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
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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
Read more…Recently i was trying to enable MODE in the logs menu (CLI of course). Unfortunately there isn't a confirmation message that can validate you command. For ex. i've attached a screen capture with what i was tring to do. Question : now i have the Mode
Read more…I am just getting set up and ran into a minor roadblock in terms of which motors should be spinning. Here is a picture of how my quad is set up. X configuration:
So, I should expect that when I push the pitch stick forward, the rear motors 2 and 4 sho
Thanks in advance for anyone who might be able to help me.
I have been using the Ardupirates code for a university project and something rather percuilar has happened. In trying to fix a dodgy ESC and resoldering some of the connections on the PCB and
Read more…A couple of queries.. hope someone can help :)
Im not sure if my IMU is faulty, but sometimes when I power up/reset the IMU board, the orientation that is obtained is SOMETIMES reversed.
(ie. in APM Flight Data window, the nose of the plane is pointin
Read more…Anybody out there using castle ice 50 esc's on their quad? If so what were your castle link settings?
I put together a large 6s quad (using extra airplane parts) and I am having a hard time getting it tuned up. Cant get the thing to stop wobbling
Read more…Hello, I'm trying to recompile mission planner (downloaded from git) but I keep having errors.
First one is BSE windows forms , then some more librairies.
What are the requisites to do a good build? I'm using visual studio 10.
Thanks.
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Hi,
I recently revised my miniquad design and have some hardware left over from my first version.
1. Miniquad frame:
This frame is built using 1mm carbon plate and 4mm pultruded carbon tubing. Tubing is reinforced with internal fiberglass ferrules that
Hi all!
Just a query.. I understand that the automatic camera tracking feature was added not too long ago into the Mission Planner.
So far, from what I gather, the tracking feature is activated using the Mission Planner to tell the camera (mount) where
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