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
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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
Read more…Does anyone have experience flying in close proximity (within 4 metres) to High Voltage power lines? Specifically 110kv towers.
I have read that the lines can output a certain amount of RF, but I'm not sure what the nature of this RF is, and if it wou
Read more…Hi,
I hope someone will be able to help me here :-)
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 the frame
The Box in the middle is the APM and the CG.
here the defaults for t
Read more…In my learning to land quads, and I am finding my landings less than soft. Are there a decent set of legs other than the carbon fiber for a 3dr quad that can handle the abuses of a hard landing?
Chris
Read more…I'm building a pair of antennas for 5.8Ghz FPV, and I'm wondering if the length of the coaxial cable between the connector and the clover matter. A second question I have, for the TX I don't have a right angle connector, so it would be a problem if I
Read more…Hi,
so I built myself a quad to continue development of my groundstation project and to learn about quads. It's an MF450 from BEVRC. Everything works fine so far - still on the default params.
However, I noticed a constant drift of the copter. I did le
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I'm trying to get manual overideable gimbal servos configured on an APM2.5. I got 2 Corona Digital Metal Gear servos. When I set them to stabilize only, everything works just fine, on RC7/8 or RC10/11.
As soon as I add an RC channel as input, the s
Read more…Hi everyone, I have tried to find the correct page where I put this question and I' ve read more o less the pages which contains something about this. If this question doesn't fit here, please, forgive me and tell me where it fits.
I've seen all the f
Read more…IT seams that no one has been successful on making the latest arducopter versions to. Work in Hil mode with the latest version of flightgear.I would very much appreciate once somebody succeed , to post the setup on this discussion , so we can all lea
Read more…I'm starting to prepare for the next ArduPlane release, and I have updated the beta release on http://firmware.diydrones.com so everyone can test the release now.
The biggest change in this release is the inclusion of the new L1 navigation controller
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