I received a new prebuilt Arducopter last week from Udrones and I am having some problems getting ti to fly with the stability that I am expecting.
I am partially there, but I need some help. I have been pouring over all the information I can find, b
Read more…One unanticipated issue was that my brick of a battery keeps sliding out of the velcro harness that was supplied with my kit. The battery has a slick vinyl covering. The velcro strap is some kind of slick plastic.
The only thing I can think of is
Read more…I've been searching around for information on how to work with logs to generate all the sexy graphs I see people producing of their flights etc. I'm sure there would be some tutorials here somewhere but I haven't had much luck. Otherwise, if someone
Read more…I finally got through most of the configuration issues and was ready to attach the propellers and fly. There are both the wiki (picture) and text directions for 3D propeller attachment however the aluminum mounts that come with the kit were straight
Read more…Hi I was wondering if there is still someone that is using there old Ublox 5 GPS ? My GPS was not used for a few months and after trying to test it the other day it did not want to lock . I trying in u-center to upgrade the firmware , tried FW 5.0 ,
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I need a little help
My firiend managed to burn out his gopro hero by connecting power supply the opposite way.
There was only one visibly damaged capacitor (C18).
Now I would like to isolate other damaged parts but don't know where to start (
Read more…So I have a more or less functional quad and a semi functional rover. Every time I download firmware and even on the main catalog page for my quad kit they reference a "parameter file" but in all the calibration steps, configuration, etc. I've never
Read more…I have managed to take my bag'o parts and successfully assemble and calibrate it, but ran into one little strange thing. This is a 3D quad with a new Spektrum DX7 (ordered with the kit) controlling. When I was doing the ESC calibration the last st
Read more…I bought the DX7 package from 3D with my quad kit. When I unpacked it there were 3 receivers in the package and after puzzling over this for a while I just decided to use the biggest and baddest one (8 channel).
Question is what is the logic of three
Read more…I thought I'd post a quick picture of my mounts for the sonar and optical flow sensor on a 3DR Hex platform.
The sonar mount is modeling plywood cut to resemble the $10 version for DIYD. I used 3 strand servo wire for hookup.
The OFS is on a piece of
Read more…I got one of these thinking it was the same as the one at the diydrones store but the pin outs are different. Can I just mount it externally or will only the diydrones magnetometer work?
http://www.goodluckbuy.com/hmc5883l-triple-axis-compass-magnetom
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Got a problem that I can't seem to figure out. I have an Turnigy 9x that I upgrade the firmware to er9x and since then I can't seem to arm my quad. I have reloaded Arduocopter 2.8.1 a couple of times, I can connect with the mission planner. I can
Read more…I realized after posting comments in the documentation, that it was the wrong place. So here I am to ask the following:
Can someone explain what may be causing the Python image capture to hang? It will capture 1 - N images then stop with the followin
Read more…I've a 3DR hexacopter, new.
It has the PM (Power Module), the PDB (Power Distribution Board) and an APM2.5 with no jumper on jp1.
Online, I've found some instructions telling me that when using the PM, one is to leave jp1 unjumpered, and to plug in th
Read more…Had a near miss on the workbench the other day when the Mode was not properly recognized on my APM 2.5. When the APM was started it was in RTL mode despite the fact the transmitter switches corresponded to MANUAL mode and the PWM value being read wa
Read more…Update!
I guess we can put this one to bed. I went to my office and got a windows 7 laptop and the problem doesn't exist with Windows 7. I tried another XP computer and had the same problem, it wouldn't load the driver and locked up until I pull th
Read more…ArduPPM_v2.3.13_ATMega32U2.hex "APM 2.x ArduPPM Firmware v2.3.13 (recommended update for Futaba radio users)" in "http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/downloads/list" My question is how do I install the new firmware. Thanks,Brian |
As I have a server at home, I would like to save all my logs to the server and not locally on the PC.
Is it therefore possible to change the default location of where the logs from APM are stored ?
Many thanks,
Steve
Read more…So my success rate on the forum is much better than with support, so here is my next question. During the final power distribution assembly the directions say to just plug the motor into the ESC. Since the motors all have 3 different colored leads
Read more…Right now, I've got my battery hooked up to my PDB with a deans connector. Then, I attach the red and black wires running off the center of my PDB to the APM, in the output space. This does nothing. Isn't it supposed to make my APM light up and tu
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