I would just like to say that I got the first opportunity to fly at an inside football pitch today, I have flown outside in both light and strong wind many times now and its good, but today with no wind was exceptional.
The cuad drifts maybe 0.5 m/s i
Read more…Does anyone know how to downgrade from APM 2.60 back to APM 2.50 using the mission planner?
I have tried using arduino to reload the 2.5 like the old days but receiving multiple compile errors.
Read more…Michael,
Would it be possible to add a low battery alert (loud alarm sound, whatever) to Mission Planner?
I already has the battery voltage information, what is needed is to define a threshold.
I deperately need a way to turn my attention to the battery
Read more…Hello,
Its been a year since I flew my plane and I'm making a few changes. Mostly I want to be able to fly the plane just using an xbox controller. I have read this post and even asked a few Qs but I'm still stuck.
The Mission planner will download my
Read more…Hi!
I'm new to this community and don't know the most appropriate forum topic for this post to be in. Forum Admins please move this to the correct forum.
I'm wondering, is there currently an object oriented open source initiative for doing something
Read more…Hi all,
When I do switch on Stabilize mode and tilt the plane as in pictures below, the rudder position change, based on inclination angle.
I am wondering if this is the good position, or should be reversed?
Please let me know.
Chris
Read more…Hello World!
I'm new to these forums. I was drawn in a number of weeks ago, while 30,000 feet or so in the air, reading an article in WIRED. I never read magazines, except when I'm at an airport, with the anticipation of a long boring flight in a cram
Read more…My son and I are interested in getting educated on the ArduCopter. Is there a document or book for beginners? What is the difference between the 3D Robotics and JDrones versions of the ArduCopter?
Thanks!
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Is it possible to configure ArduCopter (2.7.3) to do and RTL (and optionally land) if the battery voltage becomes too low?
I read the Wiki over and I'm not sure how to do it.
I have battery monitoring on my setup (APM1) and can read the correct batt
Read more…Indra's new UAV is called the Pelicano. It has a maximum takeoff weight of about 329 pounds, a cruise speed of about 56 miles per hour and a flight endurance of 4-6 hours. It can auto-land over a ship at poorest conditions.
When can we see an arducopt
Read more…I have always liked Marco's fast long distance circle, something I am afraid of because I am a poor pilot and am good at losing orientation at a distance. When I noticed that Jason now does not slow down at waypoints under 60 degrees, I thought an 8
Read more…Hi there simple question but I have loads of log files built up i have to scroll through to get to the latest ones so wondered if and how I delete them. I am using 3Dr telemitry so presume they are on my computer not my APM2. Is it just a simple case
Read more…Have been looking for a camera thats similar to the Go Pro and found this and was wondering if anyone had one or new anything about them. The information looks very impressive and they come with lots of accessories.
Read more…I haven't flown my quad for a while now and after hearing the good things about 2.7.2 thought I would take it out today.
Uploaded the new firmware last night and set everything up. All looked good.
Took it out to the field this morning and it would not
Read more…Hello everyone. I am new to DYI Drones and I am amazed by all of the capabilities and technology to say the least. I grew up building and flying fixed wing RC aircraft and have been wanting to put cameras in them for years. What everyone is doing her
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Arducopter 2.7.2 is now in the mission planner and in the downloads area. Some positive reports on testing can be found in this discusssion by John Hanson.
Note: just as the release was going out an issue was found re support for the all Camera Gimba
Read more…I'm guessing I posted this in the wrong place so am reposting it here. I started a thread in the arduplane user group but not sure how much it's seen so will try here.
http://diydrones.com/group/apmusergroup/forum/topics/gps-stopped-working
I've been s
Read more…After reading some topics about this and reading new code, I created some pattern of blinking leds.
I also modified a little code of leds.pde, so it easy to extent and add more. Now it can blink depending on fly mode.
I write code of showing leds as:
st
Read more…I have not had luck with versions past 2.6 until I loaded 2.7.2 Epsilon - WOW - the twitches are gone!
Even with default pids ( apm2, ublox, quad) flying was as smooth as can be. I did up Alt Hold P to .8 and thrust rate P to .6 because default let th
Read more…What parameter (PID) should I adjust if my XCopter wobbles a bit when it's auto-navigating?
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