Had put this in another forum, but no reponses as of yet
My name is James Pollock, and I am a private investigator. (www.bulldogpi.com)
I would like to engage in conversation with the active members of this website, including it's moderators, on the
Read more…Hi all,
I built a mini quad, it seems like it doesnt have enough power to take off.
I used:
4 of these motors :
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=5358
4 of these ECS's:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.a
Read more…So I tried pluggin the 3DR PCB SD card into my pc via an SD card adapter.
It didnt work... Am I doing something wrong?
The IC on the bottom of the card kinda prevents it from going it too far.
However I dont think it prevents the contacts for making con
Read more…Hi droners,
I'm having a bit of a doubt tilting the lower motors in the Y6 I'm about to maiden.
let's take for instance the two rear motors 8 and 4, 8 turns CCW, and 4 CW, but it's the prop that turns CW, as the motor is rotated 180º as well as the pro
Read more…Sorry, posted this inadvertantly in quite the wrong section before
.Can anybody help me ? I have recently uploaded Arduplane 2.28 to my APM v1 2650. I uploaded waypoints and geo-fence data to it using Mission Planner 1.1.26 but now I have a problem.
Read more…Hi all,
My set up worked fine through all the setup process but now simply keeps rotating thru the abc LEDS without Mavlink. It seems to be 'stuck' near the end of code. The GPS gets a lock after about 2 mins. I can load and reload APM code via MP but
Read more…Should there any issues using two radios, one to fly the drone and another to control a camera pan/tilt rig under the drone?
Read more…I'm running ArduPlane V2.251.
I don't have the facility where I can press enter three times to get the CLI while in flight mode - when clicking Terminal the APM Planner just fills the screen with gibberish and banging the enter key does not help.
Withi
Read more…Loiter works great, alt hold works great.
The drift however is a KILLER!
I plug everything in, arm the motors and all is well, but over time (around 20-30s) I slowly have to start giving more and more stick input to keep it in one place. Until eventual
Read more…Hi All,
Could anyone please have a look at this and let me know whether the following diagram is correct.
Since the the main V+ (4S lipo) is connecting directly to APM1, plus wiki was not clear for me, It would be great if some one can confirm.
Ofcour
Read more…Hi,
Looking in the ArduCopter source, I see
Requires modified "mrelax" version of Arduino, which can be found here:
http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/downloads/list
Hmmm nice but I have a Linux machine. Is there a relax patch for that?
I have tried
Read more…2012-01-03%2012-14-24.tlog here is a log of a flight i did sometimes it flies on the line
Read more…I thought I could et through this build without posting stupid questions. Someone said, "there are no stupid questions"....... well, here is mine. I am building an Octo and made it through the setup, driver download, firmware and program load, but
Read more…HI!
I am going to convert my Skywalker so I add Arduplane software (and hardware)
My issue is I want to keep separate servos for wing control - 4 servos= 4 channels (2 ailerons, 2 flaps)
If not I have to reverse 2 servos internally...
Does Arduplane supp
Let's say I am using 2.2 b3 today, let's say 2.3 arrives tomorrow.
Can I save the settings to a file, upgrade firmware, load settings from file ?
Does any calibration (leveling) need to be done over again ?
What's the best/most effective way to save wor
Read more…I have a problem with APM 2560, I can not use the fly modes with the new version 2.1-2.2 which works very well with the older version 2.0.49.
I have 3 APM1 2560 boards mounted on an octo, hexa and quad. Version 2.0.49 works fine on my HEXA, except oct
Read more…Hi there,
I am hoping someone can help me with this...
I have my APM board hooked up to the GPS, magnetometer, XBee and groundstation software. I have connected using my XBee com port at 57600 and everything seems to be working ok, I get what seems t
Read more…Does anyone have experience with running FlightGear as a HIL simulator for ArduCopter?
FlightGear launches and I see the quad on the runway, but when I use my radio to arm the motors and take off, nothing happens.
Thanks for your time.
Read more…Hi Everyone,
I recently got a UDB4 and am trying to program it for the first time with a Pickit3. I have been following the "UAV DevBoard: Getting Started with PIC Programming" guide but have been running into problems building the project. Fir
Read more…Does any1 know whether you can access the CLI menu (APM1) via an xbee link?
Thanks
G:)
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