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
Read more…hi everybody....
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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I want to modify Mission Planner with my own ideas for my application with Arducopter. I saw various posts for Mission Planner source download, but I ain't getting it correct. I know it is open source and developed in C# WinForms, am I corre
Read more…I'm new to all this so maybe I'm missing something obvious. I have an H quad running 2.9.1. I've played around with the battery voltage failsafe and it appears when the battery voltage is reached, the quad goes into Land mode. Now I'm not complaining
Read more…Im building my mapping rig with a fenwing penguin airframe. My apm is in the mail. Ive been doing aerial photography and video for a few years, but im ready to step it up with the mapping, and eventually 3d terrain mapping. My question is, do i want
Read more…I have been working on building a tri copter for some time now and finally have all the parts in.
I had everything working good with no RC TX, (just going through the telm).
After I hooked up my spectrum ar8000 with its own power hooked up I can't get
Read more…Hey guys, Ive been thinking... I want to mount a camera on a PT mount underneath my skywalker. I have 0 experience in programing, but I was wondering if it was possible to have the APM 2.5 calculate the angular difference from its pwm input on the se
Read more…I have two of teh 3DR MTK GPS V2 units and am trying to update them to version 1.9 of the firmware. I was able to do this successfully with one of the older units, but cannot get it to work with the new ones. Has anyone else had any luck?
I have the
Read more…What value should I use for LOW_VOLT parameter for a 3S battery?
The default value it's 9.6, but that seems way too low.
Every time I try to search "lipo low voltage" I find hundreds of contradictory articles. What do you guys use?
Thanks!
Read more…Hey folks,
Does any one know how to log the magnetometer in the flash card, in APM 2?
Thanks in advance
Read more…I'm just setting up an APM with Arduplane 2.69 in a Bixler 2.
I noticed that when switching to stabilize mode, the motor starts - on a low level, but still. Is this supposed to happen? In the parameters I only found throttle settings for FBW.
Read more…I was positioning the 3DR GPS board on my frame when I noticed the red LED light on the GPS board was going on and off. I took a look at the connector on the board and the solder joints look good, but when I wiggle the wires at that connector the GP
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