I'm delighted to announce the release of ArduPlane 2.72 for your flying pleasure.
The big news in this release is the addition of the new L1 navigation controller. The work on the L1 controller library was started by Brandon Jones, and his initial git
Read more…I originally posted this on the "ArduPlane 2.71 released" discussion but no response yet so here is my issue.
( I posted some files on that discussion here http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/arduplane-2-71-released?id=705844%3ATopic%3A1198629&page=9#co
Read more…When I setup and tested my APM 2.5 using the APM Power Module, everything worked flawless. When I connect my MinimOSD it all works fine with video overlay and all. After a short time, everything, and I mean APM 2.5, the ublox GPS, my receiver, and th
Read more…Is it possible that the magnetometer could become inaccurate due to voltage fluctuations? I am finding that I can loiter for around 8-10 minutes then the mag starts to drift. Yes my Auto_dec is "0" Compass learn is also "0"
I usually get to the field
Read more…Without internet connectivity at the field how can I fly a mission? The GPS can't locate my heli on the map. How do you guys do it?
Read more…I am having trouble getting Mission Planner to work on my laptop--hope someone can help.
Hardware:
Gateway laptop
Intel Pentium T2060 1.6 GHz processor
2.0 GB Memory
32 bit
System:
Vista, freshly re-installed, updates through SP2
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Read more…Hi All,
I want to know how can I communicate information stored in a class or struct from ArduPilot (i.e. Arduino) to Raspberry PI or Beaglebone, via serial port or an I2C port from ArduPilot board??
I have a struct or a class that will hold some dynam
Read more…Would anyone have a working procedure for this with the 2.5 plus?
I get to "press any key" , press a key and nothing happens. Connecting via USB.
Thanks.
Read more…I really like the channel 7 waypoint feature. But how can I set the arducopter up so that after a powercycle it will erase the waypoint. Now i every time have to erase them through my laptop. I want them to be automaticaly erases after every power cy
Read more…I have an Octocopter with the help of Rob Lefebvre and had a surprise with altitude hold today. I was a few minutes into a flight, went to Loiter (no problems), then switched to Alt Hold and some seconds later the throttle cut to what felt like zero.
Read more…i need your advice
since two days i have tried to tune my pid for baro mode but i can t arrive to have something good..
do you know how to tune it?
there are only p ,i and imax value ...what is the first step to do?
i ve never read something about tune p
Read more…Inspired by Marco, I just tried 'follow me' mode, with latest Andropilot and 2.91b.
First I loitered (very smooth) and then flipped to 'follow me' on andropilot. Like magic it started following me, but kept rising. I flipped to stabilize and was able
Read more…Hi guys,Just been balancing some t-motor CF 1450 props. Or rather..I haven't. Using the DUbro, I only had to give a very light sand to 1 out of the 4 props.Am I just lucky? Maybe my Dubro was not setup right?They do seem like very good props, but 3 o
Read more…Dear folks,
I am developing EKF for attitude estimation, and,as you know, it's important to tune the covariance matrices for the process and the measurements.
Can any one help me to get the right parameters of these matrices, and how to do that experim
Read more…Hi,
I hope someone will be able to help me here :-) i have postet this yesterday in the airframe design, maybe wrong categorie..
Since i'm not happy with the Stock frame setup (doesn't fit to my frame) i decided to start making my own Motor Layout.
here
Read more…I am starting to do some research on cameras for my aerial rig. Right now I have been building up a 1000mm class size helicopter. The camera size isn't a huge issue but I don't want some mondo camera either. The point of this helicopter is for long f
Read more…I'm using a 3DR APM 2.5 on a tricopter and it has a problem. I was getting resets and thought it might be not getting the right power, so I charged my lipo that powers the board. I went out to try it today and it somehow lost calibration on the acc
Read more…Hi All, I am currently flying FPV with a Turbo Ace X830-D Quadcopter and am looking to add OSD. I already have a telemetry module and GPS. Can you make a suggestion for me that makes sense with my current built. Here is my current built list. Tha
Read more…I've been working on building a nice ground control station including a Tx, and a video monitor, into a Pelican case. So far it's gone well, but last night I tried to get the video working. I've installed a Foxtech 7" monitor into a panel which is
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