Hey guys,
When I activate the Alt hold mode, I´m unable to raise my quad.
In AH mode, throttle stick position is used as a baseline for altitude maintenance. This means, that altitude can still be manually changed by raising or lowering the throttle co
Read more…Just curious if this is even possible. If I lose communication with my helicopter at any given point via computer and Futaba radio at the same time is there something to tell the helicopter to come home? If so is there way to have a flight path like
Read more…I'm getting ready to build my first quad. I have a list with brushless motors, ESCs, propellers, etc.
The frame is going to be DIY.
I have one newbie question before I select a RC Transmitter/Receiver. Is there a RC Transmitter with the feature to rev
Read more…I know the housing is now available for purchase but since I just got a 3D printer, I thought I'd make one myself.
Also in the photo are a printed dipole antenna tower, GPS tower and sonar mount.
For anyone witha 3D printer, th
Read more…Been flying multi copters on APM for years...
Now, for work I am building a boat to carry an instrument in the Artic next summer...
I uploaded the rover code, but the mission planner sometimes shows the little car
but most of the time is shows the airpl
Read more…Sorry for asking, but a few days (weeks) ago there was big tuning help discussion. I can't find it anylonger.Where is it ? :-)
Read more…Hello, I made something to my APM2.5, that killed a part of it.
I wanted to try the PPM Sumreceiver port an made a mistake. I used the picture here http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/PPMsumRC but I had my APM2.5 turned 90degrees clockwise and so
Read more…Do you need a telemetry kit to fly to waypoints and use the mission planer? Can it be programed to fly to waypoints using it's built in GPS?
Any good tutorials?
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Is anyone else plagued with cells going down in lipo packs?
I have been using them for about 6 years now, mostly for RC aircraft but also DIY LED cycling lights. They dont have a hard life with me, occasionally getting a 10C discharge but usually muc
Read more…Figured I'd reset my APM and reload Hex firmware to 2.8.1. I've rebooted my PC, then via terminal mode, under setup I erased EPROM and Reset the APM. But when I try to load the firmware for Hex it fails. Mission Planner downloads the file, and upl
Read more…I am looking to some technics to use for "sky replacement" when doing 360 aerial pictures.
Let say that I am tilting my camera toward the ground to capture the ground below the horizon line.
But in this case, the sky will not be completely captured, wh
Read more…Hello all
I am working on a tailsitter design. I realise that the ardupilot software cannot yet handle the transition from hover to horizontal flight, but I'll face that obstacle when I come to it. For now, I am working on the hardware, and am wonde
Read more…I have been doing Aerial Photography for almost ten years now and I recently began the process of configuring multiple micro controllers. I purchased these pieces of equipment to make the process of flying my aircraft easier and more efficient. Recen
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.68
This key features of this release are changed in the MPU6000 filtering, and several bug fixes (including HIL fixes).
The changes are:
I am trying to fine tune PID's on my quad and have two questions:
Hi!
If the RC transmission is interrupted, the APM 2.5 robot switch circling mode, where you can turn off this ?
Please help!
Joe
Read more…"Homemade" HM-TRP 868 MHz identified as:
SiK 1.6 on HM-TRP
FREQ_868
In tool for Min Freq default value is 868000, for Max Freq is 869000, BUT in both dropdown lists I have:
902000
907500
915000
921000
928000
433050
434040
434790
435000
Is this correct?
PS. Same in
Read more…I just built my Arducopter however, when i connect my battery to the set up the escs start beeping indicating there is a problem with the voltage. When i connect the battery to a lipo battery charger i get and error saying the second cell is below vo
Read more…I have got the Mission Planner to work on Ubuntu 12.04 but can't connect to the 3DR radio, keep getting a "can't establish connection, permission denied" error.
I'm using this port and 57600 baud: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Silicon_Labs_CP2102_USB_to_UART_
Read more…Hi!
I did a spikefilter wich i find very useful for barodata. It may be of use for GPS as well. Sorry i am no programmer and have no mathematical background so i will describe the function like a kid would do it....
Here is an example array with 5 ele
