My rudder on a conventional 4 channel plane does not seem to respond in the stabilize mode. What modes is it active in? In the radio calibration menu I do not know if the channel needs reversing.
Thanks
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I've just setup my MiniOSD and have the Mavlink working, but I only seem to ever see 2 different flight modes even though I have several setup. The same thing happens on the Flight Planner too btw..
Is it possible to see the othe
Read more…Does anyone have an eagle file or such of the APM 2 layout? Has one been released yet? Would like to know more about how the board is mapped without having to break my scope and board out every time I need to make a reference.
Read more…I am looking to lighten my overall flight load and increase efficiency on my plane. I looking into various low current and low voltage actuators. I spotted this on Sparkfun. I am considering trying these out initially on a custom camera gimbal. J
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I'm building a heavy Octo for aerial photo & video based on the APM2 board + Carbon Core Octocopter1000 with 360 Pano Mount and Mega Radius camera mount.
The power is provided by two Turnigy nano-tech 6000Mah 6C batteries connected to 8 Hi
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Wasn't sure where to post this.. but are these at all useful? I guess they would have to be tested and measured against standard grommets. Not sure how "new" this is today...
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I am working on developing a PID controller designed to hold a levered arm level by controlling an EFlite outrunner motor. The idea being if I can hold one hinged arm level than with 4x the hardware I could make a platform fly. I am using some
Read more…Had a flight yesterday morning, tried to have another one later, but the board wouldn't power up at all.
Just checked now and the output rail is dead, it'll power up fine with 5V on the input rail. A couple threads mention a diode that may have gone,
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I've got a frame (Quadrotor RM450 V2 Airframe) that can snuggly fit 12x45's with about 20mm gap between the props, which gives it enough physical clearance for the props to spin freely without worry about them hitting each other. I've flown it
Read more…Is it possible to enter the Command Line Interpreter while connected via 3DR?
Thanks in advance,
Rick
Read more…i have had a dickens of a time getting past the radio calibration step. currently i do something convaluted just to get calibration. Have you had success with rx and tx from turnigy 9x?
thanks!
Read more…Finely I got the AMP2, a separate GPS and the 915 MHz Radio telemetry kit.
Cost me over $100 on top for custom and GST (in New Zealand $400 limit) bugger :-( be aware!
But anyway the stuff looks great, I made little trays of Plexiglas for it to prote
Read more…I'm designing a pseudo-ducted quadrotor platform for industrial use. I'm still in the design phase as this needs lots of thought and careful planning. The concept is to keep everything as integrated and protected from the elements as possible. There
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I'm new here.
Flew 6 successful missions with a little ST Models Discovery trainer in the past two days until my last one went terribly wrong and I lost my plane. Please help.
The plane followed the set commands as planned up until the last wa
Read more…I want to put the APM and video equipment(range video 12v 600mw 1.3ghz transmitter + camera) in a Bixler and wanted to make sure I was choosing the right battery. I would like to use one battery and have the APM/rc receive be in parallel with the vid
Read more…I have had several long flights when the Xbee 2.4GHz S2 communication stopped around 30minutes after power up. This may be something to do with ubunutu/netbook settings instead of the Xbees.
I couldn't find anything in the forum on this. Please let
Read more…Hi All,
I would like to introduce you to a new radio modem that we developed for very long range datalinks!
http://rfdesign.com.au/RFD900.php
Some of the key features of the RFD900 are as follows:
OK I need some advice from some experience zephyr II builders. I've studied the various blogs here and youtube builds but I want to see the best way to position all the equipment and I guess every build is a bit unique so here are my details. I will
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My APM worked fine for 2 short flights at my yard.
On the third flight it just powered off after landing.
Now it does not power on from any ESC on connected to the output rail, only from USB.
What am i missing here ???
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