I have a 3DR quad ready to go except I needed a dome to protect the electronics. I didn't want to take time to make one so I was searching around the forum for a ready made one that would work. I saw Robert Lefebvre's thread on his big aluminum frame
Read more…Is there a JST 6 cable to DF13 6 cable. When using the Bixler case the JST cable is hard up against the side at 90deg exit. Mine just broke. Now when you add the new case it there isn't enough room for even that.The DF13 cable is a better gauge so le
Read more…Does anyone know if it is possible to create a flight mode for ArduPlane to prop hang. I am currently using a 3d acrobatic plane to work out any bugs etc before moving to a more UAV style plane. My idea is if it possible to set up a flight mode "hove
Read more…I'm constantly expanding my understanding of all the options and systems within the APM 2.5 by re-reading the wiki and looking for things that have changed or things that I hadn't considered before.
One thing that has recently caught my eye was the se
Read more…I've bought a apm 2.5 recently. My question is: APM 2.5 support V Tail for a sailplane?
Read more…Is there an easy way to replicate the ABC status lights with external LEDs? My board is buried deep in an enclosure and I need to see the ABC status lights using external LEDs.
Thanks
Read more…There's been a few threads on LED strips and lights on the ARDU but most seem outdated now,
What is currently available at V2.8/2.8.1 out of the box (as it were) are any of the analogue pins already assigned with LED outputs ?
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I would like to compile and upload the Arducopter code to my UAV. To do so I followed the instructions on the wiki, that is :
-installed the Arduino 1.0.3 (Arudpilot) version on win7
-installed the 2.8.1 software version (the two folders Arducopt
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I just installed an airspeed sensor on my new APM 2.5.. I have enabled it in mission planner and it seems to be workig well? But when I click on enable airspeed the horizon pitches up and down depending on the airspeed reading, so if I blow
Read more…Looks like this flight controller uses the same components, and it's just $34
Both have:
Atmel's ATMEGA2560
MPU6050 6 axis gyro
HMC588
hello
after takeing the bosch 085 bro out putting instead ms5611 i2c 3.3v
thanks to Frank Al for sharing this http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/just-a-thought-barometer-apm1-vs-apm2?commentId=705844%3AComment%3A957399&xg_source=activity
I get initializ
Read more…The AMA has released (I think they are still preliminary) a set of rules and guidelines for operation of FPV models and for Autopiloted models.
The regulations can be seen here: http://www.modelaircraft.org/files/report_on_revised-550-560-oct-8-2012.p
Read more…Hello,
I have installed the sonar XLL-EZ0 on the quadcopter (3DR). Then I launch a sonar test though the CLI in the mission planner software. The arducopter is connected via USB only (no battery).
The minimum reading with the sonar command is 20 cm. Is
Read more…I did see posts where people claim they can fly their quad copter 20-25 min, others just 7-8 min.
Which is the real flight time?
On my quad with setup below I have 7-8 min (alarm at 10v) . Can I fly more?
APM2.0 + telem
Quad H-Frame, 4 motors
Motor 1000kv
Read more…I was browsing apps with my phone and found some cool Seismographs... I was wondering if we could have a seismograph in order to detect the vibration frequency on our drones using the APMx.x within the mission planner and get some accurate oscillatio
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I pulled a few wires in the field from my minimOSD yesterday and seem to have fried something in my APM2.0 and minimOSD. Given the camera/Vtx is 12v, I'm guessing something might have touched a pin it shouldn't have... the only cables touche
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On a 3DR quad arducopter, I am powering the APM2.5 with JP1 off and using the 5v input from the 3DR power module BEC (connects through the voltage measurement port).
This powers , If I understood correctly, all of the APM2.5 boards including the An
Read more…Last weekend I got my copter flying (Success! :D)
However, it flies as if its front is its back. What is even weirder is if I turn the APM2 around on the frame so that it faces the right direction, the copter flips itself on takeoff like its trying to
Read more…I've got a small collection of 900MHz xbees from the diydrones store and need to get a couple more because of lost craft. I would like to go with 3DR radios but I'm using the ardustation tracker which is using an xbee. Don't think it works with 3DR.
A
Read more…I am hoping to use this GPS as an external for my APM2. I know how to disable the onboard GPS,
but in looking at the pins, the APM2 has a 6 pin connector and my new GPS module has only 4.
Will it work? If so, how to I wire it up? Thanks for any help
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