The new board introduced in the last month (first Phone Board) and then Ardupilot Mega 2,
will think to me that in the course of next year more improvment will do .
1) I ask to me if you have planned to do a DiyDrones OSD instead to use Remzibi device
Read more…I have purchased from Jdrone the XBee PRO 900Mhz, Wire module for vehicle and XBee PRO 900Mhz, RPSMA module for GCS and which states the following,
"Fully assembled, configured and tested telemetry set. All that you need to make your UAV to talk with
Read more…Why is there a female header included in the kit? As far as I can tell, it isn't used for anything, but meanwhile the telemetry kit instructions immediately call out for soldering a 4 pin breakaway header to the APM oilpan:
Read more…Hi Guys I've got the maxsonar XL 1260 and i find the hight when on the ground is at 20cm but if i lift the quad to about 1mtr it says its at between 50 to 70 cm.
Is there anything i can do to calibrate this sonar to the right hight?
Thanks in advance
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Hi
I am trying to get my camera mount to point in a certain GPS coordinates using the DO_MOUNT_CONFIGURE and DO_MOUNT_CONTROL in the flight planner. May l know how do I set which my camera servo is connected to for the MOUNT mavlink command.
Just like
Read more…I posted a version of 55 that duplicates the Stability patch, but for alt hold. I'd love for a few people to fly it and let me know if it works well for them.
If it's OK, I'll post it to 56.
Jason
http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/downloads/list
Read more…What could cause not being able to change modes while flying but on the ground it works fine?I have solid blue on gps and solid red on imu. If I change modes on te ground it works fine. Take off and I'm stuck in stable mode.I had the problem with .50
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I had a spare ArduPilot Mega1280 Board and would like to built a small Arducopter something similar to this http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/indoor-fun-with-a-tiny.
I will be only using folowing additional features
1. Magnetometer
2. Ultrasonic
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Well after spending a year silently reading posts and forums here I decided to ask the community about a problem I am having. I have been testing out Paparazzi on it's own recently and since I work with FlightGear quite a lot I wanted to start to rea
Read more…Is there a way to test the GPS waypoint missions in APM before actually flight testing it? I've seen videos of people running a in the loop simulation using Happy Kilmore GS software and X Plane. How would I do this in APM?
Read more…For hobbyists who have experience building electric copters in an X4 or X8 configurations, I would have a question for you.
I assume that most hobbyists want to build their UAV as 1) powerful, 2) lighter and 3) cheaper as possible. But let’s say that
Read more…Hello all,
I have the latest revision of the APM code installed, and use a Futaba radio set.
I got the Throttle Failsafe value set up propelry so the APM goes into Failsafe when i switch off the Tx.
However the modes do not change as I want them to.
Wha
Read more…"Missing RC rev param" error when I select Radio tab APM Planner 1.0.99 for my Quad X setup.
Any idea why I am getting this message?
I cant seem to get the motor output mixing right. I do have all controls in my (Futaba T10CAG 8 Ch) RC Transmitter work
Read more…The latest AC2 code is posted. This is the last code before the big switchover to APM2 codebase.
What you should expect: More stability and better handling, especially if your CG is not centered.
Heres the update list from the d
Read more…I have a Jdrones quad copter with the Smaller Mega 1280 ardupilot board.
Its been a few months since I plyed with it and I was getting back to it today.
I've got (but its not soldered up or installed) a Ardupilot board with the mega 2560.
Do I need the
Read more…When using the Mission Planner to upload firmware to the APM, does it download the most recent update, or just the last major version.
I notice that changes are made almost every day, and was wondering if I uploaded from the Mission Planner if these c
Read more…I've found stange problem, i try to explain it.
I've octo drone, i download V2.0.54 from the download area, change in config ONLY the frame type (OCTA_FRAME), then upload to the board with Arduino.
When i connect in APM i see stranger altitude variat
i just noticed the compass in mission planner slowly spins when my plane is on the ground also the plane in google earth is spinning its very slow but i first noticed it when my plane was pointing north and mission planner said west and was slowly tu
Read more…The "Welcome to APM 2.0" blog post has a ton of comments.
Is there a way for the system to show more comments per page?
And while we're at it , a forum topic for the forum! :-)
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I purchased another XBEE with the ducktail antenna for my plane so I can get further range, but I'm not getting a connection.
I've gone through the steps of programming the XBEEs as found here: http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Wirele
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