Hi,
I would like to get into flying drones and i'm really excited I just don't know what to buy. Since I would like to have a FPV system and of course Ardupilot. I'm about to purchase the already made system from Udrone but I was really hoping for s
Read more…I'm branching out trying to understand all the functions of the Mission Planner so I might better take advantage of it's capabilities. I have been searching for an answer to the question of how to create a mission that will loop either 'X' times, or
Read more…Hello All,I am currently tuning my new airframe and have got it flying pretty well in stab. I am now trying to get it flying currently in alt hold.I get the airframe hovering nicely in stab mode and then select alt hold, the airframe seems to happily
Read more…I had some trouble with my hexcopter on its maiden voyage. I flew the copter and got it in the air, then a few seconds later one of the props flew off along with the top of the motor nut. I have a video of it for you to look at. Any one know a fix to
Read more…Hi. I currently have a quad arducopter. I am also building up a hex. The plan was to be able to just take the electronics stack from the quad and put it on the hex when I wanted to fly it. I figured all I would have to do is plug everything back in a
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Alt-hold is working great. However in both position hold and RTL the quad starts to rise. I've got the APM moongel mounted.
Here is my Accel_Z plot:
Too much vibration? I've got it moongel mounted. I figured since alt-hold is working well it
Read more…Wonder if anyone can help.
I have commissioned my Hexa B with 5.8ghz FPV.
Works fine with all telemetry and OSD.
Suffering oversized screen display.
However, the screen is missing the sides of the picture. It is a 16:9 monitor like used for a car DVD etc
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My HEX crashed from a FAILSAFE / DISARM event in mid flight!
I have been successfully flying Quads & Hex's with previous firmware versions of Arducopter using APM 2.5 boards until Saturday afternoon's unexpected crash. For a long time I have bee
Read more…Hello, I started today with Arducopter using the APM2.5 and the GPS UBLOX by Crius, before I used Multiwii the ArtuPiratesNG.
The APLM 2.5 power supply is from PWM input, I using the power supply from my receiver, it is preset in PPM mode (FrSky FASST
Read more…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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