I fly a Holy Stone HS300. It has a 1080 camera with decent video, but I want to fly FPV. I'm considering using a RUNCAM EAGLE 2 . Is this a good option? Any better ideas without spending hundreds of dollars? Thanks!
EvanG
Read more…Hello, I am doing a project where I'm required to use a Raspberry Pi 3. My idea for the project is to create a drone 3-axis gimbal that can show live feed, and have the direction of the camera to be controlled by my smartphones gyro data, meaning I
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I've recently been working on a DIY drone based on Raspberry Pi and Arduino - using the Raspberry Pi as a "brain" with remote control and sensors and the Arduino to drive my quadcopter engines through the ESCs.
I'm able to control the torque
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Ive just finished building a 1100mm 15 pound quadcopter with:
-24 inch props
-6215 kv170hv motors with 80A esc
-Pixhawk
-12s set up with 4x8A 6s batteries
Today I did the maiden flight and it lasted 15 seconds before it flipped and crashed.
I took o
Read more…U can reset mission planner parameter and fallow this process using pwm ;http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-rangefinder-lidarlite.html
Read more…I am looking for sensors that can be attached with APM 2.8 so that the drone keeps a safe distance from the ground.
I found MB1260 XL-MaxSonar-EZL0. It has a good range as well. My professor told me to search for more as well. He also mentioned that t
Read more…We have a puzzle, our drone will fly then take a photo of maze, analyzing and finding solution for exit. But the problem how the drone will fly autonomously and take photo? how can we control apm via rpi ? please help we are using apm and rpi 3 :(
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iam using dronekit-python to simuate a mission.
mission consist of goto specific gps point and loiter for few seconds.
initially i put the vehicle in guided mode and when it reaches the gps point iam changing it to loiter mode.
but as soon as it chan
Read more…I have built a kit quadcopter using the apm 2.8 flight control. Using the mission planner software I attempt to set up the quad for flight. I get up to the point where it wants to calibrate the radio. What happens is as soon as I power on the radio,
Read more…Hello everybody, I'm a newbie to the UAV world and right now I'm trying to hook up a flight controller to a fixed wing plane. I've got the Pixhawk 4 and I've been able to connect it with QGroundControl, the flight planner program, but I cannot figure
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in the last flight test I carried out I encountered a problem during an automatic bungee take-off.
Given that I had already done another 4 launches and missions all went well without reporting anomalies
at launch n°5 The following happened ...
I'm using Windows7/32
I used the instructions found at:
http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/building-px4-with-make.html
I downloaded the PX4 toolchain.exe file and installed it.
Then, in "All Programs" I chose
"PX4 Software Download", but got a bunch of errors
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Wondering if anyone out there has a cirucit diagram for a 100 amp current sensor and voltage sensor.
I have a drone that I want to integrate voltage and current sensing into the pdb thats on the machine, I designed the PDB and now want t
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We have some troubles here. We are trying to configure pixhawk 4 for full autonomous flight.
Before the launch aircraft sets elevons up and then exactly after launch, it throws elevons level (I think it tries to stabilize itself) and the
Hello there,
We built a quadcopter for research and development purposes. We turned on all failsafe parameters and checked all sensors calibrated correctly quadcopter was on a flat level and gps was working fine. First problem was when we started moto
Read more…Hi and congratulations on your site!
I have a quadcopter build with the following materials:
Frame: Tarot 650
Motors: 4x T-Motor 4014-9 / 400 KV
Props: 15x5.5 Carbon fiber ones
Autopilot: Pixhawk (Clone)
ESCs: 4x Bull Tec SimonK 30A
Battery: Tattu 6S - 7000
Read more…hey guys, sorry for this same post which has been discussed at great length before but I have searched high and low but cannot get this thing to arm.
I have a pixhawk and have completed the wizard to set it up. All calibration passed, I changed the s
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I have been working on Quadcopter. Unfortunately two of the four ESCs isn't functioning now. I was using the HobbyKing 30A UBEC, LIPO 4S. I wants to know the alternative ESCs that is compatible with the Pixhawk. I have found out three other ESCs b
Read more…Hi all,
I'm running a start-up business working on a number of drone-related projects. I'm keen to collaborate with anyone who has the skills to develop a low-cost tether system for DJI models. If you're interested please send me an email.
Many thanks,
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