The DIYD forum is a great source of information as most questions you think of have already been asked and answered
BUT
At present one has to troll through the forum posts per category to find anything as the search function is non operational.
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Read more…Has anyone ever built a RC Gyrocopter? I'm thinking of doing it as a project and was wondering if anyone has an idea if its doable? Hope all is wellCheersMr.Higgs
Read more…My quad crashes for some unexplicable reason. The copter would bank right on takeoff; looking at the quad from the rear (viewed from the front this would be a bank to the left) I hooked up Mission Planner and found the PID values were corrupt. Spe
Read more…Hello,
Recently i finished my first fixed wing FPV platform, first test flights went very smooth so im ready to go. At this moment im thinking about some RTH system, just to be safe. I do have a spare APM1.0 board (set of APM + sensor shield) somewher
Read more…Hi all,
There was a good documentary on the 2012 Outback UAV Challenge, which screened today on Channel 10 in Australia.
http://ten.com.au/watch-tv-episodes-online-documentaries-video.htm?vid=2637310706001
I think it only works if you have an Australian
Read more…Yesterday I did have an unexpected crash with my Soarus Kyosho, 2m wingspan. First time with 2.74b.
Flight was short, nice takeoff, go to 80m altitude, start coordinated turn left, reduce speed and altitude and... not more any control, plane was nose
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Recently I built two ardupilot (APM 2.5+) quadcopters with a friend. We are BOTH (two separate APM's) having the same strange problems: ardupilot keeps crashing at random, and we really don't know why. At this time, we already broke 4 quadcopter
Read more…Hi - just a quickie. one motor does not spin properly: http://youtu.be/7ITdMg7ilBY
I tried a different ESC and same behavior. just wanted to confirm this is a bad motor?
Thanks!
Read more…So i fully assembled an OctaRotor MultiCopter, connected the ESC's, motors, APM and battery. Did an ESC calibration and everything is working perfectly but even at full throttle, there is no takeoff! The prop sizes and ESC's and motors are as recomme
Read more…All,
I really need some help. I just recently got my FPV stuff and put it on my bird. Anyway, as soon as I turn on the video transmitter the GPS goes dead. If I turn the transmitter off and reset the system GPS comes back full strength. I have search
Read more…I'm real impressed with the amount of work the APM developer team puts into constantly updating and refining the firmware run in our APMs. While I'm sure they appreciate thanks (and they certainly have mine) cash is often times welcome as it buys mor
Read more…Hi everyone,
following my discussions and after compassmot, everything seems working well. Except AltHold when the quad is up to 2 meters high. Bellow, it just fly perfect (Alt + Loiter), After 2 meters (more o less), the quad start going up and down
Read more…I am ready to try a mission using my Arducopter Quad with the APM2.5. In Mission Planner I have set a circuit of events, from a takeoff from home, then on to 7 waypoints with the appropriate waypoints set, and then a RTL to end up where I started. I
Read more…When we run the motor test in the command line is the sequence of the motors related to the output from the APM? So the test starts with output 1 and works it's way to output 4, 6 or 8?
Read more…Hi,
Normally if you create a mission with waypoints and a home location with takeoff you have your home location where you armed last your quad. So you place your quad at the
exact lacation to takeoff.
But if you have no internet at the location where
I am trying to update. Here is screen shot of error. Any help appreciated.
Hi,
Hope someone can help with this problem thats driving me mad. I have been keenly following and building UAV's since v1 of the mega. Heres my current setup.
In January i bought from 3drobotics:
1 x APM 2.5+ Assembled (side entry) with 433Mhz (europe
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I'm running MP 1.2.73 and for some reason the yaw pid settings are greyed out. I've erased and reset the eeprom, but yaw pid settings are still greyed out in MP. I'm wondering if this is a bug in the MP.
Read more…I have an APM 2.5 running Arduplane 2.74b. I have the autopilot mounted upside down. I have already changed the relevant setting and re-leveled the plane.
So, my problem is that when I switch to FBWA the rudder centre position offsets to the left. The
Read more…I just turned n an order for the 3DR X8 quad, Can anythings about this aircraft> Does it require any config/setup on arrival? I ordered it with the Spektrum Rx/Tx. I have a number iof DJI products and on arrival they required advanced IMU and the DJI
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