Hi,
Probably a very silly question but I am a bit buffled by all these AXXX tracker, ardustation,
I have a spare APM 2.5 and I would like to use it to control the pan tilt servos for an antenna.
Is this possible?
Thanks
Read more…Ok will someone please tell me whats going on, when i power on the gimble doesnt work which i understand it needs to initialize but it can take up to 30 seconds for the gimble to start working and ust before the elevator servo twitches 3 times.
Can so
Read more…Hi guys,, I received a couple of the combined Telem/OSD cables from 3DR..They only have 4 wires going from APM to Telem?? The standard cable (that comes with Telem radio) has 5 cables...The pin that misses out is labelled RTS....It seems to work... B
Read more…Hi everyone,
Had my first flight with the ardupilot 2.6 today...everything works well except that when i rapidly push the throttle the quad "Wobbles" as it ascends...any idea...i did balance props etc....any tips that could help?!...the frame is a QAV
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A question regarding Centre of Gravity, vs Centre of Thrust.
Basically, I attempted to fly my prototype tonight, but it failed dismally - it flipped over on it's nose. Now, I do think there's a problem with the Turnigy multistars that are in t
Read more…In the past when I played back a .tlog to review my flights I could see all the waypoints that the APM is navigating to in auto mode. However it appears that they are no longer there. I see the plane flying on the Flight Data screen map, and I see th
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I'm looking to get started with video transmission, but I don't know where to start learning about it. Can you guys post some resources to help me learn please?
I'm going to be using either 2.4Ghz, or 1.3Ghz, and I expect my max range to be lin
Read more…Round tubes are back.
The goal of this build has various missions:
1) show how easy it is to build a ship on par with commercial ships.
2) stay aloft for over 30 minutes carrying a full-size camera.
3) use low Kv motors and low voltage to create an effic
Read more…Question 1:
Im in the process of designing an airframe for aerial mapping to create orthomosaics, point clouds etc etc..(When I say designing, I mean researching and putting a list of parts together for prices/weight etc.)
Im considering using a techpo
hi everybody ..
I am switching from 3cell lipo to 4 cell lipo pack do i need to make MP changes ?
Its just when I plug the 4 cell in the quad wouldn't arm?
I don't have a current monitor .I power the APM from the ESC bec .
cheers
Read more…I am looking for any information if a brush-less gimbal can be controlled via the APM boards gimbal controller and how to set this up.
Currently my Brush-less gimbal has its own stand alone gimbal controller, but I would prefer to reduce the hardware
Read more…It appears that there is support for testing individual motors according to this wiki:
https://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_Props_2
and it looks like there are commands here for motor tests:
https://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2CLI
(The
Read more…Building a VTOL, wondering whether the VTOL plane can utilize both APM copter technology when it is in the copter mode and switch to APM plane when in plane mode. I'd like to do it in fluid way.
Do I need an intermediary technology to serve as switch
Read more…I am looking for a way to access the actual GPS time through a MAVLINK message. I was hoping that GPS_RAW_INT message would have it in the time_usec field, but I'm getting values like : 1911873000 , which is the microseconds since boot.
Is the absol
Read more…This article (http://www.businessinsider.com/we-seriously-need-to-stop-calling-them-all-drones-2013-9) is arguing that we should stop calling all UAVs drones. The author of the article argues that because we use drones for other purposes besides kill
Read more…I want to buy some new Lipo for my Arducopter. The existing I am using is 3S 2200 20C.
I was thinking to go to 3S 2200 40C.
But using eCalc (see below), I did notice the hovering time for a quad is increased with only 0.1 min.
I am interested for hov
Hi,
I have connected my board and uploaded the software to the board (APM2.5). Because of security policies on my work pc I can't change the bit rate in the com port so I am running at 9650 buad or something. My computer is able to communicate to the
Read more…I need your views on this. I have a quad and I’m new to this, I fly several times with no problem, take off and landing successfully. After one day I come across this “flyaway” behavior. My quad crashed and damages several parts including its GPS and
Read more…How you can tell you're a Rc'er…1. The correct number of MR's, Heli's and planes is n+1, where N is the number you currently own.2. None of them are at the "yeah, that's finished" stage.3. You spend the first 5 minutes of your day job re-arranging yo
Read more…Who makes some better legs for the 3D robotics hex? I thought I saw a Canadian co. that sold some nice tall carbon fiber ones but that's all I have seen. I am not liking these and I think there can be something better out there. I would consider mo
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