Acrylic sheet as main plate
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?
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ALT HOLD problem
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…Multi rotors, the altitude yoyo effect, and how to deal with it
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…Upgrade! 4 to 8
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
Read more…Rolling tendency in 2.0.49
Hi
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…PI database
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
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
Change Details
I'd like to change the longitude and latitude values shown in the HKGCS to decimal point only. How do I do that?
Read more…using 4s battery instead of 3s
I have a arducopter v1.1 with full electronics kit. It has the 20a esc and the 850kv motors and 10x45 props. Can I use 4s instead of 3s with this combo. Beceause i have 4 4s 3300mah lipos lying around. And ik would like to use these.
Read more…Magneto Calibration
I've just fitted a new magneto to my oilpan as the previous one gave very random values. I know it works as when fitted to my Arducopter it does what it is supposed to and gives the correct headings and nice smooth value changes.
However when fitted
Read more…Facing Quad yaw problem
My quad is yawing only to left weather stick is left or right Hovering ok aileron and pitch are fine.
Any Suggestion.
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Compass
I've just fitted a new compass to my olipan as the previous one gave very random values. I know it works as when fitted to my Arducopter it does what it is supposed to and gives the correct headings and nice smooth value changes.
However when fitted
Read more…Does anybody have sources for ACM 2.0.39b ?
Since I tried my tricopter with ACM 2.0.4X and all was disaster I remember the last working was 2.0.39.
I need sources, not just binary because I always do some software mods before I compile...
I would appreciate if someone send me zipped directory wi
Read more…Regarding PhoneDrone (http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/phonedrone-android-board-finally-in-production
I am an amateur and I am onto making an android controlled UAV, using APM and PhoneDrone android board. I got a few doubts.
1. Is there an application interface currently available to solely control, collect data and images from the UAV using my andr
Read more…Elevator-Rudder control under HIL simulation with Xplane
Hello,
I'm having an issue flying my APM (configured for a drone with no ailerons... elevator+rudder only) in HIL mode with X-plane. It works fine in manual mode, except that the ailerons of the model are moving in response to what would be a rudder
Read more…Reading distance from SRF05 range finder
I am currently able to read distance from the SRF05 range finder. However I faced a problem when the sensor is detecting distance of more than the maximum range which is 4metre. When this happen I will get a negative value. Is there a way to limit th
Read more…Configuring a Y6 with Arduino
Is it possible to download for example v2.0.42 from the download section and configure it for anything other than a Quad. I would like to get 42 working again on my Scorpion Y6 but find no documents how it can be done. Is it possible? Which file c
Read more…Ardupilot on Canard + Elevon Platform
I want to try making a Canard - Elevon platform for the ardupilot.
The reason is that I can fit all the electronics into the fuselage easily and the control linkages are pretty simple. Another main reason is that CG balance is easy to do while switch
Read more…PDB no power
I am assembling a ArduCopter 3DR quad and I am stumped. I soldered the PDB ver D. (Negative on the top side, Positive on the underside) together and I then connected the outgoing power cable to the APM when I noticed that the solder joint for the po
Read more…Alt Hold problems
I've was very happy with the lateste ACM code concerning AH.
Untill I switched to v48.
In AH mode the motors start pulsing alot and suddenly go up to a certain height, I think the border height between sonar and baro. When reached it starts descending
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