So I flew this mission today. Lifted off, trimmed up the copter, and hit auto.
What it appeared to do to me, was go to waypoint 4, then waypoint 3, then land.
Is this because the mission course is to small? It is possible, it went to waypoint 1, then 2
Read more…I currently run my Mission Planner on my netbook with no real issues, but have managed to repair my . laptop that has a much bigger screen and faster processor . I have been trying to install Mission Planner on it but keep getting the same error. It
Read more…I'd like to ask for a feature request - when telemetry is running, would it be possible to periodically update and show the current home position. Since the home position can be reset if RF & Electrical noise cause a bad GPS reading during flight, i
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I have been out to test gps loiter for the first time, I waited until the gps module showed a lock , flew around for a few minutes without testing loiter,
landed, made another flight and at about 5 meters altitude i turned the loiter on to see
Read more…I have been flying my 915 radio for a few months now and it works great. So fat I have only flown about a half-mile out and the minimum signal strength is about 85%.
Hello everybody,
I am trying to make the follow me work, but it didn't work properly. There is a problem with the gps coords. The quad should recieve coords like Lat:48,884805 and Long:9,08266388 but it recieves the one shown in the image below.
I fou
My APM 2.5 has just arrived and I have soldered on the headers. On inspecting the other connections I noticed the I2C socket and the non surface mount GPS connectors had not been soldered on properly (only tagged on one pin). I am not sure this is ho
Read more…One thing about Chinese motors. They are cheap and you can build a prototype quickly, but the Chinese can't make ball bearings to save themselves! After 13 flights I had a motor fail. I ordered two replacement motors from hobbyking since there's
Read more…Hi Droners
I am happy to announce that we now have Skywalker 1900 and X8's in stock and available to the South African market.
These Excellent FPV/UAV platforms will we distributed via our retail stores (www.clownshobbies.co.za) and our on-line store (
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I want to launch my flying wing equiped with an APM2 , gps and xbee using a bungee launch catapult and a short ramp.
I expect to launch this either in Manual or FBW-A Is the instant acceration going to cause problems or damage the AMP2 unit?
Anyone t
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I have successfully downloaded the Mission Planner source code from the repository, and after updating my .NET I have ended up with what it seems to be just one problem related to the "Transitions" reference, which by the way is marked as "in
Read more…In 1.2.6 the vel and dir display worked properly.
I am currently using 1.2.7 and the dir/vel readings are zero any thoughts?
Read more…Anyone know how to dampen the airspeed indication on the mission planner?
While flying the airspeed indication slews +- 10-15 mph. For example when stabilized at 25mph the airspeed indication jumps around from 12 to 37 mph but if averaged the airspeed
Read more…I've just released ArduPlane 2.60
The main new features in this release are:
For a description of the first 3 n
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When using APM planner to upload the code onto the board, it flashes the complete flash memory to re-write the contents. But, when we do calibration of radio/ servos in the mission planner where are the settings stored precisely ? (This is do
Read more…Hi, I have a arducopter 2.5 with firmware 2.7.1
I was able to calibrate the PID for roll and pitch, work and the quadricopter type "+" is stable.
But in the air I can not stabilize yaw , rotates continuously.
I try calibrate the PIDyaw but never the res
Read more…Although I am building another Hexa to carry on working with 2.7.1, I need to to downgrade a current Hexa (JDrones Factory Assembly, 880Kv) to 2.6 so I can continue using it.
2.6 was working well and just needed some tweaking in the WP PIDs
I have dow
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I've been trying all sorts of props on my Y6 running with DT750 motors in an attempt to get stable yaw and minimal vibrations. I currently use 3S batteries. The GWS EP1045 slow flyer props were the most vibration free out of all the prop's I tri
Read more…Hi everyone,
I put together a short list of many details that have gone into making a RPi quad. I have some pictures posted in my photo album. I'll get those updated soon as well as some video when I locate a firewire port for the DV camera.
I've start
Read more…Would there be any benefit to reducing the max throttle position? When I am in auto mode and the plane is moving to another waypoint ( and possibly a new higher altitude) the throttle seems to go to max.
I suppose this is good, but it really decrease
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