Ran across an interesting thread discussing the proposed use of UAVs for cattle monitoring.
I imagine it'd sure get expensive quick ! Cattlemen to Shoot Down Drones
Read more…When I start Mission Planner, I get a prompt to update to a current version, but When I try I get an error:
Update Failed Specified Argument was out of the range of valid values.
Parameter name: size
How do I correct this?
Matt
Read more…I am going to upgrade the motor on my Bixler to a good one for FPV and drine loads. I am thinking of using a 1800kv motor on my Bixler, with a 7x5 APC prop. I am hoping someone can tell me if it will work - is it powerful enough, too powerful, is the
Read more…OK so here is the problem and how it developed.When the apm is on the ground, i arm it while in stabilize and take off, during the flight i climb vertically then drop, just as it is falling i throttle up and it just falls like a rock, on the ground t
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I have setup my camera trigger according to Arducopter wiki pages. I am using pin AN9 and also use ch7 (trigger camera). Good news is if I measure the signal pin of AN9 I can see it goes high (4.65V) when I trigger ch7. Bad news if I c
Read more…Hello all :)
In the last day i've had a nice idea, let me show it:
what does what:
Arduino ADK1: takes the pwm signal from the transmitter and delivers it to the android smartphone
Smartphone 1:
1) takes the pwm signal from the arduino adk 1 and trandmit
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I'm struggling with a problem that start to drive me crazy beside preventing me from attempting my first flight with my Flame Wheel 450.
When I try to take-off, the Quad start drifting straight away to the right. And (I don't know if i
Read more…For some reason, my default altitude keeps "defaulting" to 0 each time I restart MP...
This did not happen before.. Can anyone comment or confirm this with their setup?
I now have to remember to check that each time, and I already have 100's of thin
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I have lost the USB cable that came with APM 2.5 board. I am not sure if it is micro USB cable or a larger one, and any specifications might help me (Type A or B).
I live in Netherlands, can someone point to where I can purchase it online?
Than
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Can someone point a formula or tell me how to calculate an area in km2 or ha that a UAV can cover? Lets suppose I'm using a 24mpixel camera with 6000 x 4000 resolution. Mission planner is telling me that with this camera + 18mm focal lengh and 200
Read more…Is there a way of completely resetting an APM2 back to factory default?
Read more…Since I updated to 1.2.36 I can no longer down load data logs from the APM board.
The log screen does not show any any log entries, even though terminal setup log entry said logs were in flash memory.
If I load an older version of Mission Planner the f
Read more…I am trying to do PID tuning using channel 6 and everything seems to be going ok, except when I reconnect to MP, the settings I am not tuning go back to default. For example, if I am tuning P with channel 6 and I save I as 0, when I reconnect after t
Read more…I recently purchased from Hobbyking the Turnigy LED system for about $8. Its got a variety of LEDs in different colours and some are also strobes. The idea is of course to place them about the frame to help with orientation. Its got a green for starb
Read more…I am new to DIY Drones, and somewhat new to the RC hobby. I have been toying with r/c for a few years, but have recently become more involved. Now, in addition to rc planes, I am becoming more and more interested in multirotors and uav's. I just f
Read more…Hi Guys,
I thought to get a new forum rolling for this topic. People have touched upon it in some forums.
Discussions:
1. Streaming real-time camera images from Raspberry PI on the Arducopter
2. WiFi support of data from Rasp PI
3. User extension to Rasp
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I try to update My MP 1.2.35 to the latest 1.2.36 but half way through the process it fail and said operation time out. What does it means or what can I do to overcome it ?
Read more…Is there any one person who "looks after" the camera control / trigger side of things in the main ArduCopter code ?
I have some Arduino based code that I have been working on for the following cameras with IR sensors
I just got new PX4 and PX4IO kit. I don't have PPM Sum reciver yet, so i wanna make some test on PX4 and i got strange problem.
I'm at my wits end here. I've put out 4 posts for help in the forums and no one has responded. I've written 2 developers and no response. I will literally pay someone $20 if they will take the time to help me understand what I'm doing wrong.
I have a
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