What are the advantages and disadvantages or each?
The PX4 looks like the very old days when APM had many boards and no case. Just looking at the advertisement I have no idea why I would want to trade in my APM 2.5+ for a PX4?
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When adjusting the auto pilot, what is the best way to get the numbers for its balance right. It does more of a controlled crash.
Read more…I have a Dynam Hawk Sky. When I was flying it I noticed the slightest breeze sends the thing flying to the side. Is this true with all airframes? Does the air have to be dead still?
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I'd like to build 2 concepts of solar powered fixed wing UAVs. I'm looking for people who are experienced in UAV construction and electronics, including control and communication over large distances. I'd be happy to use Ardupilot APM, dronecel
Read more…Has anybody else used pool noodles as a frame material?
After three attempts I can provide some advice:
Fiberglass packing tape on the bottom (tension areas)
1/16" fiberglass rods on the top (compression areas)
1/16" fiberglass rods in "X" top and bottom
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.70
This is a bug fix release, primarily because of the telemetry rate bug that several people reported in 2.69. That bug caused Mission Planner to not display attitude information unless you forced the telemetry rate for
Read more…Are these PixHawk PCB's on eBay "legit"? What is the general consensus on them? Same us usual: "evil, run away!"?
"Selling the bare PCB f
Read more…I have a GoPro camera and I'm trying to get it to work with 3DR OSD and my FPV setup. I have a small Sony camera that works, but when I plug in the GoPro all I get is the OSD overlay. I've tried 2 different GoPro cameras, but still no video (Hero1
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I got my new APM 2.5. I am running it under Windows, arduino 1.01 with VS 2010. I am using ArduPlane 2.68 and 2.67 source code. It builds successfully. However, the problem is:
1) When I open the serial monitor the accelerometers/ gyro keep ca
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Don't know what happened but I can't seem to get any sensor info to display in the mission planner? I've reloaded code, rebooted, reset, etc. GPS locks on and shows location on map but nothing else.
Anything I can try?
Read more…Hey guys, had a thought. I was wondering instead of using seperate batteries to run my video, servos and APM, is there a power distribution board with filters that would eliminate servo noise in the video feed, this way I could go back to one battery
Read more…Hi guys. My APM is not working and I wanted to ask you guys about it while waiting to hear back from 3DR support. I have an APM 2.0 with built-in GPS. It has flown 4 or 5 times with each each flight having greater success (ArduPlane firmware). The pr
Read more…Can someone please tell me why the quad correctly auto took off at waypoint 1, flew correctly to waypoints 2 and 3 then just waited at 3? The HUD seemed to show it was waiting at 4, when the map shows it at 3?
I had to initiate an RTL to get it to ret
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problem is that my quad running an apm 2.5 with 2.9.1 software .
i am trying to setup the autotrim . I trim it so flying nicely ,land and switch
the channel 7 switch for 4-5 seconds on my DX8 then center the trims , then take off but
Read more…I had a short in my APM2.5, seem that the board wasn't damage, but couldn't connect anyway (telemetry or USB) with MP, and with ArduinoIDE I can't reload the firmware.
I think that bootloader is corrupted but I don't know what hardware and software I
When I try to "pick previous firmware" on the firmware screen, I get the following:
Using Win 8, MP 1.2.35, connected to APM 2.5 via USB.
I am a newbie, so how do I upload firmware versions prior to 2.9.1 ?
Thanks
Read more…I can't seem to find a reference to the control architecture of the ArduCopter. Does anyone know where i can find one (if it exists).
Also, does anyone know at what (typical) frequencies the feedback loops for the attitude control run at?
Thanks,
Alex
Read more…When I'm high up in the air, and I want to bring the copter down, I never know how fast is descending. It would be nice to have a flight mode in which the user controls just the Yaw, Pitch and Roll and the auto pilot controls the descending speed.
EDI
Read more…Hey guys had a few quick questions. I recently just began to get into Ardupilot and I really like the system and the way it is made, so I want to purchase one for my quad copter. I have a friend that owns one of the Arduplanes and he absolutely loves
Read more…I have a FrSky receiver with an RSSI output. I think APM will accept analog RSSI but the FrSky instructions say that is PWM type RSSI. I don’t want to burn out my APM. Will it work or not?
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