I do not understand why we need to measure the voltage from the ESC's to calibrate the sensor. I don't even power my APM with the ESC's. Maybe that is why I am having such a hayday getting an accurate voltage reading? I use a separate BEC with filtr
Read more…Besides the difficulty I'm having getting the sensor to read accurately, I'm getting minimum OSD displaying a different reading then Mission Planner -
I would have thought since both are operating off of Mav Link they would be displaying the same thin
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I'm just getting started in this hobby, and realized today that my knowledge of batteries needs some work. I'm building a quadrotor and I have purchased the following:
Turnigy Accucel-8150 Balance Charger/Discharger
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyk
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I'm still new to this hobby. I am about to purchase a telemetry kit (sender / receiver) for a quad that I'm building. I see there are two different frequencies available, 433MHz and 915MHz... Is there any reason I would favor one over the other
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I ordered the quadrotor kit at store.diydrones.com. At the time I ordered, I asked what are the parts that break the most? I was told props. So I asked to order a few extra props.
I received 6 props with my kit. I just now noticed that they ar
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I am building a quadrotor from the full kit provided by store.DIYDrones.com.
The power distribution board refers to a 5V out. Giving me the idea this thing runs on 5 volts...
when I first asked the sales team what batteries to buy, they sent me to
Read more…Hi All,
Im new to the APM community, and I think its fantastic. Im trying to evaluate using the APM 2.5 as a multi-camera controller and AHRS logger.
However it needs to run at 3.3v, since my power source is coming from a Li-Ion source and I would li
Read more…I'm running APM 1(1280). If I load Arduplane 2.62 with the APM planner, the MAVLINK connection is successful. If I load Arduplane 2.62HIL the MAVLINK connection is unsuccessful (only one heartbeat received).
Anyone know whether this is an Arduplane
Read more…If I change serial baud to something like 38 or 115 and write parameters with MP sometimes after APM power up the changes have worked and sometimes not. What really is the correct way to change the APM serial 3 baudrate. It feels like it's jumping to
Read more…Hello all,
I'm releasing the first version of OSD Lite for ArduPlane / ArduCopter.
This is a very early version of my OSD with only basic fonctionnalities. The funny ones will comes with the next versions, when the graphic engine will be stabilized. Su
Read more…I am still really new to ArduCopter, but so far it is working well for me. I am flying an X525 frame with 1080KEV motors with 10x4.7 props. Flying pretty well in nromal mode.
However I suck at flying traditional RC (get confused on control direciton e
Read more…This is what the wiki says:
| Yaw tracking option | ALtitude (in meters) | Latitude | Longitude |
I am actually fairly new here, but I am one of those people who follow the threads eagerly looking for the next software release with bug fixes and feature updates. To be sure, so far I've had some great success with my APM2 Bixler FPV drone. Righ
Read more…Hi all,Just got the new Lea-6 ublox unit from 3DR and cannot seem to get it to work properly. I have disable the on board GPS on my APM2, and when I plug in the new unit, the power light come son (red LED) but the fix light stays off - no blink, noth
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.62
The main reason for this release so soon after 2.61 is to fix elevon mixing. That was broken completely in 2.61. My apologies to everyone with an elevon plane!
Other changes in this release:
Hey all,Are there any docs available on the 3DR LEA-6 GPS module? I got mine today and hooked it up to my APM2 (disabled the on-board GPS by bridging the grand and disable pins). I get a solid red power light on the module and it shows that there is
Read more…Ok, hardly rocket science but in case you've got your APM 2.5 but really want a case, it is possible to fit the 2.5 into the 2.0 case if you shave some bits off the case in the 3 places shown. You still can't access the I2C port on the APM2.5 but th
Read more…http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/09/05/2-hurt-in-remote-control-helicopter-accident-in-haverhill/
"Scott Proposki, the owner of Camera in the Sky, was testing out one of his aerial photography helicopters with his co-worker John Perry Tuesday afternoon
Read more…Please be advised that MAVProxy now has a "homepage" and initial documentation effort.
If you can add to the documentation please do. If you find a mistake, please fix it. If you want to complain about how poor it is to start with, I'll liste
Read more…Hi all,
So this is the first time I've sought help on here since I got my first APM (2.5 latest firmware). I've managed to make it this far with all the good info here and in the wiki. Here's my kit, followed by my problem.
Stock Gaui 330X-S
Spektrum
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