I am curious about the video resolution of the .avi files that can be recorded and saved in the mission planner log directory.
The resolution of these .avi files appears to be no where near the quality of the camera I am using. Are the files purposef
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I am helping a friend setup his quadcopter with APM2. We have updated it to 2.7.1. We calibrated ESCs, we configured the Transmitter. It flew okay with unbalanced props. We flew it this one time.
We took the frame apart to move his ESCs inside t
Read more…How does the circle flight mode work on a Quad? I'd like to test it, once I get my Quad repaired and flying again.
Does the Quad just spin or does it fly around a waypoint? If it flies around a waypoint, is diameter of the flight path adjustable?
Read more…OK the radio plugged into the USB port and the radio connected to the APM are both showing solid green LED's. I guess that means they have discovered each other. I have the baud rate set to 57600 in the MP software. Problem is I get the, "Failed
I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I had a cheap radio system that runs on 900 Mhz
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=13436
Actually, I do not use this camera but a GoPro and I have upgraded the antennas.
And then I th
Read more…Every now and then when I run Mission Planner, the airspeed indication is off by a factor of 100 (see graphic). If I restart MP, it changes back sometimes. I never saw this before one of the recent MP upgrades, but I've gone back to 1.1.92 and it s
Read more…Can someone please confirm that the CH6 tuning method is working with MP v1.2.4, method outlined below (from the wiki - http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_Tweaks):
Select the "ArduCopter Configuration" tab in the Mission Planner, choose the
Read more…I've been flying my Quad and having lots of fun. After reading about fly away issues, I figured I better set my fail safe on my transmitter. I have Specktrum DX8 and a UDrone Quad. After setting the fail safe and testing on my work bench I wanted
Read more…I'm just getting started on my first UAV plane and the plan is to have it be controlled from a James Bond-esque suitcase with a joystick and screen packed up inside. The picture below shows my (very) basic plan. If you notice anything major I should
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in the last few test flights I noticed strange quadcopter behavior in gps-dependant modes (loiter, position hold, rtl). after brief investigation the problem was found - turns out gps output became very noisy compared to the previously logged flig
Read more…I purchased a set of the 433 radios from 3d robotic about 2 weeks ago and they were working well out of the box (see my blog http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/list?user=3q2z7n31t93eq) but after changing nothing on them I now cannot get the remote on
Read more…I have an APM1 With some logfiles on it that i really want to keep. With Arduplane 2.5 on it i can't enter cli mode regardless of slider position it just boots even if i press enter three times.
In the attached screen dump you can see what the termin
Read more…What is the process for returning a defective item to the DIY store?
I have a week old (never flown) 3DR telemetry set, that I need to exchange for a new (preferably working :) ) one...
I have sent an email with no response.
I am leaving for CA the firs
Read more…Could someone please explain packet 66 of the MAVLINK Protocol for requesting data streams? For example
the structure is as followed:
| target_system | uint8_t | The target requested to send the message stream. |
| target_component | uint8_t | The target requested to sen |
I won't copy-paste too much of the info, but this looks really interesting. They have purpose built a machine intended for AP or UAV use. Note the huge area in the frame for battery packs, or the boom mount battery area, which includes a GPS puck mo
Read more…I found the Turnigy trailblazer from hobbyking a fairly cheap, but still performant and fast base vehicle to start testing my APM1280 + imu and ardurover 2.20 firmware on it.
After some days of hairpulling, because a magnet from my camera lens was da
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I am using ArduPilot Mega v1.4 board for ARDU-PLANE. (This comes with ArduIMU + controller board already soldered). I have attached a servo to Ouput pin 2 (for reading pitch of flight). I have powered the controller via the USB and servo via a 5V
Is there any difference in board dimensions?
Will they both fit the same mounting holes?
Will they both fit the same plastic case or is there a new case on the way for the APM2.5?
Quick backgroundBeen running the 3dr 433mhz radios for a week now with no problems at all. Run a few missions and all was great until last night when I started having alt holt problems. If I put the quad into loiter or RTL it would start dropping in
Read more…Hi, my goal is to make my copter maintain the same heading throughout its waypoint flight. As it is, the copter yaws to face its next waypoint, which is not conducive to the photography I'm doing.
I know that DO_SET_ROI is no longer supported as of M
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