Hello, today I received my APM2 and I have loaded the firmware 2.28 with the APM Planner1.1.38. But there is no way to detect the GPS. NO GPS continually displays.
Hi all i just got my telemetry working and for some reason now my MP is showing my plane in Africa,,i have tried going back to the USB and disconnecting the xbee,s but still will not report the correct location .i have GPS lock and it was showing th
Read more…I am watching my video from last test flight.
I had strong wind - enabled RTL (same as if I lost connection) - and the plane turned nice to home, being at Altitude 160m - maybe 100 meters from home, it flew at 0% throttle and 0-1m/s speed for severa
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Been tasked at work to look at aircraft platforms capable of 30 minute flights with a 500g payload for a VLOS flight-trial.
What is available at the top-end amateur / low-end commercial level? I am aiming to suggest platforms ranging in cost
Read more…I'm trawling through the APM Arduplane 2.28 code base trying to locate where the PID loops are calculated and hence where the gains applied.
I want to be able to implement a density altitude/Mach/TAS-based factor on the PID gains to allow (simulated)
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This mission planner is absolutly briliant but there is one little thing I wonder if it is possible to do. I have an ArcGIS mapping solution and alot of my own data running on ArcGIS Desktop 9.2. Is there a way I can tel the application to use
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Version 2.4 of the ArduCopter code is now available in the AP Mission Planner and in the downloads area. Although not as big a change as the 2.3 release, it still includes a respectable number of enhancements and bug fixes.
Enhancements:
Hi Everyone,
I'm currently building an autonomous UAV. I've been having issues with PID control and I've tried to increase the frequency of my control loop as I thought that would be the source of my problems.
I can get my control loop and sensors to o
Read more…I decided to convert the quadcopter to an octocopter.
I made a mistake when I ordered the additional ESC's. I already have 4 Turnigy Plush 25A and I ordered another 4 but got Turnigy Plush 30A.
Can I still use them or do I need to buy another 4?
Read more…It happened right after the update to 1.1.37. It was working fine right before. This is how it looks like:
It's weird that it reads '1.1.22' on the top of the window. I downloaded 1.1.37 from the download page and opened MP from the downloaded folder.
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Has anyone encountered such a problem before? Every once in a while when I fly my UAV, it flies with a steady state error (parallel along the designated flight path, but about 30metres away from it). It doesnt even appear to be trying to cor
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On the shield is a slide switch next to the dip switch's can anyone tell me what this does and or what position this switch should be in?
thanks all
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Hello all,
My telemetry stopped working recently. When I attempt to connect using the Mission Planner at 57600 baud rate, it times out. When I look at the command prompt output it looks like it isn't receiving any packets of data. I used the un-brick
Read more…I'm trying to:
1. Find the bill that Obama signed into law on Tuesday
2. Decipher the BS contained in the new law (there is sure to be some) and see what it says.
This may (or may not) be the bill in question:
http://republicans.transportation.house.g
Read more…Is it important to have gps 3D lock (the red lamp glowing, not blinking) for Loitering? Or can it still work if the red lamp is flashing?
Read more…this page at the bottum , the sown why creates the opisite direction of what is shown
http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_Props_2
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Perhaps someone can give me an idea if this would be at all feasible. I would like to film someone who is walking. The arducopter is flying in front of the person, automatically keeping a set distance. Then through a wireless command the arducopte
Morning,No wind here this morning, did my pre flight check, all was going well then lost my front prop mid flight, the Ardu fell out of the sky from about 8'. I did damage to 2 props a motor and a motor mount, no more flying today.Need to keep gettin
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