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Bad ESC?
I was hovering my quad at a fairly high altitude when it suddenly tumbled out of the sky into a 50' tree. I assembled a huge stick and got it down. I was flying while it was snowing... possibly a bad idea...I was about 2 minutes into the flight. I th
Read more…APM Window flashing (repainting) after a parameter update from the vehicle
I am running the latest version of MP (1.2.28) and am getting some strange behavior.
When I connect to my APM (2.5) and refesh the parameters it goes ok. Once the parameters are loaded the screen goes into a repainting loop as it tries to display. T
Read more…530KV 4008 motors with large props. Tuning.
Hi.
Just wondering if anyone else has a similar set up to mine and can share their PIDs /parameters.
I have these motors on a quad.
I was flyin
Read more…Gyro or accelerometer problem
Hi All,
I have a strange problem ( at least strange for me).
First off all i am newbie and i just bought apm 2.5 kit. I installed on the plane as you can see at attached picture.
I powered up plane connected to mission planner and make a Manuel levelin
Read more…ESC Problem
Hi there,
I have a problem with my 3DRobotics ESC's on my Hexacopter.
I want to program them with a super soft start mode.
Everything works fine till I exit the program mode and replug my battery.
They haven't learnt what I programmed into it and start a
Read more…Learner Plates Warning - connecting Mavlink fails - Got param VOLT_DIVIDER
Hi Peeps,
I just got a AMP2.5 to play with, hoping to use it for several projects such as a camera gimbal controller, a multicopter and possible use it in a plane and boat too :)
I managed to connect over USB only and set it up for a quad firmware, I c
Read more…In parameter commands of MP
Can anyone tell me the explanation of “RC1, RC2…RC8. Are they referring to the APM channels, 1 thru 8???
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks. Brian
Read more…APM1: Is there a 3.3V SPI bus?
Hi,
Sorry this is actually about the APM1 shield; I found no category for that.
Is there a 3.3V logic level SPI bus somewhere on it? I have an MPS5611 too many, and I might as well use it there if possible (with a few code mods I know).
The schematic ..
Read more…H frame quad - full aluminium
Hi,
I just finished building this H frame quad, entirely in aluminium, and I'm now trying to find the best compromise as for battery/ESC/motor to make the beast flyable.
I do not have any clue at the moment on how to choose these properly, nor really s
Read more…Auto takeoff and crash x2
Can anyone help me find the cause of the only two crashes I've had with my FPV Raptor and APM 2.5.
I've done a dozen or so auto take offs successfully, but two of them resulted in crashes. Actually in both cases I recognized things weren't going well
Read more…so im new to the blimp process and im confussed on the outdoor envelope material
so iv been making plans on first building an outdoor blimp thats just very simple. iv heard of polyeurothane and iv heard of a pvc laminated fabric...where does one get this stuff? how much does it cost? what type of polyeurothane is used for blimps?
Read more…LATLONG 2 UTM/MGRS library for Arduino
Hi,
is there an Arduino library that can convert LatLong data from a GPS to UTM or MGRS strings? Google didn't find anything useable.
-S
Read more…Need Help With Arducopter 2.8.1 ATG L600 X4
Hello i have read so much that i had to try to have my Quad also!! I have search on Ebay for the parts and start to put all this to one "Flying Quad". I´m gonna use my old APM2 with the Arducopter 2.8.1 on it. Missing the sonar i know...So far this a
After crash I only have Stabilize and Acro modes, is there anything I can do?
I have an APM 2 that crashed and it lost the GPS ant. unit so I bought an external GPS and did the soldering patch on the board for it to work. I use to use my DX8 radio with a AR8000 receiver but am now using the AR6210 receiver and have applied th
Read more…Hexacopter Auto flight mode
Hi
I would like to know from seniors about settings for auto mode.
I tried Auto mode and created waypoints for a auto flight between
launch point and 2 waypoints 20 meters away just to test and the last way point
was landing.
The moment I switched the sw
Read more…Save enough?
Good Evening Gents,
just a little offending question: :)
Is the arducopter software and hardware already in a state to be built in a heavy gas chopper? In my case a Vario Benzin Trainer with 1800 mm span and 7 kg weight powered by a 23 ccm Zenoah.
I am
Read more…Arducopter 2.9 for TradHeli Discussion
I am opening this topic to serve as the go-to place for talking about the upcoming 2.9 software release for Trad Helis. I think this will be necessary as 2.9 will have SIGNIFICANT changes in the way that the helis fly, and also in the settings you w
Read more…APM DCM axes convention
Hi all,
I'm a bit messed about the axes orientation used in the DCM code implementation in ardu/pilot/plane/copter code.
Regarding to datasheet :
MPU6000 is right handed with Z axis pointing up (on the component view) ?
HMC5883L is left handed with Z axi
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