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
Read more…It's so hard to find a proper category on this forum...
Anyway, I've gone through a wiki page about GIT and still have some questions. I'm very familiar with SVN but have no experience with GIT. Time to fix that.
I've installed GIT, some GUI (SmartGit)
Read more…Hey,
I want to ask expert advise on a long endurance (about 40 minutes) heavy lifter (1550gm camera) multi-rotor platform.
Can you speculate or advise me what would be the good starting point of building a multi-rotor (quadrotor, or hexacopter or octa
Read more…Hi all,
I'm doing the maiden flights of my new Y6 but I don't know why extrange reason propellers brake in the air.
I know that are cheap propellers with low quality:
http://unmannedtechshop.co.uk/Multi-Rotor/Propellers/10-inch-propellers/Quadcopter-pro
Read more…When I power up my APM 2.5 board (via USB port) with no peripherals connected everything is fine. When I add the 3DR Radio the board still powers up correctly using the USB port. When I connect the Ublox LEA-6H board and then add power via USB, the
Read more…Hello, I want to take infrared aerial photography using a UAV. Does anyone have any advice about what sort of camera/lens I should buy in order to do this?
Read more…Good day gents and ladies,
I have been a silent reader for quite some time, and enjoy participating in this sport/ hobby/career/ what-have-you for years.
My latest build is a Hexacopter utilizing the Xaircraft frame and APM 1. I have the sonar, GPS, ma
Read more…Hi all,
I understand that since the release of Arduplane 2.33, one may:
"ask for any stream rate that is a multiple of 20ms"
Does that mean that I may request all the telemetry data(attitudes, raw sensor, PWN in and PWM out, airspeed etc) to be stream
Read more…Has anyone tried one of these 6 position switches yet? Seems perfect for a mode switch.
I can't tell if it's plain old contacts inside, or if there's fancy electronics.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Components:_Switches_and_knobs/Fr
Read more…Some time ago I posted (probably in a wrong category) info about my issues with reading logs in APM2.
I decided to record how it works here as it's totally random and erratic.
At 0:07 terminal seemed to work which surprised m
Read more…I have found discussions in the forums about XBee radios, 9x receivers and er9x firmware, but none on 3DR radios. Has anyone combined the er9x on the Turnigy transmitter with 3DR radio to acquire telemetry data? Is there a tutorial to follow? I h
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.61, which has a lot of small bug fixes from 2.60.
Changes since the 2.60 release include:
