I've got a fair sized quad, 6 Kg and 4 Turnigy G46 motors an 15x8 props.
I've been several months more than 3, (just weekends) tryung to get loiter working properly.
I THINK I have position hold OK now, but altitude hold just isn't doing it for me.
I us
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Hi, I have a x8 wing with px4 autopilot.
I use that with Mision Planner, and when i try to charge a flight plan with 170 waypoint or more, my system does not wo
After a few days re-surrecting my old APM 1.4 build I have connected and calibrated my FrSky D8R-II Plus to my Turnigy 9XR radio without a hitch, until now. After pulling APM and my radio apart to test each ESC I no longer see a familiar LED on my re
Read more…APM 2.5, firmware 3.0.1.
I am having a few serious issues, and this is one of them.
Flying along...all is well (stabilize mode), plenty of battery power, and the hex went to IDLE...tumbling down out of the sly, then all on it's own, power comes back on
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I runn Windows7, and I like to reinstall the Mission Planner to my pc, but after it starts to install I get the message:
“Mission Planner Setup Wizard ended prematurely because of an error.
Your system has not been modified..
Read more…TL;DR — How can I communicate with my APM 2.5 in a HIL simulation FROM A DIFFERENT COMPUTER using the 3DR radio (wireless telemetry interface)???
I noticed here that I "cannot connect via the radios when [my] APM 2 is also connected via USB [because]
Read more…This for people who are interested in Taranis 6 Position Switch setup for 6 Flight Modes w/APM 2.5 & Mission Planner.
Flight Mode PWM Values
FM 1 – PWM 0 - 1230
FM 2 – PWM 1231 - 1360
FM 3 – PWM 1361 - 1490
FM 4 – PWM 1491 - 1620
FM 5 – PWM 1621 - 1749
FM
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I got my ardupilot 2.6, alone, only the usb cable connected into my computer.
First time I go to TERMINAL in mission planner, I can "Connect" into it, it stays connected, and get the first screen capture.
Then things start to go berzerk and for all
Read more…Does anyone know how set the APM to return to Home AND then command a servo when at home? in this case, it will be a parachute servo...
This will be truly failsafe for our UAVs since it has parachute recovery system and we have some customers asking f
Read more…I would like to connect a quadcopter to a continuous power supply by a lightweight power cord.
Could anyone tell me, by his best guess, how much time a typical quadcopter would hold in air before his parts/engines will overheat?
Thank you.
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I have got my Skywalker, with the following :
APM2.5 w/Airspeed and 3DR Power Module / MinimOSD
RFD900 Telemetry modem
4x Servos ( for control surfaces )
1 TSLRS LR Rx
1 APM-CHDK Cable ( built from a light switch )
1 Castle Creations 10A BEC
Turnigy
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I've connected the trigger cable to servo output 7 on the APM 2.0 and manage to make it react when I activate servo 7 in the MP's flight data screen. I can only see a tiny twitch and wonder if that is enough to make the camera trigger by distan
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Could we please have a big menu button to snooze the voice readout? I like the prompts but it gets like a nagging wife when you are changing batteries or reading log files.
Also, we we make it so that it reads out sensible things? I have n
Read more…I have just installed Mission Planner update 1.2.79 build 1.1.5013.37529 and noticed that it has a box for "orientation"
I have an APM 2.5 so I am assuming I should choose APM with built in compass?
I'm expanding the capability of the ship analysis tool to measure not only vibration (analysis of the ACC values) but also:
o determine mid-throttle for use in setup
o analyze the stability of the ship in hover (one of many indications of PID tuning, b
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Just started to experiment with some photmapping. Got two options to trigger my Canon Camera.
Either by APM ( I have a CHDK cable ) or by Intervalometer script. Was wondering which would be better to use.
I have been using the intervalometer, but
Read more…Hallo,I've start Aerial mapping using multicopter, it has very good result with the flexible landing spot, flying still, etc.But the problem is, what if i have bigger Area to cover?I'm interesting in fixed wings UAV.After some reading, I have a quest
Read more…Wanted to switch out my firmware from Hex to Y6. When I tried, I got confused since MP is telling me something, that I don't understand completely and it doesn't match what the wiki tells me to do.
I press to load firmware and I answer yes I want to
Read more…I am working on a project that consists of taking an OEM laser rangefinder and an HD camera with OSD to accurately geolocate objects on the ground by running a series of algorithms. The overal goal is this: To geolocate an object on the ground by u
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