Hi!
Working with my quad but my 3DR telemetry system has a major drop in working range. I start to lose signal at about 30ft away from my laptop. Any idea how to start troubleshooting this?
Thanks
Dean
Read more…I was trying a very first basic configuration with APM 2.0 for altitude hold and loiter for my FY450 quad and I noticed that in LOITER mode with low wind, quad started little by little to lose its initial position making bigger and bigger circles aro
Read more…Loving FPVing my Arducopter. Still need to tune out some wobbles during turns - ridge winds dont help either :)
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Is there a problem with GRID V2? I cant get it to fill in the polygon, it only does a few points then returns home. GRID (V1) works fine...
Post with pictures showing what I mean:
http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/whats-wrong-with-grid-v2?xg_source
Read more…Hi DIYs,
I am looking for a Power supply for charging my 5000mAh, 3S 11.1V battery (3 cell) to be used at HOME.
I already have the charger Turnigy Accucel-6 50W 6A Balancer/Charger.
Would like to buy something affordable, from Amazon or similar place, t
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Can't believe I can't find this info (or why it wasn't included with the APM 2.5+?). What are the pinouts...both in and out, for the APM 2.5+ board?
Aileron, elevator, etc?
Thanks...
Read more…I was wondering if anyone has experience with the XNiteCanon near infrared camera, or any other of their infra-red cameras?
Thanks very much.
Read more…Hi everyone,
I would like to know what program could best be used to stitch Aerial Photos that have been taken in a sweeping grid together and even produce a 3D image of the ground similar to steroscopic photography that old cartographers used.
I know
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I am having APM 2.5 in my RC aircraft and i need to measure how much power is being consumed by various units in the a/c like the motor, servos, RC receiver and the APM 2.5 itself. And i use Li-Po for powering up my a/c. And i use a power
Read more…I was just wondering besides a second unit, is there any point to an ardustation if you have goggles + OSD which id imagine has the same details ? Im just wondering what extra benefits does one have with this littel gadget.
Read more…A reporter in Columbia would like a contact person involved in this field. I do not live near Columbia and cannot provide good visuals for a news story. The reporter, Clark Fouraker, has an initial interest in proposed state legislation regarding 'dr
Read more…I own a Titan Tornado II experimental airplane. I have been very impressed by the great work across the whole DIYDrones community. Someday, I'd like to use the hardware and software as an autopilot for my plane. But I'd like to start out with somethi
Read more…I had a crash yesterday and after replacing a motor arm I was not able to arm the APM 2.5. I tried to re-calibrate the ESCs but that didn't help. I then tried to connect it to the latest version of Mission Planner using a USB cable and the 3DR radios
Read more…I've just loaded new firmware on to my APM2.5 and restored my saved parameters for this setup, but the voltage reading is displaying lower than it really is. Eg mission player will display 16.2V when the true voltage is 16.6V.
I have it set in mission
Read more…I clicked on the pick previous firmware link on the latest APM planner as I wished to reload arducopter 2.8.1 as opposed to the latest 2.9.1b.
However I get the following in the drop down box, have I done something wrong?
Upgrading to MP 1.2.48 mavlink 10, i got problem ,... the MP run very slow, it took more than a minute to mavlink dialog box appear and connect, upgrading firmware always fail.. this is not happen with previous version...
Try to user different usb ca
i am using
and
apm2.5
Bumble Bee Brushless Motor -920 KV/210 W (Designed
for Quadcopter)
i have a problem in althold the
Read more…Hi,
I got myself a bunch of superbright LEDs from Hobby King, e.g. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=28507
Trouble is, HK doesn't give any data on the current or voltage drop of those LEDs. I'd like to build a small boa
Read more…I have been wanting to underlay my fpv video in MP. I've done it before but the frame rate is terrible and it locks up sometimes. What I'm using is a $20 one like this:
EasyCAP DC60 - USB 2.0 Audio/video Creator Capture High-quality Analog Video
Before
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