Is it possible to disable RTL failsafe when the plane is on the ground?
I did this test, I removed the prop, then I connected up the battery without having the transmitter on, a few seconds later the motor start, and then I connected the telemetry and
Read more…Friday was my first attempt at trying to fly my Trex 600 in stabilized mode. I had previously been mixing the simulator with the 600 into the loop, everything seemed great. I got to the field on Friday powered the heli up on the bench. Controls are
Read more…Thought I would share some info on my flying wing Tensor V2.
I have been using a Arduplane V1 in the plane for a while and recently got a MinimOSD which I think is great.
FPVing Tensor V2 with minimOSD
The main thing that is different abou
Read more…Hi all,
I want to share some of the latest results I achieved with using ardupilot and my X8-wing for aerial mapping. Below you can see a picture of the X8-wing with the ardupilot and camera (canon ixus 220HS with CHDK). I started off with the standa
Read more…It was working normaly, but i uploaded settings and changed baud rate and airspeed, i picked wrong ones, now i dont remember whitch ones, so now, thei doesnt talk to each other, when i load settings i just get them from local device, but not from air
Read more…I know that Penguin's don't fly, but this I'm pretty happy with mine.
I've just completed 5 flights with my Penguin and I would have to say that it is a pleasure to build and fly. It has all the benefits of a Skywalker, but so far none of the bad char
Read more…I recently purchased a UBLOX LEA6 GPS for my quad.
I have had some good flights and some not so good.
This evening I did the power hack on my APM 1 to power the receiver from the USB.
I have the APM 1 connected via USB and the copter is indoors so not m
Read more…How the APM (arduplane) must be configured if you want to steer the plane with rudder and elevator only (no ailerons)?
Read more…I crashed my apm2-equipped airplane a week ago and need to get the apm repaired. I sent email to the store's technical support and received an automated 'thanks for your email' response. It's been nearly a week and I have not received any more email
Read more…Hi,
I'm flying with big electric model since 10 years.
I have already tried to fly fpv but i had more black image in my googles than something else :-)
My challenge for 2013 : fly fpv with a function Return to home if a problem occur (Loose signal,..) a
Read more…This is strange.
Installed current Arducopter firmware on APM 2.5
Unlike my plane, when RX (PPM) loses signal, or is disconnected from APM - then the APM just freezes last RC input values, and so, fails to detect connection loss.
Read more…Just setup Windows 8 - some neat stuff, a bit of a learning curve. Unfortunately, Mission Planner came up just fine, but I could not get Mega2650 drivers to load so there is no connection. So, before you do a one way upgrade, be careful.
I tried the d
Read more…Hey everybody, I'm new here. Just got my first multi rotor and I am completing the build. I can't exactly figure out what Lipo batteries to use. I'm flying an Arducopter Hexa copter b - frame. I'm using Ac2836-358 880 KV motors with ESC's 20 amp 5v
Read more…I have an XRF in use with our APM2 and we have been testing lowering the baud rate to 38400 to stop lost packets.
However when we did that, the MinimOSD stopped receiving data. It only seems to work when we have 57600 set.
How do we change the MinimOSD
Read more…When I view log files in Google Earth, sometimes the start and stop points are on, or very close to, the ground. Other times those points are raised well above ground level as seen in the screen shot below. I can't figure out why this is happening
Read more…Hi, when I connect to the mission planner the apm board is showing a 3D GPS lock but the aircraft symbol is not shown on the map and I'm unable to set home etc. This is happening on all the versions of the planner that I try and use. Any ideas? All
Read more…Can anyone tell me if I should change my hexacopter motor angles to try and increase yaw authority? I'm sure I have read somewhere that 3deg one way for the CCW motors and 3deg the other way with CW motors can help.If anyone has had success with this
Read more…Frequently asked questions are about powering an APM2.5 or why the same does not work or why it has failed.
Here is a simplified schematic showing the major components of the 5V/Vcc circuit on the APM2.5
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My APM 2.5 starts and goes directly (after calibration) to B yellow LED ARMED and I can't disam it, my TX is calibrated and working with APM, I can connect APM via wireless telemetry, but even if I press the mission planner DISARM button nothing h
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