Hello all! I'm currently using the 12x45 EPP props on my quad, along with the 880kv motors. I'm only getting 10 minutes flight time with a 5000 mAh battery, and I'm hoping to stretch that time to past 15 minutes. I'm already ordering a 6400 mAh ba
Read more…I had no idea where to post this, but I grabbed a stack of boards from openpilot and would like to what these boards are and what they do.
I know the top is GPS, and the next with the pointer is the openpilot board.
Please add anything good or bad you
Read more…First off.. I want to say this is an awesome application! I plan on adding
full telemetry and FPV to my drone. I have a few questions. I am running the latest arducopter firmware, mavlink 1.0 and mission planner 1.92. When I load a log file to graph I
I purchased a f550 frame and am currently awaiting my APM2.0 purple setup with integrated GPS. My question: will I be able to mount the board in the middle of the two plates or will I not get a GPS lock?
Thanks!
Will
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Hi, what is the main benefit of flashing the PPM encoder firmware on APM1 or APM2?
Read more…How much improvement in range if I replace the 2dBi antenna with a 3.1 dBi antenna on the ground module only of my 915 MHz radio?
Read more…As a newbie pilot I noticed one of my mistakes that lead me to overcompensation is accidently going full throttle blasting my quad 500ft in the air. My new recovery is to go into land mode, but once I crashed badly but proved to myself how durable m
Read more…Hello Everyone,
i have unfortunately still got some issues with my APM on my small copter.
Two weeks ago, when launching the copter it leaned to one side after switching to Loiter and crashed on a street.
Having done a flight test last weekend, everythi
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Here is my today's flight using arduIMU as stabilization system and homing system. This project aims at creating a versatile ans intuitive system for fpv planes and an emergency system bringing back the plane in case of video or rc link
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I have the 3DR quad frame with 850kv motors and 10" props. There is something wrong with this copter becuase once it gets to the point of lift off it freaks out see the video. I have downloaded the 3DR params and uploaded them and enabled my LV
Read more…I had a great flight today! The quad soared to over 500ft high. I select land flight mode and she came down with not problem. My radio is limited, I've only got a 2 position toggle on channel 5 I figured land was safer than RTL while I am getting
Read more…APM 2.0, NTM 26-28A batteries, 10.5" props, 540mm frame from hobbyking, 30A ESC!
I have all my props with the size and type print facing up. I verfied the direction of the props.
I'll verify each motor again but it looked fine.
I'm using a APM 2.0 controller, the GPS is on the back end right ? so if I want the quad facing away
I have a problem communicating to the ground station using Xbee modules. After clicking on connect, it tries to communicate then waits 30 seconds and finishes with an error message:
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Your serial lin
ArduPlane 2.40 has now been released. Many thanks to everyone who gave flight test feedback on the beta release!
Note that ArduPlane now uses MAVLink 1.0, so you'll need to update your Mission Planner to the newer version, which supports that. You'll
Read more…Finally, I'm back to the sky =)
I've fixed my EPP FPV plane and uploaded latest firmware via Mission Planner. Setup and go!
Manual take-off - all great, hit Stabilize - perfect and smooth, then I switched to RTL - plane started to circle around, fighti
Read more…I've built it (YAY ME!).
The Parts:
I used this as a guide and I followed right down to the decimal on the setup EXCEPT instead of 360deg from center to left and 360deg from center to right I put in only 180deg of travel in each direction. That means
Read more…I have 2 problems with the Ardupilot Mega 1.
Since 2 days I am struggling with it.
1. When hovering, it sometimes makes a turn at the yaw axis for
several degrees. It is a quick turn, like jerk for about 20-30degrees.
When I use the terminal test functio
Hello! I'm flying a quad with the 880kv motors and 12x45 props. I've had moderate success so far with tuning manual flight and loiter. I've moved on to doing auto mode with waypoints, but at this point I think I need help. I've attached my flight
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I did a mistake and ordered the standard 3DR propellers for the hexa. I was supposed to go for the standard ones, but managed to get 12x45 EPP. Maybe I was supposed to order 880Kv motors and the large propellers. I really do not remember. APM 2
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