Hi all,
Was looking at my engines as they were making a bit of noise after a crash and noticed that I've actually lost the fastener (is there another name for it?) that holds clicks onto the shaft and holds the engine together... does anyone know wher
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What is the reason that sometimes AUTO mode without any operation Circkle mode
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I have uploaded the latest firmware for APM Mega (blue version). Now when i start the autopilot and telemetry the horizon in mission planner indicates - 20 degree pitch down attitude....when uav is level
What is the solution if any?
thanks
Read more…My Az-El mount is sitting on the bench, almost ready to go to the field. But, it doesn't seem ready yet. The hardware was set up and ranges configured with the Maestro Control Center. Azimuth is on channel zero and elevation on channel one. I set
Read more…I've been trying all day to get this working properly with minimal success. I have followed the guide here: http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Xplane.
I'm running 2.5.4 with the hil firmware from mission planner, and I'm using the QRO_X mode
Read more…I have had very good performance out of my APM 1, I have been flying in stable mode for a short while now and have good control and confidence in my quad. I flew today and got up to 150 to 200 feet, when descending at about 75 feet I lost complete p
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I have a hexacopter with APM2, pulso motors and a dji frame. Pretty strong setup as I am running 4s. Stabilize and alt hold are perfect! Spent a couple days tuning them to perfection. This is my third Ardupilot and the others dont even
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I posted in another area but perhaps this is where it should really go...
I have an Arduplane2 with an easystar to get started with this...
Im just wondering how people are typically connecting their AP2 to their radio, their batteries, and their se
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I have a Y6 with 880kv motors. 30A ESC's. 12x3.8 props. Home made alu frame. Latest MP and Arducopter software.Weighs 2.3kgs inc gopro and lipo.
I am a beginner at flying, so when I get the Y6 into the air, I put it into Loiter mode.
By watching the
Read more…There seems to be a big, big issue with builders frying the APM 2.0.
A good many of them seem to know what they are doing. What is the problem?
I want to know once and for all how NOT to fry the APM 2.0.
It's my understanding that the APM 2.0 needs/us
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New to the quadcopter flying scene.
Am looking at setting up my 9x with ER9X and am wondering what settings people use.
For example, Last night i worked out to drop the max throttle in er9x so that I have more throw with the stick to make finer
Read more…Our plane just went down today. The pilot was in manual mode and I was monitoring the telemetry on the GCS laptop. All of a sudden Mission Planner freezes and the pilot goes "I have no control!" The plane goes down and we have no idea what happened.
Read more…I recently received my Turnigy 9x and 2.4Ghz amplifier in the mail. I want to be able to have my amplifier and transmitter run off of the same battery, but I'm not sure if this will be possible due to the amount of juice I will be pulling. I was thin
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I am looking to send commands to my Arducopter Quad via a C++ program and a Fly Sky 9Ch Tx/Rx (Same as the Turnigy 9Ch from Hobby King).
I have read around and I believe that I need a USB to PPM cable converter that would run from my Trainer
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Newbie question. It sounds like most people set up their boards to be powered from an independent battery and BEC, which seems to make sense to me. What Im trying to figure out is the exact wiring for the entire system overall...I might b
Read more…We've just released ArduPlane 2.34
This release includes one very important update for APM2 users, and a few other minor updates.
The main reason for the release is to fix a bug in the scaling of the MPU6000 accelerometers. We discovered that the MPU60
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I have the Arducopter 2.0 Quad and are currently trying to get the Xbees to talk to the Ardupilot Mega Mission planner.
I have run the test code and can get the Xbees to send "Port 0" over the link.
However, I have hit a wall and do not know how
Read more…Hello all. Just finding an issue when prefetching large areas from google, that it will keep going (if allowed) right through to zoom level 19+. Is there a way of requesting APM planner to stop fetching at say, zoom level 15? If I cancel the fetching
Read more…Mike, can you add a button on the main display screen to toggle the A9 pin on the APM2 ? That is the camera shutter pin according to the documentation I have read.
I want to use it to activate a FET in a heater circuit that will melt a line tied to a
Read more…This is my first use of any type of autopilot so I am probably making some kind of rookie mistake. What my problem is that I put multi switch into stabilize mode the pitch response to airframe movement is backwards. I have been trying different ways
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