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New code installation procedure
I'm a newbie and have been flying my 3DR quad for a few weeks now. I saw the impressive post about Arducopter 2.0.55 and decided to try it out tonight, so I fired up the APM Planner selected 2.0.55 and installed it. But afterwards all of the settings
Read more…Strange yaw behaviour around mid-stick.
I have been noticing a strange behaviour in the yaw. While hovering and no yaw stick input the quad stays within a 5 deg heading. As soon as I move the stick the smallest amount the the left the quad starts to rotate to the right (clockwise looking
Read more…Best mode to launch with?
My piloting skills are not there yet, and I'd like to be able to launch my foamy with one hand holding the transmitter. I would like it to immediately climb to the default altitude after leaving my hand.
Should I launch while in Loiter ?
Read more…Latest news u.s drone falls into enemy hands
How can things like this be prevented in our field of studies on drones?http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/08/world/meast/iran-drone/index.html?iphoneemail
Read more…Arduino, ArduPilot, the Store, openpilot, AGGHGH!
Hi all,
Im going to be building my first UAV with an easystar clone in the coming months. One thing that is really driving me a little crazy is trying to get a handle on the different kinds of boards and how those boards interact with the different s
Read more…ArduCopter Heavy X-Octo / X8 Coax - Foto, video and other
Hi all! After some pid tuning, but require further adjustment, today i made the first real flight with my "heavy ArduXOcto", i open this thread for sharing my experience if someone else wants build a similar "heavy configuration" using ArduPiloltMeg
Read more…software help
Is there any software that you can upload to a laptop and content the an arduino and then the arduino to all the rc components and have a fully functional uav
Read more…Invert direction of attitude indicator in APM Planner
Hi everybody, i want to know how I change the move direction of attitude indicator in APM Planner. I need to change only that, because the rest of my equipment work very right. Thanks you!
Read more…30A ESC recommendation
Does anyone have any recommendation for 30A ESCs that I can get somewhat quickly and affordably in the US?
Thanks,
Pat
Read more…Live video streaming
Hi to all, i want to put a camera tomy plane and i would like it to transsmit directly to my computer or other display, i also would like it to use like OSD with all tools on screen.
Thanks.
Read more…The new multi-aileron option
I am having problems with the new Multiple Aileron Channels option. It works by radio control but when I tilt the airplane the APM controls the left aileron (channel 1) but not the right aileron. I have tried turning on channel 5 and 6 and it does th
Read more…set up question for an RQ-11
OK i been looking and cant find what im looking for so im asking for help. Building a projet RQ-11, and need to know a cut and dry setup for the UAV. Best motor, battery, ESC and prop to handle all the electronincs for autopilot, gps videocamera, al
Read more…Auto-leveling problem in 2.0.55
Tried the 2.0.55 release from MP 1.1.1 today in the gym at work. Previously auto-trim has been the way to get leveling tuned for my AC. This time it did not work.
Before leveling the copter, it leans heavily in one direction after take-off and flies
Read more…Vertical CG location
I have a quadcopter 3DR and am considering mounting the battery above the frame arms instead of below the arms, and I'm wondering how sensitive the stability of the quad is to this shift of CG?
I realize that this swap of CG from below the arms to abo
Read more…A B C LEDs no longer light up, APM no longer works in flight mode
Hi guys hope someone can help me with this..
After another routine fun flight with APM, it stopped working all of a sudden.
With the CLI switch in flight mode, APM no longer connects to my PC. The time out counts down from 30secs and gives this messa
Read more…Mediatek GPS connected to ATmega1280 does not work.
Hi,
I am currently trying to get GPS signal using Mediatek GPS connected to ATmega1280 as shown in the pictures. Now, Mediateck GPS shows solid blue LED, but LED C does not show red light. In addition, serial monitor shows only "."
'Example_GPS' is us
Read more…Apprentice configuration
Does any one have a good configuration for the Apprentice airframe?
Read more…Arducopter 2.1 release
Ardupilot 2.1 is out and can be downloaded by the mission planner (or with Git). You must have the latest version of MP to be compatible. If you're compiling with Arduino, you must use the "mrelax" version of Arduino that is in our downloads section.
Read more…Ch 6 Tuning for Rate P
I feel bad for asking but.... I need to tune Rate P for my Quad using the Ch 6 tuning feature. The values I see when I enable "tune 4" are in the range of 0 - ~40. The typical value for Rate P is a decimal figure of about .14. There is not enough
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