Just posted this version which has an increased performance DCM implementation. This allows the main loop to run 50Hz faster without increasing the CPU load. I've flown this for 30 minutes and it's an improvement in every respect.
Circle mode now see
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Question: What would cause the copter to fall out of the sky when switching from ALT_HOLD to LOITER mode???
See video :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asAr8E5DLnY
Thanks
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My APM is acting very strangely. As soon as I switch it on it goes into a tight spiral which ends in a dive. I did three flights, the last time we could not get it out of the five and my Skywalker became part of the landscape. Luckily all the
Read more…When I do radio setup - channels 5-8 are not working! But before they were working properly. I'm using latest code from Mission Planner as well as I've tried to compile and upload myself. Receiver is okay - I've checked it with servo. On older versio
Read more…I thought I would have a play with the Joystick feature in the APM planner to see how well it works.
I managed to get an XBox wireless PC controller hooked up to my PC via USB and recognised as a Joystick.
I can allocate functions in the planner, but i
Let me first say this: I don't think the crash was related to the code...
I was running the latest code 2.0.40 and just playing around in Stabilize mode, nothing fancy, testing out the repairs on the frame and my new ESC (the old one was bad)
So it
Read more…I updated a new version which has a fix for Alt hold and some new tuning capabilities.
The older alt hold had a typo that was found by randy that seriously degraded performance (the rate PID loop was skipped entirely). You should see much better resu
Read more…I'm on a 400M hill with surrounding valley. When I set up waypoints I am not checking ABSOLUTE ALT and I am checking VERIFY HEIGHT.
When I click on the waypoints on the map, I get a warning about flying into a hill because it says the hill is 350M a
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I have two questions:
1. My altitude hold swings up and down by 20-30cm using the ultrasound sensor.
My pids for ALT_HOLD are: P=0.35 I=0.01 D=0.4
Which one should I change and by how much?
2. In loiter mode, the copter keeps overs
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hi all just seen this video on a home made vacuum forming machine could be helpfull in some way
he uses mdf wood a vacume cleaner and a quartz heater :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maH5Ech0wK8
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Read more…I'm using APM2.23 and remzibi OSD and would like to implement antenna tracking for my 5.8GHz video link.
Should I use ardustation or is there another way? I'm also using 900Mhz xBees if that matters.
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Sorry to bother you but I posted yesterday a problem with my APM on flight modes (http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/apm-flight-modes-ok-in-cli-flight-planner-not-responding-on-the?xg_source=activity). To refresh, I have loaded the v2.
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As i feel a bit dangerous to test my frame with the hand grip test because there is quite a lot of power on it, (6 times 350W motors, giving more than 10 Kg total thrust) i ask myself what would be another safer method to test it.
The hand grip test
Read more…I see this cmos camera on diydrones store which looks neat and tidy..but how would you actually use this thing? It doesnt record onboard does it? Do you have to connect it to a fpv system and if so, do you have any example of what could be used?
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I got another condition with APM here. My APM is just configured with default settings in v2.23. Flight modes are just Manual, Stabilize and RTL. On CLI and flight Data, I could see the modes with the flick of AUX1/ Flap switch. But when I i
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can somebody advice me PID values for my tricopter? It is build like this, 40cm arms.
I'm using standard APM 1.4 + OilpanV1+HMC5883, MTK16.
When in navi modes (RTL or AUTO) forward movement is too slow - around 0.5m/s. When weak wind blows again
Read more…After a week spent working on my Arducopter 2, I have still failed to get it airborne and I've broken two props already. In the interests of other people avoiding the misery I've had to go through, I'll post my lessons/experience here in a summarise
Read more…I have installed AttoPilot current and voltage sensor. I set capacity in APM Planner settings and checked that battery consumption percentage is shown correctly. However, displayed voltage is always four times lower than the real voltage. For instanc
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I'll start by introducing myself. This is my first post to the community but have been following for quite some time now and have been following the progression of multicopters over the last many years. I recently found the time to
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I received my Audustation today and assembled it. I guess I assumed the firmware would already be programmed into the chip. I should have looked closer. I see now that only a bootloader is programmed.
So I have two questions.
1) What PC a
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