Been doing some investigation on my motors to trace a yaw problem (before I blame 3.0.1).I notice that some motors run rougher than others when propless. Now this quad has fallen over a couple of times on landing but not crashed on the motors. So I w
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I was calibrating my radio and here are the found values (via Mission Planner):
I use Turnigy 9X CH9 Transmitter (Mode 2). Can someone tell me if the values are normal? Normal range is 1100 - 1900.
Is there some way to set up the Transmitter
Read more…I have a 3DR quad running 3.0.1 and am trying to figure out why it flips over and crashes well into a flight just about every other time I fly it. At first I thought it was due to vibration but I think I have that pretty much under control. My graphs
Read more…I'm trying to get an APM 1.4 board running and am having difficulty seeing the radio signals.
I have successfully reloaded the PPM firmware and it appears to be running correctly, with the blue LED flashing in proportion to throttle.
Still, the radio P
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I plan to install my APM1 onto a flying wing and now I have a question regarding auto takeoff.
As I understand, autotakeoff is only available in auto mode.
I plan to use it as a help for throwing the plane. I want to setup a mission that only has
Read more…If I set the dist unit to feet is this shown in the HUD ONLY and all else in every single setting is in Metric? For instance when creating a mission there is 'default alt' setting. Is that number always in meters regardless of me selecting feet @ Con
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This is the second TURNIGY TX9 transmitter that I have got into problems!
I am using Turnigy TX9 Transmitter (Mode 1) /8CH Receiver from hobbyking (standard most people get).
- I changed Mode 1 to Mode 2 by swapping pitch and throttle stick spri
Read more…Hi Guy's I had a crash today with my skywalker. It has never battered an eyelid at anything I have thrown at it and has flown many missions without a hiccup. Today I went for a fly at my usual haunt. I uploaded an auto flight with 4 waypoints (I have
Read more…These following were the steps I did to set up the FrSky TFR8 RX to initiate the fail safe on APM and in case this can help others . I suggest add yours here as well if you have a different TX/RX FS setup.
I suspect other TXs other than the Futaba wi
Read more…I have been trying to set up my new wing with an Ardupilot running Arduplane 2.73.
There is this new 'ELEVON_OUTPUT' that actually works fairly well for setup, but I cannot get enough throw out of the servos. I tried to drive the signals furthers with
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Read more…Running a quad with APM 2.5.... I've always noticed some left/right drift that seems to occur during flight - not consistently though. It is good after an autotune, but I start having to compensate with some left or right stick at times during the
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Every time I run an update on the mission planner it crashes (this only happens on the new version).
I retrieves all the files and when the command prompt window runs it crashes. Please see screen shot below.
And when I load ArduCopter 3.01 on
Read more…The APM dev team is delighted to announce the release of APM:Plane 2.74, a major new release with a lot of new features. This release is recommended for anyone flying fixed wing aircraft with an APM2 or PX4.
There are a lot of changes in this release,
Read more…Hello
today in good weather I could see the version 3.0 testen.ist very accuratly.
Create WP/ WP Auto Circle with ROI does not work.
ROI in the center of the circle. the copter is always looking to the next WP. I have checked all the possible settings i
Hi - I have a 3DR quad running 3.0.1 and I have been working on reducing vibration to a reasonable level. My current setup has the APM 2.5 on the top tier of the stack with 2 layers of moon gel under each corner of the APM and I have a rubber band li
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I have been flying my newly scratch build Y6 for the past couple of weeks and everything was going better than planned. I have been playing with props and tuning and also figuring out my new brushless gimbal.
Today I went out for some last te
Read more…What would be a middle of the road antennal upgrade for the 915 mhz 3D robotics telemetry? I ordered a 21 cm [ larger ] pole antenna for the plane. If I got this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ramsey-LPY9-Logi-Log-Periodic-PCB-Antenna-915-MHz-/360283780191?
Read more…Another beginner question from me...
I built a 3D quad 2.5 in the "+" configuration around Xmas time and am just now trying to get it up into the air. I just re-ran my motor test and I am confused about what to do.
The description says that it begins
Hi community.
I have a hexa with a gimbal system running off of the 2.5apm. Got the gimbal from hobby kings. Its pretty good. Have some nifty and fairly quick servos running the gimbal too. Its not perfect though. Can anyone give me some advice or sug
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