An email I just sent following a phone call from UPS saying "They have launched an investigation":
So, Nitroplanes as well as UPS stand around and point fingers at each other... I'm out $132 dollars or so, and still don't have my plane (the Hawk Sky
Read more…I currently have an apm2 with jumper installed for power. Plugging in camera servos per wiki causes esc to not start up and there is no servo movement or power. What is the correct setup to get these servos to work?
Read more…I was testing a quad that I scratch built. It has been flying in stabilise mode and responded to the radio inputs, but I had never let it go too far away. This morning I loaded arducopter 2.5.3 before going to test the model.
It has an apm 2 and is se
Read more…Does it mean if I have 3s battery that I need to put in only three resistors?
If I solder in all four supplied resistors, will it not affect the voltage reading of the APM?
Thanks for any insights :)
Read more…I've been working for a while to improve the ability of DCM in ArduPilot to accurately track gyro drift while at the same time making it less susceptible to noise. It is a delicate balance, but it is a worthwhile thing to improve as it makes such a b
Read more…Imagine this:
RTL altitude is set to 100m (dafault)
You fly over higher terrain (150m) - then need RTL.
RTL would now fly into terrain.
Maybe we should not descend until xxx maters from home ?
What would be a nice solution to this problem - provided that
Read more…Just a quick one:
What is the most stable platform for photo and video?? Clasic heli, or quad/octo-copter??
Several rotors might even out vibrations from the individual rotors, but also enhance them??
450 and the smaller copters are basicly a thousan
Read more…hi,
i ve noticed when i do the testing of my sonar, that it gives a 21 cm distance, but in reality it s 8cm.
where and how can i change this value for have the right mesure?
thx for helping
best regards
Read more…We tested our ardupilot mega by connecting to RC servo. Only 2 servos on foru works
First we thought that was a software problem so we loaded a aonother code that permit to turn RC servo at 90 degrees each 20 milliseconds and the problem continues
Read more…Hi everyone,
Not sure where else this discussion fits in. Since this category seems to be the closest match I post it here.
For a long time I've had issues with my MT339 GPS getting locks at all or within reasonable time. I'm fairly confident I traced
Read more…Barometer Issues!?.
Ok, here is another problem Ive spotted in the mind field of hardware issues and for people who continually bang their heads trying to fix them through PID tuning. .
If you have a housing that is covering over all of your electronic
Read more…Hi.
I was thinking of building a ArduCopter based quad, but I realized that I have an unbuild HK 500CMT in my closet...
This is the order I placed at hobbyking about a year ago:
| HK500CMT | HK-500CMT 3D Electric Helicopter Kit (incl. *JIT-Item (this item |
Newbie question
Just installed my new APM2 and connected everything up, everything works OK (Great product)
The compass and HUD move as I move the board but if the board is pointing north I find thecompass is reading west, remote gps connector is at t
Read more…hi,
i ve wired everything and almost ready to launch, but.... during the radio calibration process, i ve noticed that my radio (dx7) is seen as a mode 2 type :/
this is what i ve set on apm
ch1 thro
ch2 aile
ch3 ele
ch4 rudd
ch5 gear
ch7 aux1
ch7 aux2
this is
Read more…Hi there,
I've just finished assembling my first Quadcopter and am having a few issues, which I think seems to be engine related.
Basically 2 of my engines seem to have serious trouble spinning, the other 2 work fine and smooth. Spinning them by hand,
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My copter flies pretty stable except i find it hard to find a position on the throttle stick that makes the copter stay at the same height. Its kind of either going slowly up or slowly down and seems to never stop. Ill make it stay for 1-2 seconds
Read more…I've done the tutorials on Xplane maker but I am still not good enough to attempt something beautiful. I know what I am looking for but would need someone to actually come over to my house, sit down with me and SHOW me how to design with Xplane make
Read more…I received my nw APM2, connected everything as described and loaded the code in MP. (2.5.3)
I did the setup through MP, calibrating TX, leveling, ....
Did arming test in MP and all goes well. LED A stays on and led C blinks. All OK!!!!
Disconnecting fro
Read more…If i have an APM2 and am planning to build a quad, do I need to buy a control board, such as hobby king's multi-rotor control board?
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