This is for the development team.
I found this project in Russian on the net, and it seems promising. I am no programmer so I likely will not get this of the ground.
http://hobby.msdatabase.ru/project-updates/theresultsofoursurvey/ardupilot_vtol
How abo
Read more…Hey guys,
I went up for a flight today and snapped a few photos that I want to geo rectify into GE. Through my trial and errors the past few days, I have come to the conclusion of two things:
1) If you are not connected to the APM Board via wireles
Read more…I've got a problem with my copter where it will drop in altitude, following a forward or backwards movement. It will recover back to the original altitude once I stop. The drop is generally around a meter, and it is a gradual drop.
I initially thought
Read more…I have V 2.9.1b loaded. I configured channel 7 to be RTL when Pulse Width high. Low position produces pulse much shorter than value to change to RTL. High position produces a pulse much longer than RTL. So all should work as advertised. I have no r
Read more…I was wondering if anyone can provide some guidance if I should run the latest firmware on APM 1 hardware or if I should be running older code. Any recommendations?
Read more…Do not buy Tablet PIPO S2, It won't work out of the box with Andropilot and DroidPlanner.
Read more…Hi!
Now, I'll trying auto takeoff and landing with my plane. But, in flight planner tab, has not information about few column sided of lat/long columns.
In MP 1.2.45, when opened the tab with no WP ploted, it only shows columns labeled P1, P2, P3 and P
Hi,
at RCG, there has been warnings against the 3DR power adapter, e.g. here:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1820773&page=240#post24774291
Is there any substance to that?
-S
Read more…Hi,
Hobby King is selling capacitor banks as brownout protection in case of servo-caused consumption spikes. Example: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__17100__Turnigy_Voltage_Protector_783333uf_3sec_.html
Does this actually make sense and can
Read more…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
.NE
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
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