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
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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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Hi everyone,
I spent the afternoon testing a Multiplex Funjet in a wind tunnel at Kingston University (London, UK) since I need this data for my dissertation project: I will be optimizing it for longest range/glide/altitude/climb rate with the help
Is anyone else having problems viewing parts of the wiki right now? Only a few of the instruction links in the left index are working, while most appear as bracketed plaintext and aren't linking to their corresponding pages.
Read more…I've been working with APMs in both an EZ* and a ParkZone T-28. The EZ* is flying very well and I'm tuning the T-28.
Both airplanes have the same behavior when crossing a waypoint. The Mission Planner track display shows the track going right to th
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I'm new to Adrupilot programming. I would like to ask if there is any site that provide the syntax as to how to program. For example, from the .h waypoint file generated by MIssion Planner, is it possible to use a control loop (while, for) or decis
Read more…Hello everyone,
My question is the normal framerate from a receiver is 14ms however from my futaba receiver i can go to high speed which doubles the frame rate to 7ms can the board handle this? or would it not make any difference because in my thinki
Read more…In X-Plane's "Data Input & Output" dialog, item 127 "Camera Location" allows the position and angle of the view to controlled. Would it be possible, with the new camera tracking Arduplane and Arducopter code, to use APM Planner to control the view in
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I have a problem with automatic flight on my ardumega quadrirotor.
Loiter, RTL are working well.
After planing a flight with flight planner, when I activate automatic mode in flight, the quad looks like stabilise mode with some yaw movements and don'
Read more…Hi I'm trying to figure out how to use the MPU-6000, I'm reading your source code and I don't see anything about using the DMP
I've also looked at the ArduPilotMega 2.0 repo, found the code for the MPU-6000, but it also does not do anything with the D
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