I have a standard, pre-soldered Arducopter with sonar mounted as per instructions.
Magnetic declination set correctly.
Using Mission Planner in flight mode, both indoors with GPS lock and outdoors again with GPS lock, the compass shows North and East c
Read more…I built a quick sim today to look for the optimum PIDs for Loiter:
What's looking good is
Get help. The number of do_set_relay command parameters. 2 in the manual (the number of the relay, on / off) of APM in an on / off) with good
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I can't wait for OSD integration for APM anymore, I'm going to buy a Remzibi! I lost my AC2 the other day in very strong wind, and I figure a good way to save hours of stress and worry would be to record t
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, does the motors test still work in the terminal window or is it just me copter ? I have updated from older firmware to new one and cant get the motor test working not a single movement and also cant get flight , wondering i
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Hello,
Im trying to write my own code in order to do gps position hold to my quadcopter and later waypoint navigation. Im using the MediaTek MT3329 gps set to output NMEA and im decoding it with the tinygps library but i have some issues that i hope
Read more…My APM will not boot (AB and C lights flashing) unless I physically rotate my board. If I do this for a few seconds, it normally boots. It occurs whether it is powered by Lipo or USB. I soldered my own board. I can't figure out if I have a groundin
Read more…I have read the arducopter manual and also reviewed some of the earlier forum posts and initially moved my sonar sensor (recommended Maxbotix) 3" away from the main electronics but still see too much noise for the sonar to work in Alt Hold properly,
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I am having a problem setting my ESCs correct for my Quad.Although I calibrate all the ESCs for same pwm response .They do not respond in same fashion.Each motor rotates at different rpm even when i give same pwm to all of them.
I am using this
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I have my Arducopter configured as a tricopter and I have loaded the latest AC2.0.40 Beta firmware using the APM Planner and am using the default PIDS.
When the flight mode is set to stable, I notice (both on th
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I'm just about ready to get out the checkbook and buy an APM + IMU. Does anyone know of a pending revision/redesign/update I should wait for?
Thank you!
Chris
Read more…I have my copter working OK in Loiter now but once it starts to get out of position it starts in ever increasing circles.
I have looked at all the info on tuning but it is confusing and sometimes contraditory. Do I adjust loiter or Nav PID's???
Can a
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I would appreciate some clarification on what Loiter mode is please.
On the wiki page the Loiter mode is described as follows:
"Loiter mode is attempts to maintain the current location. Like Alt_hold, the altitude is interactive, using the throttl
Read more…First, great work on the GCS it just get better and better. I just got my APM back from repair and wanted to upload beta 43 to it, but the planner seems to always be locked in on a newer version of firmware. Would it be silly to request that the GCS
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I am having a problem with the GPS that I am guessing is a simple noob mistake. When I switch from stabilize to loiter or RTL the quad does not respond, it flies like it is still in stabilize. The blue light on the GPS is solid, and the red li
Read more…I've made some flights today with my hexa (2.0.46 firmware version).
The problem is that even if i the flight was sometimes at 10-15m on the kmz file/log the altitude reported by the baro was max 1-2 m.
I don't have a sonar installed.
How can i check
Read more…I'm trying to get APM Planner to work with this joystick-
http://www.chproducts.com/retail/j_combat.html
The CH Combatstick label appears in the drop-down list but I am unable to find any axis/input that causes the position indicators to move. They
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I have an arducopter 2 and it fly stable but when I activate the "Altitude Hold" mode (i mount the altitude sensor hardware) then it goes (spin) up and yaw counter clock wise... I must deactivate it because i test it in house and i fear that it wi
Read more…If you look at DJI and now also Xaircraft, they are introducing a "pilot light" that shows the pilot an external indication of the quads status.
http://www.xaircraft.co.uk/acatalog/X650_CF___Glass_Spares.html
http://www.foxtechfpv.com/index.php?main_
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