I'm looking for some advice,
i built this platform hoping to put the ardupilot on it, but im unsure as to how I can get the canard to work through the ardupilot, has anyone tried Canards, and elevons with ardupilot, (how to connect the servo connect
Read more…I have an unresponsive throttle in all flight modes (I have a 3-way switch and use Auto, Manual, and Stabilize). I am trying to figure out if it is a hardware or software issue. The Auto mode is giving me all sorts of trouble too, but address that on
Read more…I would like to put a turnigy plush 30A ESC in to a small sapce.
The only thing thats in the way is the capacitator. Removing this is not an option.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=975333
My idea is to put the capa, that is soldered bet
Read more…My tx generates pulses approx. from 1000 to 1900, so i cant use it as a switch, is that true?
Read more…Since my laptop isout of business i've moved to my old desktop.
I've copied the MP 1.0.81 but when i'm trying to write something in terminal mode an error appear(screen capture attached).
I've tried to update, same thing.
Flight data mode is working.
Whe
Read more…Hello, after reading a lot about this project, and in the need of choosing a new FC system, I decided to go Open Source. My choice is APM.
After assembling my mk hexa xl frame with all the rest from Martin (buildyourdrone.co.uk) (jdrones 30 amps esc
Read more…According to the news page, 2.40 was a release candidate for the first non-beta code. One would expect that this meant that only bug fixes should make it into the codebase. However, it seems like the code is still being actively developed with new fe
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After each flight i try to download the log file from my APM unit. Sometime it generates a log file, but most of the time it reports that there are no logs to download. Im taking off and landing manually & flying around waypoints autonomously. Wh
Read more…Hello there! I'm building my own car-drone, but lacking ideas.
Just wanted to know what could be this kind of drone used for? Any practical stuff? Any fun/geek stuff? Tell me what you think! Thanx!
Read more…Hi everyone, I'm a newbie here :)
I'm having an issue with my custom built quad and APM, i have followed the guides to set up apm step by step, all seems ok. After everything set i try to test it but i have this issue:
I turn radio on, plug lipo, afte
Read more…I have the 880kv arducopter motors, an rctimer esc (30C I think) and a 8000mah 30C battery. Prior to upgrading the battery (from 2 2650mah), my quad was flying ok. Even when I used the new battery everything was ok. Then one day, arming the copter an
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I have read some paper about quadrotor. almost of them state that it is nearly impossible to control the quadrotor using a PID controller because of the non-linearity, cross coupling and big disturbances (wind) (See equations). So if it is
Read more…Does anyone know of any propeller guards that can be easily fitted to a quad/hexa.
I'm thinking an tube that on one end has a 1/4 to 1/2 semi circle and connects or straps to the motor arm.
So I've got a pair of Digi XT09-SI 9 Xtend modules. I'm trying to get them communicating with a base station and an APM in a plane. I first tried the default baud rate, 57600, and range-testing the radios by jumpering RX and TX on the remote end and
Read more…I've got a standard arducopter quad frame with 880kv and 12x4.5 props
As soon as I arm the quad even at 10% throttle my quad wants to bank to the right.
I'm in stabilize mode, and I've tested the quad in my hand, it does what it should which is fight
Read more…I'm having issues getting my Arducopter Hexa flying stable, I here the props fluttering at the hover every few seconds followed by wobbying, and I observed possible vibration coming from the left forward motor. So on the ground at 1/4 throttle witho
Read more…I would like to know where is the best place to put the IMU together with the compass on a Quadrotor to obtain data with minimum noise interference?
Read more…Guys, a very nice project I found on internet, this is a PPM encoder using an Arduino nano and you can use ANY TX module you want to do yourself a TX Joystick or use the PPM signal in your projects.
Credits for this project, construction details and s
Read more…Hi, any one idea about how much the values of pid to be set for lotus T580 quad airframe as it is voilent with defalt setting of arducopter.
Propeller are 12x6sf . I lost 1 prop during testing
went down to following values but still could not achieve s
Read more…I went mountain flying today and discovered a nasty bug.As soon as the APM goes over 1300m ASL it immediately thinks it's altitude is -1000m.This results in it immediately trying to ascend another 1000m.It is also reported in the mission planner as a
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