Hey Folks,
Firstly, this my first post in a forum I've had great benefit from over my undergrad, and on many personal projects. I believe the Ardupilot series is great example of community, and I am very grateful to those who take the time (in particu
Read more…Hi All,
I've just released ArduPlane 2.40-beta. The jump in version number reflects the size of some of the changes.
Unfortunately (due to ill health) I have not actually flight tested this release. I normally try to flight test every release, but I pr
Read more…Using MP terminal can I send RTS1=1 to set a bit high on the APM2 like one of the free analog ports ?
The send is to the remote 433mhz radio to set a bit somewhere to signal a FET to heat up and cut the nylon cord attached to the high altitude balloon
Read more…My electric multicopter is 25 feet wide from propeller tip to tip. Testing it in my driveway is no longer a viable option. Mechanical and electrical failures have been eliminated, and now it's time to tune the world's largest craft with the APM at
Read more…Setup.
APM1 1280
Mediatek GPS
Spektrum DX8
Latest version of software 2.5
All seemed to set up ok. the motors arm and respond to the rc when connected to a lipo but when I go into the mission planner it says no gps is connected the mediatek is connected t
Read more…Hi all,
Just thought I should raise a bit of awareness into the research being conducted at Loughborugh University here in the UK!
I'm in the early stages of a 4yr project implementing both PEM and SOFC fuel cells into small unmanned, commercial off th
Read more…Hi Guys,
I've just tried to connect one of these to my ATTOpilot V3.
I hooked it up like this......
ATTO TTL to RS232
Telm IN -------------------------------------------TX-O
Telm Out---------------------------
Read more…I'm trying to set up a new APM2 and have an issue with the input power rail. I suspect I'm doing something wrong.
I'm powering my FC using the power from an ESC's BEC on the output rail. Coming from the BEC I see 5.1 volts. The board seems to power
Read more…I have Hitec R/C equipment in my APM2-equipped Telemaster. The rx is the Optima 7. This rx has a failsafe capability where you can select the throttle setting and the control surface position when signal is lost. Loss of signal results in the fail
Read more…From what I can see, port 1 input is used for BEC power. The APM 2.0 pcboard does not connect the remaining BEC 5v pins to the 5v rail. Is that right ?
Read more…Hi,
I need some spare parts for my Arducopter.
I can't find on JDrones not 3Drobotics the plexiglas arc, which connect the aluminium arm to the dome top.
I already asked JDrones, but did not get any answer.
Where could I find this part and some other ?
Th
Read more…I have an APM2, for a quad, which I accidentally soldered the wrong headers on the output pins and then removed them. This touched off several days of soldering and resoldering headers which seems to have been to no avail. I have all the wrong motors
Read more…I loaded a bad parameter file into my apm2. I cannot figure out how to restore it to default.
I have a senior telemaster using the ap to help train students (seniors at that). If anyone has a good parameter file for this 8 foot trainer I would appreci
Read more…I've just uploaded the latest Ardustation 2 release - 2.0.15 which adds Mavlink 1.0 support. This is to support the upcoming releases of ACM and APM with Mavlink 1.0. You can still use this release with Mavlink 0.9 by commenting out the "#define MAVL
Read more…Finally made some flights with 2.5.5 after months of trouble just getting it flying acceptably.Now i have a few minor issues:1I want to put on some led strips,does any one know which an pins supplies which led function in the new 2.6 code by Robert L
Read more…there is a mention about it in lates version of arducopter, but i cant find it in the download section at arducopter nor arduplane...
Read more…Ok putting it out there...
In order to encourage community members to participate in the Arducopter, Ardupilot, AP Planner project code base ,I think it would be a great idea for a series of live recorded online presentations to be conducted by those
There's a lot of activity on DIY Drones: blog posts & comments, forum posts and comments, new photos, etc.
The "Latest Activity" sidebar on the left side of the home page is one way to keep up with what's happening on the site, but it only shows you t
Read more…Hi all,
I started to use APM2 from this April.
At first, I installed Arducopter 2.5.5 to APM2, attached XbeePro 2.4GHz on XBee explorer regulated (WRL-09132:sparkfan), and insall APM planner 1.1.87 to my note pc.
Then I set up them to our original quad
Read more…I took another shot at designing a fixed wing. I don't have any serious plans with it yet. Just a design experiment like my last one wich turned out to be all looks and no efficiency. This one is a flying wing design. And again, I have no clue and ne
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