking red led. So they have a bounded connection and transmit somethi

New Acro Mode Settings?

Hi, has something changed in ArduCopter 3.0.1 with the acro mode settings? I thought the range of ACRO_BAL_ROLL and ACRO_BAL_PITCH is between 0 and 200 (as it is mentioned here). But my Mission Planner (1.2.80) and this wiki page say the range goes f

Y6 Loiter - Odd behavior (video)

I have to say overall I have great loiter performance with my Y6 - I did start to notice, though, that if I apply any yaw while in loiter mode, it begins to move out of position pretty aggresively. I was trying to tune this out but none of the YAW PI

Crash analysis needed. No nav_pitch input

Thrust issue

Hello all,

I have built an v-shaped octo-copter, with a 5000mah, 35c, 3s battery, 12gauge wire running from the center out to the arms, where I split the 12 gauge into 4 smaller gauge wires to go to the escs.

I have 10x45props with Motor AC2830-358, 85

Apm 2.5 with power module usage on nitro power plane

If I want to use a 3s 2200mah lipo to power everything --apm, rx, and servos (nitro motor so no bec/esc), are there any issues with using the power module and leaving the jp1 jumper connected? there are 4 standard-size servos that need to share the p

Spiralling Copter: A great idea?

Hi Guys,

I want to know if someone has achieved something like this with the quadcopter 'at a waypoint' before moving to the next waypoint. '0' in the figure below indicates the waypoint and adjacent curves are path the quad circles around this waypoi

Powering APM inputs with ESC BEC

Hi again DIYDRONES people, 

I am planning to use two ESC's to power the board one for outputs and one for inputs. I know how to connect the output wires but can anyone tell me where to connect the inputs power or draw a simple schematic? 

Thanks.

Small high resolution wide angle lens

Simply awesome: 

English:

http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1418

En español:

http://es.engadget.com/2013/09/27/objetivo-angular-miniatura-ucsd/

The left one: Canon objective (yes, Canon), and the right one: new developed l