Hi
I am a new UAV builder designer and would like to know IF there is any problems exporting the APM2 and associated hardware and software to Canada and other countries, I am about to place an order and I dont want to lose it at the customs.
Thank you
Read more…In the past I know there has been a number of discussions regarding redundancy on here, however (at the time) there seemed to be no successful demonstrations or stories of motor redundancy with the Arducopter. Now that a reasonable mount of time ha
Read more…I have a turnigy 200w lipo charger (single port). It charges a 5000mah 4s in about 45mins.
My question is: Will charging 4x 5000mah 4s take 45 mins or 180min with a
turnigy (200w) 4x6s quad charger???
(http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewIte
Read more…Has anyone obtained, or considering obtaining a commerical UAV Operator's Certificate (OC) here in Australia? I am interested in peoples experience in obtaining an OC, and any challenges they may have faced.
More info regarding the OC here:www.ca
Read more…Bought the pro 900 telemetry kit from DIY for my APM2, but no luck getting them to communicate. Both XBee's communicated fine with X-CTU, setting baud to 57600 and a VID to 989. I even re bricked them and successfully upload new firmware and reset
Read more…Hi my VSI gage is jumping aroung with the quad just sitting on the ground....am i missing something here? here is a vid..... and i have the latest FW on it.. Oh i do have a sonar on it but its the ez4...could this be it?
Read more…Looks like the Chinese cloned the MinimOSD already? Complete with FTDI adapter...
Read more…I have APM2, XBee Pro 900, connected to MinimOSD without TX line as advised. When I power up the system, the MinimOSD always shows Booting, then "Update Charset" and goes no further. If I press the hard reset it works fine again, but never on initi
Read more…Hallo to everyone . I m looking for PID files for HOBBICO NEXTSTAR EP or Hobbico NEXTSTAR SELECT.
I am grateful for any help
Thank you Nikos
Read more…I have been interested in flying fpv for some time and now that I have enough flight hours under my belt I want to give it a shot. I've done some research and determined that 900mhz is the way to go. The part I'm getting confused on is the power...10
Read more…I just got the electronics chassis from DIYDrones and put it all together and Im wondering how to attach it to the plane. Are the magnets in the kit really enough to hold it on? How many did others use? Theres not a lot of surface area on the magnets
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Has anyone encountered any problem with the dataflash of the APM 2.0? I just found out I have an issue with it when I first tried to download the logs my flights from the APM planner Terminal tab. I was not able to download any flight log
Read more…I finally got all my motors wired up and loaded the APM with the hexa firmware. I set up everything as I had done before. I plugged in the battery, armed the motors and was prepping for the maiden flight, this is where the issue begins.I slowly raise
Read more…I know, you say 'its so simple!'. ha ha.
I understand that SIMPLE MODE requires you to face in the same direction for the duration of the flight.
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Warnings :
When using SIMPLE Mode, you must stay (the pilot) in the same orientation. If you turn 90°,
Has anyone had trouble with the newest 20a esc's getting them to "calibrate". I'm unable to get the described "tones" on hi throttle and cannot enter program mode as per the included instruction sheet --- help!
Other than actually making the motors sp
Read more…Why did the DIY Drones team make the design decision to mount the GPS module on the board directly instead of using the JST type wire cable to allow external mounting of the GPS?
If the plane is made with carbon fiber shielding or other GPS signal blo
Read more…I have tried everything and I can't get my servos to do anything. I just got the board a couple weeks ago and hadn't had a chance to mess with it until now. The servos work fine when plugged directly receiver but when APM 2 is plugged in they do noth
Read more…Greetings all; I am new to this, so please excuse my naiveté.
I listened to the NPR (science friday) program and that is where i learned about DIY, and wish I had known about DIY sooner.
I have designed a program / project (starting soon) which inv
Read more…I know a question about 'feel' is subjects but I am curious to hear from others with experience on the Hexa and Octos. Do you think these larger birds fly with more stability? Less 'twitchy' than a Quadcopter? Since they are obviously heavier, do
Read more…when i open the termimal i get junk on the screen.... this normal?( Opened com port
Init ArduCopter V2.4.1
Free RAM: 3429 FW Ver: 116
load_all took 4808us
Press ENTER 3 times for CLI
GU ?EU "d '`? 8EArduCopter V2.4.1]
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this
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