Hi
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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I have decided it's time to move up to a large UAV airframe.
I still have the giant payload master in the build, but it is taking forever as if i'm not working offshore, i'm busy test flying ardu-equipped foamies.
I'm going to keep flying
Read more…Is it possible to have different speeds between different waypoints?
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I'm on my first quad and still have my training wheels on, so looking for some advice.
I've just added a plastic container (which seals very well) to the frame to provide some cover to the sensitive parts (APM 2, camera etc) and was wonderi
Read more…Hi all, I am having an issue in that my settings for traditional helicopter are uneditable. I have uploaded the traditional firmware and tried reloading it about five or six times, just wondering if I have missed something or if anyone has any idea w
Read more…I recently finished my first quad and have been practicing flying. At the end of my session today, I tried one last take off, something went wrong (probably due to a faulty motor) and the quad flipped itself. Ouch :( Fortunately, aside from an FPV ra
Read more…Hey, everyone. I'm super new to building and flying quads and would love some advice on a decision I have to make.I just finished building my first quad. It's a 3DR frame, APM 1, with 880kV motors and 12x45 props. I bought the slightly larger motors
Read more…Hello Everybody,
after my accident ~ 1 week ago (no, i do not want to post bloody pictures..), i am now after having a arm / disarm display whereever possible.
Is there maybe the possibility to request a Arm / Disarm display in the Minim OSD ?
Mavlink i
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