How does one change Yaw while flying or when one gets to a waypoint. I want to be able to point my hexcopter at the center of a circle while I fly around it. I tried using "Yaw Ang" in the Waypoint within Flight Planner, but nothing happened. My h
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I have two Arduino mega sitting around and would like to use one for my Quad. Any suggestions on how to use the ArduPilot Mega 1 IMU Shield/OilPan Rev-H V1.0 with the Arduino Mega 2560 board?
Thanks
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I've manually calibrated 6 of the 6 ESCs/motors. they arm and rotate as expected.
For each arming, the first few times I move the throttle stick up & down the props come to a complete stop of rotation'.
However after
Read more…hi all, after been using my APM2 board configured as a Quad-X configuration for a couple of days, i decided to add the voltage/current board that i´ve purchased from sparkfun and conected it as stated in the instructions in the Wiki area, selection w
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Maybe I'm tired and the answer is staring me in the face, but I thought I'd throw this problem out to see who can solve it.
In 2.7.5 I'm looking to add linear deceleration when approaching a waypoint. Right now we decelerate at a proportion of
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We have here a Hotel 1.0 oilpan 8/19/2010, on a 2560 APMega. :>(
It has worked fine for a few flights on a plane, and have been setting up now in a 450 heli. It seemed to be working correctly until tonight...
Have done only a few run ups on the
Read more…I soldered a 180amp AttoPilot v & c sensor; measured the input voltage to APM 2.5 (10v); input 10v into the MP > configuration screen. I also entered 5000 for the 5000mah 3S LIPO.
The result I'm getting is around 25v. It should be arround 12v..
Is ther
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What happens if you try to overdrive your ESCs (e.g. put a big motor on a 10A ESC and throttle it all the way up)? Will most ESCs limit the current, or will they deliver the current and possibly overheat?
I think my ESCs may be limiting my payl
Read more…Newbie question.. I am flying a Skywalker 1900 with apm 2.5 with the latest firmware. I trimmed the plane and began tuning the PIDs, however, after getting the roll and pith right, my plane yaws to the left when I activate stabilization mode. Ive tr
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I already translated some software to Brazilian Portuguese, like NopCommerce (.NET) and some PHP Scripts. I would like to translate Mission Planner to Brazilian Portuguese since there is an growing comunity here in my country that would benefit fr
Read more…Hi, could you suggest me the best servo for a gopro gimbal? i use hitec hs55 but are not so much reactive. I try the savox sh0264mg but they are baddest servo i ever use!!! I want to use an high speed micro digital servo but smooth like analog.
Any s
Read more…Has anyone successfully used the APM2.5 (or other APM) with the cheaper NEO-6M ublox gps ?
Did you need any modifications to the source code ?
Thx !
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For a research application I need to lift 1kg using my quadcopter.
My original configuration was:
I tried to lift a 623g
Read more…Any one had any experience with the Bixler and an APM? Seems pretty popular for FPV.
Before i purchase was just wondering if there is anything i should know...
I will be getting the 6ch transmitter instead of the 4ch one so that i can use the toggle st
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I'm working on a simple GPS Xbee tracking project.
It seems that you can directly connect a gps with NMEA output to a XBEE and send the data over to a xbee connected pc.
I've tried this but it doesn't really work. I get data but its unreadable.
My s
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Can someone please explain me one info about MAP TOOLS > CAMERA in Flight Planner.
The "Across Flight Line" number is the one I have to enter in Distance Between Lines at the Auto WP > GRID function?
And whats the flight line distance (in camera se
Read more…Do you carry or can you direct me to any pigtails or extensions to the cables for my telemetry cable and my GPS cable? I have a uBlox LEA-6H. Thanks
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I'm trying the GRID function but couldn't find any info about the difference between the two. I tried both and can't see a difference. Can someone tell me the difference? Should I used GRID or GRID V2 for mapping?
Is there a way to measure the tota
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