How do you start a "new" mission. I just flew a short test mission , then brought the plane down and loaded a new mission. I even had it read it back to me to be sure it was loaded, but when I went up and hit auto, it just wanted to come home.. Ju
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I have been struggling a lot to get a descent loiter with my quadcopter with the on-board APM2 mediatek gps unsuccessfully. I read a lot of things that made me realize it's not gonna happen with my current setup since i keep the APM2 in the mid
Read more…Is there a comprehensive tutorial for QGroundControl? I looked at the QGroundControl site and their help seems to be half done. I am a newbie with a Mac and it would be nice if there was some sort of get you in the air quick start guide. Also can you
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Is it possible to use several 3dr receivers on different laptops to receive one signal form an airplane?
Thx
Andy
As I'm using APM2 now, I wanted to connect with xbee.
On APM1 all works fine.
I connect to UART0/2 and have no connection.
I have checked that the traces are there. Then with some reading in the forums I connected the xbee to the side UART0 but still no
Read more…I have run into a problem similar to Peter -
wherein the motors under 2.71 surge regularly just sitting in stable. Under 2.6, my quad runs beautif
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I wonder what happened here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tonnGOKT2RI&feature=plcp
The flight was right after a perfect one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrnZ6CUfxFw&feature=context-chv
with no parameters changed, as far as I remember. This was in
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I have just been thinking doing trying some stuff with the windows console. Did anyone try this? Is it possible to fly the ArduCopter with the good old windows console? Sure, it's not as cool as the missionplanner, but I just had this though
I'm trying to program my APM to fly to waypoint A, fly to waypoint B, return to A, return to B, etc., indefinitely. The simple approaches I've tried with a single jump command don't work: the plane ignores my jump instruction and returns home after v
Read more…I'm a member of DIY Drones and cannot accesss the link for Xbee telemetry modules.
It says it is password protected?!
Read more…Could any body recommend current compact digital cameras that are able to output there live screen image so that it could be downloaded via video transmitter that has analogue av inputs. Currently I have a Canon 220hs with usb and mini hdmi outputs
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getting into this finally. I was wanting to order a electronics platform for my easy star, but it was sold out. Can I also order the one for bixler? If not I will adapt the plan on thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11661 (now "
Read more…I'm trying to load version 2.4 of Arduplane and I've followed instructions on http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Programming, but now that I have Arduino installed, I open a file and it allows all file types. No matter what file I select to
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I am trying to upload the ArduCopter 2.7.1 to my APM but the Arduino gives me errors:
avrdude: stk500_2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500_2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500_2_ReceiveMessage(): timeout
avrdude: stk500_2_Recei
Hi! I have a bit of a loud noise when I start-up my hexa and upon examination looks like the outer barrel of the 880kv motor may have moved up creating a slack with the internal part of the motor.Not sure if I'm making sense but if you push down the
Read more…After updating to Mission Planner 1.2.1 and HIL Simulator V2.50 I can't seem to get GPS to work in X-Plane. It appears that GPS data is getting into Mission Planner on the Simulation page, but that data is not getting transferred to the Flight Plann
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I have a new flying wing with Elevons, APM2 AP2.50 and MP 1.2.1 mav 1.0 installed last night.
Everything seems OK except when I look at the raw sensor data I see Accel Z at -1000. Is this correct ? If not how do I fix it? I know accel Z measures gr
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did anyone something with a APM2 as a ground station? I would like to use one to track the gps position for follow me. And I would like to adjust the arducopter to "look" in the same direction as my ground APM2. So if I turn the ground APM2,
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Has anyone looking into real-time correcting the LEA-6 (or other DIY Drones GPS) using RTCM via Internet Protocol (NTRIP). I'm assuming you would just need to have a cellular modem (or phone) on the copter connected to the inte
Read more…I am having problems entering terminal mode on the latest build of Arduplane and mission planner. Regardless how the slider on the oilpan i set the board "boots" in mvlink mode. I can see readable initialization messages in the terminal window. but i
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