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Widows 7 fails to recognize the 3DR
If I plug in the ground station module my laptop chokes and asks me to load a driver for it. Where is this driver?
Read more…Qgroundcontrol gone?
Hello Everybody,
I just had a look a-on the arduplane wiki, and I've noticed that Qgroundcontrol is not listed anymore as potential GCS.
May I ask, what happened? Does Qgroundcontrol not supported or even cannot be used with APM anymore?
If so, what wou
Read more…apm1 2.5.3 yaw issue
We are having a verry strange issue with apm1 2.5.3. We get a constant yawing to the left verry fast on a quadcopter. We have even changed the frame. But still the same issue. The copter will yaw for like 3-4 mins to the left pretty fast. After about
Read more…GPS wrong
Hi, whenever I play back my log file on google earth the position is about 20 miles west of where I was actually flying? also sometimes in return to lauch and loiter it will sometimes shoot off in completely the wrong direction and altitude? is this
Read more…Website chat visibility thoughts
Would anyone else prefer to have the website chat applet visible by default as a sidebar? I noticed that it was recently added as a bar, hidden by default, at the bottom of the page, but even when there are 100+ people online as it is now, the chance
Read more…In stabilize mode pitch/elevator does not work
Just uploaded latest firmware 2.33, and APM 1.1.73.
Have an twinstar II with ardupilot mega and oilpan shield, gps, airspeed, magnatometer.
Setup flew last fall perfectly. I added the battery monitor, the attopilot 90 and a power switch. Sadly, I didn
Read more…MP 1.1.73 NO LONGER "TALKING" TO APM V1
Everything was A-OK with communications between MP 1.1.71 and my APM V1. Though this has happened before I went ahead and clicked on "update" when I started the MP this morning and now I can no longer communicate with Hexa in any mode except terminal
Read more…How to reset Xtreambee?
I had a crash today and the xbee came off the board and then I mistakenly plunged it back into the board in revers so the power pins were feeding the two signal wires. Now it wont communicate with the the gcs xbee. I swapped over the Xbee 900 to anot
Read more…Google Earth Data Overlays
I would like to view some data from onboard sensors overlayed with GPS flight path in google maps. I've searched the forums and wiki and can't find any existing information regarding this. Has work already been done for this feature or will I have to
Read more…Digital elevation data
Hi,
Is it possible to somehow cache digital elevation data so that a mission can be planned when not connected to the internet. I realize the maps can be prefetched, but then the elevation data is not there anymore. I work in remote areas where there
Read more…Log files unreadable and unable to convert to KML
I cant seem to read any of the log files apart from some from last year when the board was tested by someone in San Francisco? they seem o.k and can be read and played back on google earth. But my board only makes a log everytime I plug it into the l
Read more…RX TX lights constantly on (flickering) Normal?
Is it normal for the rx tx lights on the board to constanly be on or rapidly flickering?
Read more…2.54 Rocks!
Just loaded 2.54 into APM2, x525 frame, 880kv 10x4.7, sonar. Not only do the normal modes fly incredibly smoothly, I have now gotten Auto to do what I have been trying for the past year - repeat missions reliably!
I just ran this mission-
many time
Read more…Xbee problem
Hi New APM 2, New 900mhz Xbee kit and some issues.
This has never worked yet so I need some advice please.
The APM2 (as far as I know), everything works and it communicates with the mission planner with a USB cable, gps, elevel all data seems good..
Wh
Read more…Cant detect your APM version. Please check your cabling
We just received and soldered up a new APM 2 autopilot. We were able to upload the Audocopter V2.5.4 once.
Now we can not connect no matter when we do. We get the message, "Cant detect your APM version. Please check your cabling".
We tried every
Read more…Does UDP work on today's Mission Planner ? (please confirm-my stopped working)
Today, I cannot longer use UDP - don't know why (worked yesterday)
updated to 1.1.72 - and it does no longer work.
Read more…Google Satellite Errors
I am now getting these blue tiles saying "Exception the remote server returned an error (503) Server unavailable. Then it goes on to say we do not have imagery for this zoom level. I am looking at the midwest, Ohio USA..
Any Ideas? The Maps are wor
Read more…Tricopter APM2.0
It seems after searching several sites that not many people are using a tricopter? and even less still with the new APM2.0? anyone got any advice, problems, PID settings that work well? mine is nearly there, RTL, Alt hold and Loiter seem to work o.k
Read more…Changing meters to feet
Is it possible to change the Planner to read feet instead of meters? What Sscreen is the option on?
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