Hi everybody,
I have a Skywalker X8 that I've been building for aerial photography (wildlife population management), and I'm having an issue with a way to trigger the cameras. The two cameras I have onboard the plane at a time can be triggered with a
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A quick question. Has anyone programmed APM for a camera trigger?
Basically, I need to send out +5V when camera must trigger for 250ms and send 0V otherwise.
The problem I have is:
digitalWrite does not seem to work on APM output pins.
APM.Output
Read more…If I want my plane to fly 100m above the launch site and stay 100m above the ground whether the ground rises or falls (i.e. follow the terrain), do I check both the 'Hold Default Alt' and 'Veryify height' boxes or just the 'Verify Height' box and lea
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I'm finally getting around to tuning in the values for my quad under 2.8.1. It flew nice as ice previously, but it gets a bit jittery sometimes after the update. I've started with this guide: http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/arducopter-tuning
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I've created a working antenna tracker for my hexacopter with a MultiWii controller using a spare Arduino Nano V3 and an XBee Pro 900 pair. MW protocol is decoded and GPS LAT/LON/Speed and ALT and extracted. The issue I have is that the position
Read more…Just had a horrific nose dive with my skywalker.. lots of damage, etc.. and I am trying to ascertain whether my APM2 is working. It seems to be , it connects, telemetry works, stabalize works, etc but MP says No GPS..
I get no gps as well. however th
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I did ask this question a few weeks back, but got no reply, so I am adding info here.
This is an issue that has been bugging me for a while now, if someone could help me, or at least show me how they have done it in the past I would be highly
Read more…Did anyone post this video before?
A quadcopter facing a moose:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6mupfi21Ys
Read more…Dear Friends,
I 've just buy 3 units of ardupilot mega 2.5 from the reseller in Singapore. I've try the units using my skysurfer. The problem is when auto mode, the flight can not go to the waypoint / home. I checked on the ground, and I saw the GPS s
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Read more…I have a 3DR hexa-B v2.81 APM 2.5. And I find tlogs in my logs dir. Anyone know what causes MP to put tlogs on my PC?
What's an .rlog file for?
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Dear all,
If someone was interested in manufacturing multirotors to sell in RTF form using the Ardupilot board as the flight control, what would the hurdles be?
Obviously, the ardupilot board would have to be tuned to the frame being sold, and this cod
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the current Pin12 for 3DR Power Module in the mission planner to put only on the extended list. In the standard List i can set only PIN A2
Uwe
Read more…tried the mission planer away from any internet access and unable to use it can anyone ?.
if so how it had no firmware available and no google maps am I missing something.
Read more…Hi folks, I had to buy a skywalker 1900 after I stuffed my original 1500 into some trees. Does anyone have a good, solid param file for their 1900 that wouldn't mind sharing? This would be tremendously helpful :)
spag
Read more…It might be affordable and easy to create a wooden 1/2-model of a multicopter frame and then vacuum form 2 identical pieces and attach them together so that it will make a multicopterframe. It could be done with transparent material also? Little elas
Read more…Hi guysRecently A friend Louis and I bought a complete APM 2.5 setup for x8 flying wingsAPM 2.53Dr radio 433 MHzUblox / Mediatek GPSAirspeed sensorAnd the 3DR power module , we completed our setup and started testing the configuration for elevon setu
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I just have another problem with my Hexacopter and APM 2.5.
When I connect the two servo cables of my camera mount to pin 11/10 and set it up in the mission planner the servos are moving like they should. But only for just 1 or 2 seconds. Thereafte
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For some reason I just cannot get any data from my APM2.5 via xbee. Never had any troubles with APM2.
I am connected to the "new wireless port" on APM2.5 via a UartSBee breakout. The two XBee's connect to each other, no problem, however I am r
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