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Today I had a crash with the ArduCopter v3.0.1-rc1 firmware. Never experienced that before so I was really surprised that this can happen.
I first flew manually and set the copter to loiter. Then manually again and finally to loiter. Suddenly all
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I'm having difficulty finding instructions on how to trigger my camera at (or near) waypoints in my flight plan. I came across the "DO_DIGICAM_CONTROL" feature but it would appear that I have to add pseudo waypoints in my flight plan between w
Read more…I just received the 3DR Video/OSD system and set it up according to the directions. The OSD displays just fine on my monitor, but there's no video from the camera. I made sure the cable was correctly connected. There are no indicator lights on the ca
Read more…I have been approached with possible installing a Sagetech ADS-B Transponder in a HexCopter using a APM 2.6. The communication with the Transponder is RS-232. Has anyone attempted this in the past. Here is a bit of information on the Transponder.
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ArduCopter 3.0.1 has been released and is now available in the Mission Planner, firmware.diydrones.com, GitHub and the new Downloads Area.
Warning #1: Compass calibration and reducing interference is far more important than with 2.9.1b
Warning #2: GPS
Read more…Hi everyone, This is my first Forum/ APM Experience... I am trying to have my X8 fly with the airspeed sensor but I am having a really strange behavior.
I have the APM 2.5 directly from 3Drobotics, Came totally assembled with their Airspeed sensor. I
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.74beta3. I'm hoping this will be the last beta before the 2.74 release. Please test it as much as you can!
The simplest way to try it is to use a pre-built firmware from http://firmware.diydrones.com.
Key features include
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In the hope of getting Mission Planner (1.2.59) up and running. Tacking the last traces of errors on 'ArduPilotMega.csproj'. Before posting this, I have read through Dennis Spanongle's post here, though it hasn't helped me at this level
Read more…I am writing to ask about the wire harness used for the Ublox GPs unit. (Without the integrated compass). I have now twice had the GPS fail when I removed and reinstalled the GPS unit from the APM during maintenance. First time I thought my GPS wa
Read more…Hiya. Back in 2.9, I used the time and the height values form the GPX log file just fine. However, when I upgraded to 3.0, my GPX files changed. Time is now always stuck on the same value, and height now doesn't start at zero. I attached an old a
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I am trying to turn the apm 2.0 into a logger but doesnt know quite where to start. I will try to log gps, compass,mpu,temperature and altitude as fast as possible and just dump it to the serial with the mavlink protocol. I would therefore like to
Read more…My rcexplorer style tricopter with all motors on top flew perfectly with the KK2 board, but the Arducopter tricopter firmware doesn't seem to take into account that the mass of the yaw motor+prop causes the tail to initially move in opposite directio
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I'm an academic sociologist and am starting a new project exploring social and ethical aspects of non-military UAVs. I am particularly interested to find out about any interesting cases where UAVs have been or are being used by citizens to imp
Read more…Hi, today i went into a field test, and i went with a canonSX260 hacked with the CHDK script from conservations drones, and i encounter a couple o problems. First of all, my setup regarding the script parameter where the following:
-Interval (sec)= 2s
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I'm installing APM 2.0 in my plane and have the board oriented as in the picture. Which orientation should I select for AHRS_ORIENTATION? I think it should be roll 270 yaw 180, but I cannot find that option. This is my right half fuselage, I
Read more…Trying to decide which way to go w8 or android,I would like to know if somebody has an experience of running mp on a w8 tablet and compared it with the droid planner app running on an android tab.Is mp on a tablet practical ?, can I replace the netbo
Read more…Does anyone have descriptions of all the TLOG graphs? Is there a wiki page for this?
Thank you,
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Anyone else seen this? It's not a great pic, but I think you can see the white bars corrosponding to the same location as the minimOSD text on the screen. (though this picture makes them look much worse than they are).
No matter what I do, I c
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I was hoping someone might be able to advise on how to overcome this problem. Issue unable to connect to APM after trying to set up OSD.
I was trying to set-up comms to an OSD on the Telem port. I encountered trouble and the APM reset. After th
I can't find it, can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks.
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