Hi Folks,
Today I made a bad connection in my hexacopter and I fried the Ardupilot 2.5.2 board. Still trying to figure out what I did because I'm just powering thru the 3DR power module.
A,C & Alive leds are coming up when powered from USB by no commun
Read more…Today I jumped from 2.9 to 3.0 on my quad and went through the setup routine. I was disappointed (but not surprised) to find my compassmot levels running from 70-73%. My quad is an custom (i.e., homebuilt!) H configuration with the main power lines r
Read more…Hey all
I am experiencing a problem with my quad I have not had before.
I calibrate the ESC's (Turnigy plush 25A) works good both when I do it manually and automatically and they all spin at the same rate. When I plug the battery in again after doing t
Read more…Hi guys I recently got back to flying after the birth of my boy. So while he is sleeping and pooping I want to get out and fly more and understand whats going on with my quad. A couple of days ago I got out in the yard and did a little flying around
Read more…I've just updated to 1.2.55, but I'm unable to find the radio screen where the modes can be set?
Also, when I click Software / Standard Params, it takes incredibly long to populate the window on the right with the parameters and scroll bar. When scrol
Read more…APM Repair Service
I now offer a service to repair your APM for a $20 flat rate. If you send me your APM along with $20 and a self addressed return envelope with postage so I can return your APM to you if I can repair it or not. If I can't repair it
Read more…The copter will arm and disarm before takeoff, but once I am in the air I will get a sudden drop. When I land, I am not able to disarm. Also, I loose control of the throttle too.
I am not sure if it has to do with my Advanced Parameters settings or
Read more…I have a minimOSD v1.1 from 3DR.
I have seen a comment here that if there is switching regulator in the minimosd, we can connect upto 6S batteries. However wiki suggests the maximum voltage is 12V. I want to connect the 4S (single battery setup) as fo
Read more…Hello everyone, i have no experience at all in this field, apart from a few days of reading and a lot of years dreaming.
My long term project is to make a X8 fly with the longest possible range (i heard of some configurations that can reach 100km). I
Read more…Hi all,
I have received my APM2.5 this week and have downloaded MP and had a play. I interfaced to my RC controller in preparation for a flight.
I have set up all the channels as recommended and flicking switches on the radio changes the APM's modes to
Read more…With the new ArduCopter code, it is possible to set the RADIUS to 0 allowing the aircraft to rotate on a single axis for panoramic images etc.
It it possible to set the amount of rotations the aircraft can perform before returning to its initial posit
Read more…I can't seem to make my telemetry connect. I had a crash and after the crash the telemetry wouldn't connect. I replaced the the air module thinking that I had broken it on impact but after I switched it out I still can't hook up. My air module is
Read more…OK, I know this is probably stupid, but I want to make sure before I go cutting wires. Here's a photo of one of my hex arms:
Besides being ugly, I'm sure it can't be good to have cables gathered up like that. Will I be hurting anything if I clip the m
Read more…I just switched over to 3.0 and watched the videos that were recommended. I completed the AC3.0 Compassmot Setup with the setup and results shown below:
According to the video, anything over 30% is too high. After getting 67%, I replaced the short spa
Read more…Hi folks,
APM2.0
I tried updating the firmware (3.0) and it failed. It seemed to leave the old 2.9 on though as I could still fly and connect.
I cleared the eprom through terminal and tried again. Failed again.
It downloads the firmware and then seems to
Read more…After setting up everything and getting ready to fly i ended up connecting the APM 2.5 power module the wrong way around...result....puff and burning the power module in addition to have shorted the Flight controller power input....
Question...is ther
Read more…Hi I got an issue with the telemetry and nexus 7, I got all connected nexus say is connect I got solid green light on both antennas but if I move the APM 2.5 board nothing move on screen of my tablet, I the board itself there is a flashing red lights
Read more…My configuration is following:
AUTOPILOT --> APM2.5
SENSORS ---> AIRSPEED
CURRENT/VOLTAGE
TELEMETRY --> XBEE SYSTEM
TRANSMITTER --> FUTABA T7C
My problem is a big delay of answer of servos in manual mode. When I push the stick the
I have a developed a sensor network which detects gunshots for anti-poaching purposes. When a gunshot is detected, the event data is sent to a sensor server for further analysis and triangulation of the gunshot location.
I want to incorporate my UAV’s
Read more…Hello, during a test with Arducopter and latest firmware version the quad started to gain altitude in a uncontrolled way, so I noted that the GPS was not fixed during this starnge behavior, the I disegnaged ALT HOLD recovering the fligth capability
So
