Hi,
i m working on my autopilot project. but before jumping into practical, i want to study and understand the working and operation of autopilot system to its depth. ok can u people explain how an autopilot works? in step by step approach? i mean wha
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I have an Hexacopter running Arducopter 3.0.1 with Mission Planner 1.2.62. I could not find on the copter parameters the possibility to setup and enable the gimbal pan and tilt parmaters as it was for 2.9.1b and older version of Mi
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I have an application where it is desired that the plane stays level in auto flight. It should turn with the rudder and not bank at all.
ArduPlane currently cannot do that. It uses ailerons as primary heading change control and the rudder is used a
Read more…My attempt to update from 1.2.60 to .61 keeps failing. I see in the script running in the terminal window that it's puking when it can't find my current install on the C: drive. I happen to have it on my Z: Drive.
This happened before a number of iter
Read more…I have just done the maiden flight of the Y-6, in a 1-meter by 1.5 meter box in my store.
All I can say : Impressive!. that thing is a BEAST. First flight perfect stability. AFTER we landed we realised that 2 of the 6 props were installed the wrong di
I want to put the APM power module on a rig running 6S battery packs.
I see the Max input voltage of the current sensor is 18V.
Any recommendations how I can monitor a 6S pack with the APM in Mission planner?
thanx!
Wessie
Read more…First, a big thanks to Michael Oborne, your selfless effort is much appreciated !
My question, when I do a prefetch, is that prefetch only valid for that specific mission?
I would like to do a short, proving mission in the same area where I would like
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Yesterday I tested new ArduCopter firmware V3.0.1 and got crash of my jD-Simplex Hexa KIT :( when used RTL.
After some flew around I turned on RTL mode and everything seemed to be ok. Copter came to stat point and hovered on i
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anybody using an HMC5983 sensor or has experience with that? Compared with the 5883L it can output at higher rates and is temperature-compensated. I'm planning to build an external compass pole...
--Stefan
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I am trying to figure out a way to convert the signal from a RC Receiver to manipulate a PTZ Camera that uses RS485 input for control. I see all these other cameras that are capable of operating the cameras zoom and focus via the RC
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First i have to thank everyone on this forum for providing such an amazing pool of information and helpful discussion. I hope someone can help.
Specs:
APM 2.6 - ublox gps with compass & 3dr OSD. Also using dragonlink for control, plus RFD900 lon
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I want to use the Mavlink protocol to exert high-level, automated control on the Ardupilot-guided airplane, running the Arduplane firmware.
Does the Arduplane firmware support all the Mavlink packets, as documented here?
More specifical
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I am quite familiar with Quadrocopters as I have mastered flying with a KK2 board and decided to move up to the next level in the case the Ardu flight controller. Constructed a new frame etc, and then successfully flew the n
Read more…My FPV video link seems pretty choppy at times. I was wondering if this looks like an interference issue or some obvious problem?
Look around 2:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ONnXLVRTpo
This is only 100m distant 20m high. I'm using the immersion 6
Read more…I just installed Ver. 3.0.1, but when I power my Hexacopter (APM), I am only getting a single beep instead of two beeps before it goes into it's tune. The Mission Planner is not indicating an error, and I am able to arm the copter. Note: All motor
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Just unpacked my latest 3DR shipment, and quite eager to start assembly line assembly of a few quads, and some y6 's too.
3DR already let me know that they supplied the incorrect screws for the motors, and are sending more, but I think I may ha
Greetings to all!
Please help.
I replaced the receiver hexacopteren (Hitech optic7 + -> + Turnigy 9xr orange) and after arming the motors do not start at the same time. What can be the reason someone?
APM 2.73 firmware, I have included the logs
Joe
Up until yesterday, things were going well. I could loiter, RTL, and fly auto with no issues. But there was one little annoyance-- The heading was always pointing about 15 degrees off from the actual course the hexa was flying in auto mode, with the
Read more…The HUD and the status tab always display UNKNOWN flight mode real time and playback. I fried an old mission from a few months ago and it does the same thing.
I tried an older version of the Mission Planner V1.2.50 with old and new logs and it works
Read more…Has anybody built something like this yet?
FPV pilots (like me) use analog A/V links of course, and one of the existing audio channels can be used for telemetry. Telemetry can be then decoded on the ground and the GPS coordinates can be used to aim an
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