Hi fellow droners,
First of all, I would just like to say thank you to everyone involved in making this fantastic piece of technology possible. The developers as well as the contributing community.
Now on to my issue. My HK AQ-600 frame have been flyin
Read more…I am flying a Hexacopter with a fixed camera and live view on the ground. I would like to be able to "look around" while the Hexa is flying in a straight line from point A to point B without changing the flight direction.
My question: is there a way t
Read more…Getting ready for my first flight with APM 2.5. I've noted that unlike what the wiki says (https://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_Flying), I need to go down and LEFT to arm, and down and RIGHT to disarm. Does this mean my yaw input is revers
Read more…How do I get to run the minimosd + bluetooth together on the apm? They both need the greem wire to function. But if i do that BT only recieves and cannot send. Anyone have a solution for this?
Read more…Greetings. New on the forum I just ordered the APM can't wait to get set up. I did search the forum briefly and did not readily see and answer to this question but if I missed it my apologies. The plane I will be using is an older balsa nitro engine
Read more…My new ebook has been published on Amazon at:
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This is written 100% for those just entering the hobby/pursuit. Reading it will provide a great introduction as well as save a l
Read more…Hey guys - I just got a Mastor-G brushless gimbal yesterday and finally got it configured and working. The only issue seems to be weight. The weight of my Arducopter now includes the gimbal assembly, camera (GP3 naked), and battery to run the gimbal
Read more…I have a 3 axis gimbal that I am trying to integrate on my Helicopter not Multi-Rotor. I figured I would come to this forum discussion because you guys know how this might work.
My Problem is I am running into not having enough channels to work with.
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I've set up my minimOSD as per the diagram below, and, my Transmitter, Camera all work fine, however, there is no overlay data from the APM through the minimOSD board.
When I first set up the configuration below, the minimOSD board showed a progress
Read more…git cloned latest source, when compiling in Arduino, - I get:
In file included from /home/andre/Arduino/ardupilot/libraries/AP_HAL_PX4/AP_HAL_PX4.h:6:0,
from ArduCopter.ino:72:
/home/andre/Arduino/ardupilot/libraries/AP_HAL_PX4/HAL_PX4_
Has anyone had any luck with integrating a gimbal into APM2.5? I see some with multi rotors but nothing for helicopters. I would like to control the gimbal with a joystick and not use any of inputs from a receiver.
I have been playing around with A11
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I'm having some issues with my 3DR radio. I've tried reverting my settings back to default and replacing my antennas but I haven't been able to get my range much past 20ft before my connection fails. I've graphed my log and it looks fine to me
Read more…I saw Robert at Drone Con #1 talking about the traditional heli and now I want one! I'd like to get into this a cheap as possible and still get pretty good quality gear. I do FPV with everything else I've got so I'll want to do that too. So what kind
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I want to use the FollowMe code in the repo, or wrap my own, for having an ArduCopter follow me going down a mountain road. That means, it will receive guided mode commands with negative relative altitudes.
Can I expect that to work okay?
Regards
Sor
Read more…Hi,
I want to use the FollowMe code in the repo, or wrap my own, for having an ArduCopter follow me going down a mountain road. That means, it will receive guided mode commands with negative relative altitudes.
Can I expect that to work okay?
Regards
Sor
Read more…anyone have any experience with trying to make returns to 3dr?
i have the APM 2.5 and it is pretty defective... not sure if this is a fluke or just poor design though.
i noticed that in loiter my quad would just climb and climb and climb. thought maybe
Read more…I just got the GPS unit, but there was no cable. I new to all this stuff what type of cable do I need to connecting to the board 2.5?Thanks for the help
Read more…Hey everyone. I've been flying and doing 'missions' with my Arducopter for the last few months. Everything is working great and it's lots of fun. I've been seeing lots of videos of fixed wing aircraft using the AMP 2.5. I'd love to give one a try. I
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I've updated mono and downloaded the latest MissionPlanner (MP) from http://ardupilot.com/downloads/?category=4 while trying to run it get the following error. I'm not sure what else to update, any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks in advanc
Read more…When I set waypoints in Mission Planner and send them to my APM 2.5, I assume that when I switch to AUTO it will complete the mission even if the Arducopter goes out of radio or telemetry range. The mission is stored onboard and needs no other input,
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