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
Read more…Gents,
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
Read more…I'm looking at the Servo Switch in the DIY Drones store (https://store.diydrones.com/ServoSwitch_V10_p/br-0007-01.htm ) and I notice that "firmware" ZIP contains only one C file, Fail_Safe.c. The source seems to mention MUXs and controlling Megas andRead more…
I've just given minimosd the firmware upgrade to support Mavlink 10, and now it will boot up but will never get past 'waiting for mavlink heartbeats'.
I'm running 2.6 on an APM1 2560 and have made sure that my board is using mavlink 10. Eg I am using
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Version 2.6 of the ArduCopter code is now available in the AP Mission Planner and in the downloads area!
Updates to MavLink 1.0 means you will need to use "ArdupilotMegaPlanner10.exe" to connect. If you've updated your mission planner recently you s
Read more…In my attempts to throw together a somewhat long range system for my plane, I've run into a few issues.
First, the equipment in question is a 500mW 5.8 GHz video tx, and a 433 Mhz RC rx. I'm aware that components like this need to be separated to avo
Read more…We had a very serious crash today testing XBee/joystick-level control where the vehicle lost all attitude control--the vehicle just pitched/rolled gradually, lost LOS, and eventually crashed (3 broken booms, 1 motor). We are running a sparkfun Explor
Read more…Hi!,
I almost have my 540mm Qaud finished. I've got the ESC all calibrated, I've got APM 2.5 loaded.
I'm configured, all the motors are turning right but there's something oddd. I calibrated my radio
but throttle is messed up. All the way up on th
Read more…Hi All,
I am working on a project where we are putting a voltage input from a sensor into one of the open input channels. I am curious if anyone knows what the upper limit is for signal voltage on the APM2. I would like to get the largest range possib
Read more…Hey guys!
We finish the 2012 prototype for SAE Aerodesign Brazil and we want to make some flights tests to validate the project method.
So i need plug in two airspeed sensors at the same time for telemetry and datalogging using the APM 2.0.
The board a
Read more…I have made a balsa glider with following specification:
Aerofoil : Clark X
Dihedral Wing (2m)
Pusher Configuration .
Rudder and Elevator
I m facing a problem of thrust torque , As I increase throttle, bird goes leftwards . So to correct this i trimmed m
Read more…The 3DR RadioTelemetry Kit-915 Mhz works fine on my Windows 7 laptop.
But out in the field I like to use an older Windows XP laptop.
I installed the Mission Planer APM, seems to work fine.
The only problem, the plug and play for the 3DR RadioTelemetry
Read more…The form fitting cockpit electronics rack kit includes 8 Nd-60 magnets to secure the rack to the Easystar foam cockpit cavity. Slick. About to install the magnetometer option to improve heading information.
This puts the magnetometer sensor 3cm from
Read more…Hi, I have a curiosity, what the maximum speed the quad arducopter can reach? and the maximum height? .....ok depends on the characteristics, but the average of normal quad
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