Can not change to pos hold mode if I save the mode in any of the 6 positions in flight planner and swich to it I get mode unkowen on the flight data screen all other modes work fine.
using a quad with 2.9 firmware.
Read more…It's come to my attention tonight that the APM2 has a 500mah fuse. I was planning to run Servos for the gimball directly from the APM but at stall they would pull 4A and obviously blow the fuse.
What is the best way to power Gimball servos ?
Read more…The only way to get meaningful search results from this site is to use GOOGLE's advanced search feature to search this domain.
I have a terrible time trying to search for information on this site.
I'm usually not certain whether the info that I'm looki
Read more…I see that with the latest firmware, the 3DR radios default to 57600 baud rate. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to setting them to 115200? Less range or reliablility?
Thanks
Read more…I getting tied of replacing props. I just finished putting together a new 3DR Quad. But every time I try to fly it, it flips on the ground and breaks a prop. Can someone take a look at the logs and tell me what's wrong?
Thanks,
Richard
Is there a way to overlay the gps data onto a still image from the uav .
Instead of using live video and a osd I want to use a still camera such as a Canon powershot s90 and overlay the gps information onto the image before transmiting to ground.
uav w
Read more…I'm putting this here since I'm unclear where this question would belong.
I want to build a ground station around a Raspberry Pi that can display basic telemetry.
Initially at least, I want to read only a minimal set of attributes, essentially what com
Read more…I've never been able to get geofencing to work. I was hoping that in ver 1.29 just released it might work but I've just tested at the field and I can't get it to work. I'm using a stock 3DR quad with APM 2.51 board.
Also, I seem to remember a dedicate
Read more…Have had no luck at all with sonar, but being an idiot, I am not giving up. I just bought one of the higher end Maxbotix sensors that I have been told handle noise much better and am trying to figure out how best to mount it on my quad. I know we are
Read more…Hello everyone,
I am a mechanical engineering student at Wright State University and am currently working on two "drone" projects. The first one is a UAV plane used to collect sensor data from the air after another plane has completed crop dusting.
Read more…I'm wondering if it is possible to use SITL with X-Plane instead of the other sims in the tutorial. I'm awaiting my APM 2.5 and want to try out the APM on a UAV that I created in PlaneMaker. I'm decent with Linux and Windows so any advice that some
Read more…I'm fabricating a new quad frame, and I want to mount an APM 2.5 on the bottom, upside down, facing forward, of course. Can this be done? Is there a setting in MP, or will it think it is upside down and FLIP-OUT? I can save some weight and less parts
Read more…This is an old issue but hoping to see if I can get an explantion or some help.
I have a Hitec Optima 7 Rx using something called the SPC port, basically the receiver has 2 power sources, 12.6V for the radio side straight from the flight battery and
Hi!
Judging from these posts:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1686498&page=27#post23859577 (Scroll to #401)
and
http://fpv-community.de/showthread.php?20672-Hobbywing-Skywalker-20A-Regler-mit-Atmel-MC (German)
The hardware has changed with
Read more…Hi guys I have just finished building a Tri for a change (custom) and have put my APM 2 on it. I connected to mission planner and updated firmware with the correct Tri firmware.I also installed the props as per the wiki so I shouldn't need to change
Read more…EDIT: I uninstalled the driver and re-installed it again. Now my APM 2.0 is connected to the Mission Planner. I'm back in business!
Hey All,
After a long hiatus with the APM 2.0 in my drawer, I decided to reflash it to Arducopter FW from Arduplane. The
Read more…Hello,
I have seen a picture in the Wiki for the 2.0 APM board showing ouputs A9 to A4 being named "Motor LEDs".
Is there any explanation what that is and how is it used ?
For example can those outputs be used to power 12Volts LED strips ? (or is it max
Read more…Can anybody tell me where to start looking if my propeller spins up when I engage Stabilize mode?
I have THR_MIN set to 0. TRIM_THROTTLE is 35, but that's not applicable to stabilize?
My radio is definitely not outputting throttle - it remains at ppm 9
Read more…So I've been building a hexacopter. Today, after 4 semi-successful flights (only small crashes) my APM2.5 suddenly can't connect to the software anymore. I've done all the normal troubleshooting (restart, trying different USB ports, disconnecting a
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