Hi all! I try to using a MTK3329 gps with another fc board for comparation test, unfortunately, this board only accepts "standard NMEA" at "38400 baud" by default (and not binary), I flashed the gps with the original firmware, but unfortunately the d
Read more…is *only* "Nav pitch alt PID" used when airspeed is not available ?
and
is *only* "Nav pitch AS PID" used when airspeed is available ?
Or is there any way these two are used together, or influence each other ?
Read more…It is hard to get a muticopter to fly properly if you do it alone. It would be nice to meet fellow South Africans to discuss and share ideas and skills. I live in New Hanover KZN and would like to hear fom anybody interested.
Read more…I've just started to encounter an issue with my quad, where motors 2 and 3 will continue to beep after the initial 3 short and 1 long beep, as if the radio wasn't calibrated.
If I spin or move them by hand while they are doing this, they will eventual
Read more…Dear Diydroners,
Today I uploaded the latest source. I got from an old version to 2.5.3. I haven't used my drone for a while. I am experiencing problems with my ESC's, they are constantly beeping (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVVPYiSMWOA&feature=you
Read more…Another flight with the same problem. I removed the bullet connectors and cleaned up the wiring and removed the camera and transmitter, but I've got the same issue.
Please reference the video link @ 0:43, 1:30 and at 2:45.
I'm not seeing anything wrong
Read more…Team,
I have worked out a new way to account for acceleration in the computations to detect roll and pitch gyro drift in IMU computations.
The method that is commonly used right now is based on computing centrifugal effects in the body frame of referen
Read more…when we update the firmware should we erase the eprom and reconfig it all over.... or just load the new FW and go fly...
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Hi All,
I finally got around to powering up my APM2 today and all initial steps seemed to go well. Driver installation, mission planner installation, firmware upload, connecting to APM2.. all were fine.
On about the fourth attempt to connect to the b
Read more…HI Guys
Iv been through the search tab countless times and can seem to find anyone that succesfully interfaced the MediaTek GPS with a UNO before . So im asking Has anyone got the DIYD mediatek GPS working with UNO?
Must the Enable pin be pulled high w
Read more…Right now i'm exporting the telemetry data into the log file and looking at it through Excel. Is there a easier way to isolate variables I need? I've seen from old screenshots that there was a GUI in Mission Planner that makes it easier to view the t
Read more…This discussion thread is a follow-on to several conversations I've had with people in the forums who are particularly interested in the aerodynamics of vertical take off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Much of the dialog in these forums appropriately
Read more…What's the Signal Frequency of the ESC’s that are supplied with Arducopter quad kit ?
Thanks
Willie
Read more…Does the APM 1 & 2 do the crc checking or the apm planner? Probably sounds a stupid question but I am starting to find my way around the telemetry link as we are having lost packets issues http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/xbee-mavlink-missing-data?c
Read more…Folks,
I have an APM1 2560 with the "normal" gps on it. I also have one of these lying in a spares bin. Would there be any benefit in using this? The stock firmware does not have the I2C enabled but that is doable.
http://www.coolcomponents.co.uk/catal
Read more…Hi all, I had sonar ()MB1200/EZ0) altitude hold working fine with my arducopter APM1 1280 board. Just upgraded to APM2 purple board and now when I switch to alt hold the copter drops to the ground. Sonar altitude numbers look fine when I test it indo
Read more…Diagnosing my new 3DR hexa, I noticed in the CLI, it reports COMPASS INIT ERROR.
Running CLI's compass test prints out "not healthy". I also built a second APM1.x today, no issues and it too reports the same error. The 3DR magnetometer came with the
Read more…...and even more nice tiny ramjet contept
recently fount http://www.conceptruin.com/
thought will share this beautiful video with you
RUIN from OddBall Animation on Vimeo.
Read more…I have been struggling to get my Arducopter to set off to the first waypoint at the correct altitude and part of the problem is that I don' t know whether the various altitude values are absolute or relative to the home position. At the moment it beh
Read more…So I recently got my homebrew quad flying waypoints with Xbee, and today it decided to do something pretty weird. When I first plugged in the battery and got a link between xbees the artificial horizon was showing about 40 degrees nose up. After si
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