We operate a fixed wing and a quad and have noticed some odd issues with airspeed.
On the X8 fixed wing, the airspeed sensor appears to be showing airspeed on the ground as it jumps around a bit, and used to work well in flight. However recently we ha
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Using APM board 2.5 with software 2.65
Sensors: GPS Lea6 V1.1, Volt/amp Attopilot 90A, Speed DIY drones V20
Radio 3DR 433 Mhz
Problem:
When enabeling the speed sensor, the art. horizon starts to get unstable and the delay from action to depic
Read more…APM2 integration with a Trex-600E. As of right now I am running everything through the AerosimRC simulator before I strap it on the 600. I have played around with the plane setting a found good results. Now I am trying to get the same results in heli
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Has anyone had any success in getting your quad to have any obstacle avoidance abilities? I'm not talking about any complex pathing, but rather (at least in my case) will allow for low altitude forward flight, and if a weed or bush is detected
Hy Guys
Here is another unexplainable problem i have encountered. I have installed APM2 with latest code. Everything works perfect in Mission Planner... all sensors work well, attitude indicator moves great. But when connecting airspeed sensor and ena
Read more…Hey all, I had quite a few of the parts for the OSD already so I downloaded the source files from the diydrones store site and sent them off to be fabbed, but as a friend and I were assembling our boards today we noticed that we had boards marked V0.
Read more…I found this video over on OP - Is it relevant to Ardu ?
http://www.openpilot.org/pid-tuning/
Read more…Is there any interest in a much higher bandwidth serial data logger ? The initial plan is two versions, both about the size of Sparkfun's OpenLOG that will do what it does but actually log at ~250k bytes / sec while the other will do ~1m bytes / sec
Read more…I have bought the Next Level 500mm Hex, Hi-Power Combo with Cobra Motors[NL-500HHPCC] , I just finished building it but I have the following problem. When I turn the motors on with my radio transmitter all the motors run exept number one and two, whe
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I have been having trouble determining the antenna tracker parameters for the APM Mission Planner. I have gotten it to work within the Pololu Maestro software with the parameters:
Pan (HS-785HB):
Min: 1312, Max: 1584, Startup: Goto 1450, Neut
Read more…I have the APM 2.0 board and currently have the jumper removed. My power distribution board is feeding the input rail and I have a separate BEC feeding the output rail where the esc's are controlled (the end where the gps is located). My tilt and r
Read more…forum PM: "Just know that the 'imaginary' group you represent isn't so imaginary at all. But I guess you already know that" - silent DIYDrones user
This topic was setup in order to move degenerative conversation points away from the "Hex decided to le
Read more…I've been doing some tuning, gone around in a big circle and ended up nearly at default. Now I've got a great flying Octo but the rate yaw is at 1.600 The default is 0.250.
If I reduce the rate yaw anything below 1.3 I get random un-commanded yaw eith
Read more…Just flew 2.8 and once again, WOW. Things that are noticably better than 2.73--
Loiter is spot on, used to 'wander' ervery now and then, now hangs on a string.
I did not see any simple mode probs - instead, for real fun, put in alt hold and push yaw
Read more…I recently steeped down as moderator so I can address this issue and the BS about it. Over the next few day's I be going over the code and addressing the real issues and possible solutions or not possible solutions. Ones that work or don't work.
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Read more…I've noticed a lot of talk about what happens after you load a new firmware which requires an EEPROM reset. It seems a lot of people start with the default parameters, and then spend all the time required to tune it up again. Or, some people are ty
Read more…Many FC configuration's suggest that ESC's need to be calibrated yet using an ardupilot 2.5 mega FC I can't do it via software like I can on openpilot cc.Problem is my Devo 7 tx requires me to put the throttle control at zero position before it start
Read more…I need some help here! I finally received all the parts to put my new drone together and I'm unable to get any power to the board! I've checked my USB and ESC outputs and both are providing sufficient power to run the board but neither can get any LE
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Arducopter 2.8.1 is now in the mission planner and in the downloads area! Remember to do your MP configuration again after loading this code, since it erases your EEPROM and sets it to the new defaults.
Note: Issues with APM1 user's level feature not
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