When I turn ON my APM Plane I do it at the pitts workbench and that is where the GPS LOCKS the HOME. How do I move my HOME to a different place away from the pitts, so when I do a RTL it goes to the new HOME?
Could I get a step by step explanation on
Read more…For the roll, pitch, and yaw connections can I use a single-wire connection? i.e. just the signal wire and not ground and power?
I'm a bit squeezed for space and would like to reduce the size of the wire bundle between the two units.
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I've built myself a hexacopter purchased from the martint (build your own drone) that has verygood service:)
I have spektrum dx8 as r/c controller
I have a strange problem, lives far north in Norway so here is Temperature around 0 degreesnowadays.
Wh
I have a really strange problem. My mb1200 sonar quits working after about 20min. And then will not work for about 1hour. After that is will work again ok and quit after 20min again. Any ideas anyone?
Read more…I finally have my ritewing in the air and she flies like a beast.
This is one very agressive airframe that can be incrdibly responsive.
I am very happy with its performance envelope which ranges from screaming fast to a gentle glide.
It flies great in m
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I have been trying to setup my altitude hold function and am having a hard time. No mater what my settings, the quad just slowly climbs or sometimes slowly descends. I have put the P value to 100 and it still does it! I have manipulate
Read more…Hello, I was wondering if the JDrones ESC's are compatible with the turnigy programming card. It looks like they are (I have successfully connected the esc and read the settings), but just wondering if anyone had the chance to modify their parameters
Read more…OK, this is is my ramble. It might be better suited to a blog but I don't know what that is.
If like me you have just found this site after some wandering in the dark with a number of "What if I want to do this" type questions, then I can share my ex
Read more…I sourced some Venom LiPo's (3S 11.1V 4000mAH) from Tower hobbies and they sold me a bunch of duds.
The batteries seem to drain after just 7 mins of flight and now the charger refuses to charge them, because they are bloated and 'damaged'.
I did take c
Read more…I had great fun flying 2.0.49 today on my almost stock quad AC. Stable, simple, sonar AH, baro AH all working better than any version ever. It is an astounding sight to watch it zoom (and I do mean zoom- this thing can go very fast!) down my street w
Read more…Anyone know what is the dimensions (X centimetre, Y centimetre) of the main plate for the Arducopter 3DR? What is the length between the 2 screws on the arm that is attached to the main plate ?
Read more…I'm working on a return-to-launch high altitude glider (balloon launched). My radio system needs to be able to communicate at 100km or more. My current plan is to use an FRS radio. This radio is modified to work on the 70cm ham band, and should be ab
Read more…I would like to know is it strong enough to use a 3mm acrylic sheet for the main plate for quadrotor ? Is arcylic a good material to use?
Read more…Hey Guys,
My altitude hold works perfectly over bricks or hard surfaces. But doesnt work nicely over grass.
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks
G
Read more…Hi, I have been lurking for a while, but recently I got my quad up in the air on ardupirates, and just this week, I started getting successful flights with AC2. I am very impressed with the progress since early this year.
Now, what is the yoyo effect
Read more…Hey every1.
I currently have a standard quad arducopter.
I want to upgrade it to an octocopter.
What do I need to buy?
Thanks
G
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I just uploaded 2.0.49 to the copter. I find that on startup there is a tendency to roll, which makes me cut the throttle. Does anyone have a similar problem?
The HUD shows that everything is level initially, which means the accelerometers are cal
Read more…Hello,
After trying to find the right PI for my hexa, I decided to create (I couldn't find anywhere) a spreadsheet (the same way openpilot has) with some parameters. This way people can compare their PI values with similar configurations.
This is th
Read more…Aerial Mapping
I'm trying to find some ideal solution for photogrammetric mapping terrain. I had some success with Mikrokopter, but is it far from ideal when we talk about mapping. It have some nice features in new firmware like drawing lines with giv
I'd like to change the longitude and latitude values shown in the HKGCS to decimal point only. How do I do that?
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