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I was presented with the following problem a few days ago: how to precisely land on a forest clearing or a small field. A conventional landing wouldn't work because the fields are surrounded by tall trees and the ground is not flat and probably f
Read more…I plan to fly a mission beyond radio range. Can I just disable both fail safe function ( RC and data link ), after lunching the airplane and set it to auto, then I switch off the radio and let the APM fly the way point. After It had completed the way
Read more…from 1.2.12 and till todays 1.2.15 - mission planner does not work well with MONO.
where are we heading ? Windows is not a viable platform this century.
Are there plans to get back to API's that work with mono, or, even better to compile a multi-platfo
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I configured a wing plane and it flighs very good with manual mode, trimmed and all. I tested stabilize in ground and everything works fine. But right now I was flying and turned STABILIZE for the first time, and it went down like a missile, I alr
Read more…I have been using this with the extra versions for a few months.. It was pretty stable, but now after moving it to another plane, it is acting weird. I was using firmware R139 or something like that and it was fine in my bixler.
moved it to skywalker
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.66
This release fixes a number of small issues in 2.65. In particular
The 3D radios have worked very well for 6 weeks and after a little crash the air module has the red LED on solid and no green LED. I've tried to connect to 3D config and I get "failed to enter command mode". The ground module connects and I can rea
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Read more…Well into my first build and I am getting ready to calibrate my ESCs. In the docs there is this graphic which indicated that the signal wires should be disconnected except for functions that require the ESCs such as calibration, testing motor dire
I don't know if this issue is related to hardware, software or my setup, or if it's an issue at all.
I have two airspeed sensors and both exhibit jumpy readings when the plane is static and indoors. When flying, the log (screen shot below) shows a lot
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
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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
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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
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