I have connected the APM and have the CLI switch to On. I'm testing the control surface deflections and noticed that they are noticeably delayed compared to flying a plane w/o autopilot. I assume this is normal since the signals have to get processed
Read more…Has anyone else seen this? http://www.e-volo.com/Home.html
It was in the Elektor newsletter. The Multicopter has 16 motors which to be frank look like larger RC brushless motors.
I want one!
Read more…Yestarday i flew my APM in a skywalker for the first time and had a couple of questions /concerns first i flew in Manual mode and everything was fine when i switched to stabilize it would stay in the air but shake allot i know that means the gai
I have built two Telemetry sensor stations base on Arduino Pro Mini board that gives me one RPM, one Temp, all gps data, and voltage and current on the transmitter display.
I also added total current used (displayed in RPM 2 field on the transmitter).
Read more…Yestarday i flew my APM in a skywalker for the first time and had a couple of questions /concerns first i flew in Manual mode and everything was fine when i switched to stabilize it would stay in the air but shake allot i know that means the gai
Read more…Title is self explanatory :)
How would you connect a switch on an RC transmitter to control the relay on the APM board???
How much code needs to be changed?
Thanks :)
G
Read more…I use Arduino to upload program to ArduPilot. Could soemone advise me how to download the program from ArduPilot? I want to know the existing setting of my ArduPilot for PID adjustment . Thanks.
Read more…I noticed that Gary just deleted his blog entitled, "20 million pounds for pocket sized UAS".
Sure hope that he was not forced to do that. I can understand that DIYDrones promotes non-military use of UAVs, but that shouldn't mean we need to ban discus
Read more…Hi all!
I've been search around info about this, without success... :-(
There's way for using WI232 module from MK with the APM 2560?
https://www.mikrocontroller.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=86&products_id=378
And if is possible, what's t
Read more…Hey Guys
Im doing a photoduino board for a friend and was thinking of running a few extra.
Heres the site: http://www.photoduino.com/
Would any1 be interested?
G
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Flew a rather sucessfull mission this weekend, need some more tuning tho. I have a few questuions :
1. I have the t-logs, that are saved automatically, but wanted to download the APM log as well. When I connect, there are NO logs. When I do a Dum
Read more…The KML file or rather the kmz zipped file that I get from MP doesn't contain the correct information so that I get tracks of the flight in Google Earth. It contains no LineString element with the GPS coordinates, and no Paths of the flights that I h
Read more…I have been granted access to update the wiki for Arducopter, and I hope to take this on and really fill out the Wiki so that it truly is an operating manual for the system which beginners can use. My goal is that we never need to see the same quest
Read more…I am currently using four SRF05 Ultrasonic Range Finder for obstacle avoidance on my Quadrotor. I would like to know is it possible to use this 4 ultrasonic range finder to do mapping/localizing in an indoor environment? Has anyone tried/done this be
Read more…Is there any support for running this on Android. It would be great to run this from a tablet. I guess the most difficult part would be getting the tablet to talk to an Xbee.
Read more…I am an UAS Operations student at UND and this is my current project, not school related. This is a Giant Telemaster (12ft wingspan) that was built from a kit and flown for a few years. The previous owner then converted it to a twin but never compl
Read more…Hey everyone
How do I work out the flight time on a multi-rotor.
I have the weight of the platform, the motor specs and the battery capacity.
Is there a simple calc?
Thanks
G
Read more…Im in the process of building a octo-copter for lifting a heavy payload.
Im looking to use the Turnigy G25 motors.
It says on the HK site that I should use 14x7 props.
Should I? Or should I use the 12x45 from DIYdrones?
The specs for the G25 are:
Spec
Read more…My quad project has been running for over a year now and since the beginning i've been using APC 10x4.5 and EPP 10x5 props without big problems. Nevertheless I prefer the APC's.
I've been surfing a lot of multirotor threads and have seen a lot of quad
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