Hello,
I've never build a plane and to push myself a bit, so i want to equip it with solar panels. i'm studying airplane design and solarpanels for a quite a while, but i'm not sure what is best, foam or composite? and is there a significant differen
Read more…Hey Fellas,
I dont mean to bore you guys with this probably simplistic problem but I am confusing
myself with this board. The autopilots were a gift from a friend and I can program it fine.
My radio is the Fut. 18MZ. I just use some DJI Flame Wheels for
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I want to make a virtual flight model of my hexacopter in Matlab/Simulink and I need the exact controller schematics (PIDs) to do this.
Where can I find these?
Or is there already a model of Arducopter in Matlab/Simulink?
Greetings,
Jon
Read more…I have looked thru the instructions for the arducopter but I did not see a bicopter config. Does the arducopter support this configuration or does anyone know if it will. Just curious before I buy this.
Thank you in advance for any info on this
Read more…Just wondering if anyone has experience using Leapmotion as an indoor motion tracking system? Could it be worth investing some time?
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My octo gets a good loiter for the first few seconds and then the toilet bowling begins, first it is small then it gets bigger and bigger, how do I correct this? What pids to change to minimize or to eliminate this?
Thanks
Read more…So I'm trying to tune my quad. It's a custom carbon fiber frame with rctimer 5010's and 17.5" carbon fiber props. I've tried tuning it but not matter what I set the values to it just wants to fly forward and to the right. It's like it thinks level is
Read more…Im trying to see if anyone else has had this problem? Running new APM 2.6 followed all the direction and got to "Getting Off the Ground – Tips for New Operators" and when I spin up the motors 2 of them stop? Here is video link: Motor Stopping
Read more…Ok, my stab is good with a big OCTO (tarot ironman) but the altitude hold is instable, sometimes when I turn it on it goes down like a rocket, sometimes it goes up and other times it just holds but not so good going slowy up and down.
Please can someo
Read more…Hi, i have a Skywalker aircraft with the following setup:
My skywalker is equipped with flaps, and i need t
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Hoping someone is willing to help look into this with me. Today while flying around, my motors just cut off multiple times. First for very short periods (attached log #1), and lastly for almost long enough to turn my Y6 into a paper weight. Whe
Read more…I have been trying to get my drone flying for about 3 months with no success.
It appears to have hung up after moving to the 3.x version of firmware.
Symptoms.
1- I cannot ARM the motors.
1.1 I have GPS lock.
1.2 When I move the rudder to the right f
Read more…Hi to everyone!
I m posting here because for someone maybe this is trivial but not for me. I want to connect an rpm (revolution per minute) sensor to my ardupilot in order to be able to monitor my 55cc motor engine.
The problem is that its not complete
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Just came back from flying field after a bad unexplained crash. it was a new flying wing airframe and started this morning by following the manual on roll/pitch and yaw tuning. First of we calibrated the Baro meter to report 0 meters on the
Read more…Hello, I've been on DIYdrones for quite a while and i would love to do a UAV project for my final schoolwork.
My project:
Make a UAV that can do aerial photography and mapping. I know I'm not the first to build such a drone, but i would like to do this
Read more…Hi, I've just maidened my 3DR Y6 into the ground, and I'm not sure why. (This is my first multirotor, I've flown a trad heli and fixed wing up until now.)
I got it light on the skids for a moment then carefully added a tiny bit more throttle when it s
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I am at the stage where my plane is well tuned and I want to begin experimenting with Takeoff and Landing sequences. I can't find any good descriptions of how these commands should be setup for use with a plane.
Could someone please post a s
Read more…I'm new to the 3DR multirotors and their shaft setups, but I've already lost 2 props due to prop nuts becoming unfastened in flight. Neither led to a crash (thanks to the Y6's redundancy), but after the last one I was unable to find the prop nut.
I
Read more…Hi. Has anyone encountered the radio tx not working via wireless telemetry radios (no visible input in even in radio calibration) but work perfectly via USB cable? This is in Mission Planner. The telemetry radios are communicating properly (i.e. lin
Read more…Hi everybody!
I just got an external compass for my apm2.5 2 days ago because I had a compassmot interferences above 100% :(
I received it 2 days ago and installed it. I tried it with the apm powered by usb and everything looked good. I even did a comp
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