Any1 tried the optical flow sensor?
How much does it improve the position hold capabilities?
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Low Cost Hi performance Airframes for rugged STOL harsh terrain UAV systems for photography and Anti-Poaching Campaign
Here are Two Aircraft I have built with full Autopilot complement. One is based on a commercially available airframe kit, the Lanyu -100, while the second is a from the ground up design. I will give a little info on each just to show what can be achi
Read more…Stable release?
Thanks for all the hard work, guys!
Is this a stable release, or is it still considered beta?
Read more…Ritewing Zephyr parameters
Does anyone have the parameters for the zephyr that they would be willing to share? I have not got the plane yet, but it is suppose to ship this week.
Read more…Arducopter 2.0.50
Arducopter 50 is our first fully Software in the Loop tested version. Special thanks to Tridge for developing the test suite!
Here is a quick video of the testing in action:
You can see the copter takes off, flies a simple square in manual and recor
Read more…Gas v. Electric, a Quantitative Analysis
I am working on a long range uav, 100 miles+, and need some information on the pros and cons of using gas engines. The engine I want to use is the saito FG-14, if someone can convince me that electric is better then I am open to it, but remember that
Read more…PID range
Hi,
Where I can get info on the PID range? What are the min/max values?
I’ve the latest version.
Thanks for helping.
Itzik
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Arudcopter + Futaba "H1" mode
I have a helicopter only Futaba radio. If I set the radio up as "H1" normal mode will the Arducopter work correctly? Or do I need to buy a radio that has airplane mode? Thanks.
Read more…Loiter issues - big circle
I am having som issues with Loiter that I want to find out about. Sometimes Loiter is almost perfect on the spot, maybe drifting 1 meter or so, but I have had situations where in Loiter the copter starts circling pretty fast in a quite large circle w
Read more…Messages when using with Arducopter
With version 1.0.94 I get "This version may break advanced mission scripting" at startup.
When I try to change the Rate Pitch/Roll I get a failed message even if I move the switch to the CLI position.
Can enyone enlighten me?
Peter
Read more…Alt_hold with baro problem stabilizing
Hello, I'm having some trouble with my baro. I'm running 2.0.50 taken from git.
When I'm in alt_hold at sonar altitude, it holds very well. But when I'm in baro altitude (more than 7m) the alt hold sucks. I can hear motors change speed very fast.
Her
Read more…Hangar9 80" Cub, Saito 56, suitable as APM platform?
I've been thinking about trying APM in an airplane, and looking at different planes to get. I just had the thought that I already have a few planes that I'm not using, and this one seems like the most likely candidate. It's in good shape, but hasn'
Read more…Crosstrack Gain
I am a first time user and setting up my mini-Telemaster. I think I have most things setup but I don’t know about XTRACK_GAIN. Reading the wiki page it says that the default is 1.0, which is 1 degree per meter. After I loaded firmware V2.251 I find t
Read more…Magnetometer on APM: How Do I Know It Works?
My question is if i solder on the magnetometer for the APM and used it on a airplane instead of a quad rotor, how do I know it works or if it does anything?
The only thing in the Mission Planner is "Enable Magnetometer." Yet there is nothing that tel
Read more…Newbie
Hello Everyone,
Have just joined the group have been flying various things for years and work in a large model shop in the Uk, anyway have been fascinated with multirotor so built myself a hexacopter (have never soldered so much in my life :) i done t
Read more…Xbee antenna connector
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I have been using xbee that has a normal wire antenna. But i thing it would give better range if i put some omni high gain antenna on on board Xbee. So i am asking you where can i buy the connector (or how it is called) that can be soldered to xbe
Read more…Is there any way to disable auto level for first arming?
This is very inconvenient to me every time connecting battery and arming the copter, the board is automatically leveling (calibrate sensor) . Could we disable it?
because it is hard to have a flat surface to lay the copter and level it.
Could we do it
Read more…apc220 with mp
All i am using the apc220 telemtry with apm but i am getting errors for example when trying to wire a mission i get system exception on read. Basicly reading stuff out of my arducopter with apc220 goes great but whenever i want to write (upload) it g
Read more…Better configuration for Longer Flying Time
Hi All,
I've bought 3DRobotics frame (few seconds ago :)). Planning to have an Android phone as the payload! Beginning to have fun as well as combine with my PhD research!
Now I want to decide, motor, esc, prop and Lipo for my quod.
I would like to hea
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