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
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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
Read more…I have been struggling for a while now getting the tracks from the logs into Google Earth. I have created a .kmz file of the log, opened that in GE, and I get a Temporary Place with Paths and Flight subfolder. I can click Flight and get an animation
Read more…UPDATE: If you are reading this, be sure to review the subsequent blog post.
Hello there esteemed DIYD members.
I've been very quiet lately. But I have not been idle.
Based on the topic title, you might think this belongs in "Simulation," but my targ
Read more…Hi folks,Had a few flights with APM recently, results werent good because there was a tendency for the plane to constantly lose altitude.I suspect that the problem might lie with the pressure sensor. I did a few tests with the baro sensor. While stat
Read more…OK, I have been trying for a while now to get the basics working but seems to be unable to get it right, I guess I am not the only one struggling with this so some sort of detailed instructions will be helpful.
First of all. I have the quad copter se
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I'm about to build an ArduCopter :-).
I see two different types of Turnigy 9x out there.. which one should I buy? TX-9X-M1 or TX-9X-M2? Planning to install ER9x as well.
thanks and regards,
Japi.
Read more…Over the weekend I did my first Balloon assisted flight. Helium balloon carried my glider up to 13,000ft, at that point i issued a remote cutdown command to release the balloon from the plane.
http://twitter.com/#!/W0OTM/status/130798913224577024/
Read more…Hey everyone, I need some advice with regards to a custom build octo.
Im building a frame that can carry a droidworz slr camera mount, hence quite a payload including the camera.
I want to use the following motors:
C2836 KV88
Hi there,
I did a blog post about 16 hours ago titled "Trex450 loiter testing using Arducopter 2.0.50Beta" and received a message saying, "your blog post has been approved on DIYDrones" but the posting never appeared on the diydrones site. I hav
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I am starting to get some strange problems lately. I have installed 2.24 arduplane code. When i reset the autopilot and connect it to see parameters in APM Planner strange things start to happen. When i press on pitot tube the hud goes crazy
Read more…Hi guys well apparently my board seems to have a fried mux. I salvaged a working 328p from my 1280 board and the now the ppm led lights up already and I can see the pwm getting in already through the CLI. But unfortunately there's no output; I mean t
Read more…I recenty bought an XtreamBee USB Adapter from the Diy Drones store. The board was working normally, then after having a problem that I just couldn't fix, I noticed The USB socket has come away from the board.
The 4 solder pads that hold d
Read more…So as of yesterday I am unable to make a MAVLINK connection through my telemetry gear, but only on my laptop. When I hit connect (yes, port and baud rate are right, CLI switch is in the flight position) the connection window immediately disappears w
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