I had a light crash or hard landing the other day. 3DR frame is great at surviving hard landings. :)
Im using 2.0.49.
After checking everything was ok I tried to fly again and as always I hold it in my hand first to check stable mode I noticed it wan
Read more…IS there any other motor that is equal to the GH2820-06 Outrunner Brushless Motor or better but is as efficient and use the same power as the GH2820-06 Outrunner Brushless Motor but is cheaper
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZmTv8FkLX4&feature=youtube_gdata_playerI wanted to run the HIL simulator today on my quad and as soon as I tried to take off, this happened. I set up the quad exactly the same way I do when I install the actual AC2 sof
Read more…I have idea of using cheap android phone on the plane. If attach simple bluetooth<>serial module to Ardupilot telemetry port, Android phone will be able to conect to it. Then special software on phone (had to be developed) will connect through bluet
Read more…Hi Guys, I've got a problem with my Ardu-Mega that I just can't find.
In rate mode it flys fine in a gentle hover and its very stable.
Stable mode it comes off the ground without any cyclic input and its absolutely rock solid
until..
If I fly around
Read more…Dear Diydrone'ers,
I am having some problems with my Arducopter, I haven't had one succesfull flight so far. The current problem is that the right engine doesn't spin up when I put the stick to the right.
When I put my stick left, and right, only the
Read more…Hi,
Where is simple mode ? I did install the latest version and did not find simple mode again.
Is it incorperated in one of the other modes?
Thanks,
Max
Read more…We got a new IMU board as we've become skeptic of the data coming out of our previous IMU . Anyway, we've noticed that on our old imu, these 3 points lack a solder blob on them, whereas on our new IMU, it had solder blobs on them. I wonder if the lac
Read more…ive just moved my ArduPilot from my skywalker where i powered the board from a 2 cell lipo
but in the Bixler i can only run a 3cell 2200ma lipo are people using separate lipos to power the board or just using one
Read more…I'm having problems with my ArduCopter suddenly flipping over and crashing. I'm wondering if this is cauased by a brownout. I have connected a micro servo for camera control, so it's drawing a little more current than a standard ArduCopter.
I have a
Read more…Just wanted to ask if others have had (false?)positive indications with mission planner?
My comp just today indicated malware as follows. I know it is most probably false positive, but wanted to know what causes it.
Gen:Heur.MSIL.Krypt.2
in
APM Mission P
Read more…Just about to solder the three filter bridges to see if the copter is any better after rough inputs.
Before I do is there a downside ?
Read more…The computer wouldn't recognize the USB device despite installing latest Windows 7 64bit drivers. In fact I tried connecting the Ardupilot Mega to all 3 of my laptops and had the same error in Windows Vista and Windows 7 32bit.
Finally i took out my
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my problem is a little odd when i connect the ftdi usb cable all is well and working without the xbee
and when i try to connect it to a battery 9v or power supply same voltage 1a nothing is working
no leds no screen nothing. any help would be appreci
Read more…Michael,
I've attached two logs and two flight plans from this morning's flying that show a few things I do not understand. Would you please take a look and comment on them?
The flight plans are a short loop around a local flying field. The first it
Read more…I see several users reporting back on 2.0.50. But I can't seem to find the download link for this new firmare. Can anyone tell where I can find it?
Read more…This is a pretty general question, and I have little to no prior experience with DIY drone aircraft. That said, I have a pretty ambitious interest/dream to design a functional prototype of a UCAV - that is, an autonomous drone with the capability to
Read more…Does anybody have any idea when the XBee kits will be available again in the DIYDrones store? I was going to order one.
Read more…I damaged my APM the other day when installing the board on my new frame. My hand slipped as I was putting in that screw on the backside of the APM. Chipped of a piece of the Atmega328 decoder ship, where the ISP programming pins are and chipped one
Read more…After quite a bit of time interacting and playing with my Arducopter, I have come to the irrevocable conclusion that my Arducopter share more personality traits with my girl friend than I care to enjoy.
1. If I ignore either for long enough, they wil
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