I have created simple mission to climb to 300m and go back.
ACM achieved mission well, but now I want to analyze this mission because i need to determine climb rate achieved and also the time it needed to reach 300 meters. Can somebode tell me how to
Read more…Been pondering this a while...I have a 10,900 6S pack here, and regularly put in "9000" on the charger. I try to land between 3.65 and 3.7V.
If I'm putting in "9000" whatsits in, am I leaving the landing too late?
I ask because I have a 4,000 Turnigy p
Read more…I recently bought an air speed install sensor and was about to hook it up with my APM on my bixler.
Everything is pretty much diagrammed and pictures are provided, except theres no pic for the final setup.
https://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/
Read more…I am posting this in hopes that I can get some help beyond the troubleshooting guide. After a bad crash and rebuild. I have been able to fly however after I did a rebind of the transmitter to the receiver I have not been able to fly. I believe t
Read more…In MP 1.2.69 on the Standard Parameters page the units for setting RTL_ALT and RTL_ALT_FINAL are shown as being in Meters. But on the Full Parameter list they are given as Centimeters. Have the units changed or is it just to simplify data entry?
Read more…Is there any way to allow the APM the go through a startup procedure without a transmitter connected?
My APM is mounted on an RC plane.
When I start the APM without a rc transmitter connected my servos go to full deflection and bind. Is there any way t
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I need to build a wind vane to measure wind angle on a autonomous sailing boat. To do that i need a way to measure the angle of a rotating shaft with very little friction. I just got a continuously rotating potentiometer but the friction in it is
Last month ,after flying away 6 KM from home , my receiver lost signal ,the plane switch to RTL automatically. it not turn back immediately but slew down firstly. Unfortunately, the plane was located at the top of a mountain at that time. so it
Read more…Does anyone know what OSD is on the video? Very nice interface. Maybe there are some similar OSDs available on the market? Is it possible to get the similar interface from MinimOSD?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeCH75PZcXs
Read more…Hello All, I had a faulty MPU-6000 Accelerometer... I decided to replace it with a new one I ordered from Digi-Key. MPU-6000
That being said, it was interesting to find out some stuff about the PCB Traces and Pin Configuration for the MPU on the APM2
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I'm a first time APM user in Multicopter, but not arduplane. I'm having an strange problem here, I made almost all the hardware configurations required (but not compassmot) when I start the motors (without propellers) even if I keep the throttle a
Read more…Very strange behavior today. I set up a flight plan the other day and changed my RTH switch position to AUTO. Went out today to test some minor PID adjustment I made. I started out in Stabilize and everything appeared to go fine. I switched to Lo
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I'm running arducopter 3.0.1 (hexa X configuration) on Mission Planner 1.2.69 with internal magnetometer. For some reasons the copter did not arm last time and I realized that on CLI mode under test->compass the magnetometer did not res
Read more…Hello, I got some really strange behaviour a couple of days ago and I 'm trying to figure out why. Here is the setup.
Skywalker with PX4, running Arduplane 2.74b, connected to a laptop running Mission Planner. On my remote, I had two modes I could swi
Hi all,
I ruined the I2C connector on my APM 2.5 board (and the solder pads where it should connect to the board), And I still want to connect an external magnetometer.
Is it possible? are there any other pins I can solder wires to the external mag?
Tha
Read more…Hi Guys, think I just picked up a QC issue on the Quad PDB's.
According to the instructions, the Positions of the motors are as per this picture.
I Received 8 PDB's lasdt week that look like this :
The manufacture and the wiring of the board is right, b
We all know that operating a UAV for civil commercial purposes is illegal in the US. Obtaining a COA from the FAA is only possible for R&D, and virtually impossible for most of us. It's a safe bet that the new FARs won't make the 2015 target date. So
Read more…Hello to everybody,
I've got a problem with my APM 2.5 with both internal and external compass. I'm running arducopter 3.0.1.
When I go on CLI in test section, all the tests on the other sensors like GPS and baro works great, but if i go on test->compa
Read more…I just downloaded successfully to my Ardupilot 2.6 following first time setup guide. This using Win7 running on Mac/Bootcamp. No problems with the drivers for communication, but just wondering.
On a Mac you always "eject" the USB device prior to unp
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