Hi Guys,
i am working to develop my own autopilot system for my RC aircraft. i have read many project reports about designing UAV autopilot systems and after searching about that all, i got some question which are listed below...
Hi,
I last programmed my APM using the Adruino IDE around October 2010 on my old Windows XP machine. I now have changed my PC to Win 7 and decided to pick up my UAV project again.
With my LiPo and ESC's disconnected I have my USB cable plugged into t
Read more…Hello DIYDrones team,
I noticed that the latest 2.0.39 code is not out on the downloads section of the arducopter wiki... is there any chance someone could post that? I am having trouble getting my ardupilot mega to link up to the APM and I figure I
Read more…My quad starts to rise when I activate loiter mode or altitude hold. But it looks like it goes to a preset height because it stops after a couple of meters. Is this normal? Using firmware 2.38 uploaded with arduino.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9bh
Read more…What are the requirements for ESC/Motor to the ArduPilot Mega? Can I use any RC plane ESC from hobby stores or do I have to buy the one sold by DIY DRones?
Read more…I'm using 2.22 and latest MP.
I'm new to x-plane and mission planner and can't figure out how to have x-plane start at an specific location. It only seems to offer choices of airports or certain locations. Is there a way to enter a longitude latitude
Read more…APM is made up for conventional Planes, Also it can be used for V-tail and Elevons. But if i have T-tail without the aelirons Does APM would be able to stabilize my plane and how ??.. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks..
Read more…I carried out a successful test flying session this morning.
I came home and downloaded the log files, but no ".kml" files were produced. I am sure they used to be created in the past.
I am using APM Mission Planner V 1.0.55
I tried to use the recreate
Read more…Hello!Can I please appeal to the community with greater trigonometry knoweledge than myself to help solve this little problem I have come across?During my build of an Arducopter Traditional Heli on a Gas powered Raptor 90, I re-positioned the servos
Read more…I'm unable to load a previously saved mission. I do can read the mission from the APM, but afterward I can not write the mission back to the APM. I can also save to a file with no errors but not vice versa. Attached is the error I'm getting whenever
Read more…Does anyone know how do i reversed the camera tilt servo?
Cant find it on the code.
Read more…Can I trim the aluminum pitot tubes down in length? Maybe in half?
How many bends in the rubber tubing can I have before it begins to effect the airspeed readings?
Read more…Quick one. When I stwitch to stabilize mode and the plane is pitch down attitude the motor goes on. I just want to staiblise. ? Is this right. Fly by wire B does same which seems correct but why stabilise mode. Am I been dumb?
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Hi Michael,
I'm much appreciative of your Planner, but have a small problem, my own I suppose.
Now, I normally spend a lot of time setting up the aircraft, the computer, the link, which implies that I have up 6 or 7 logs now auto downloaded.
I really wo
Read more…Another windy day today for test flight #7 of my APM Skywalker. So what did I learn?Again my 2kg Skywalker struggled to take off, and with the strong wind I was flying again at 80-100% throttle on upwind circuits.I another club member noticed that my
Read more…I have updated AMP to 1.55, XPlane to 9.70, and am using APM2.2 HIL, everything connects up and reading are all correct, but as soon as I enable auto/ stabilize mode the aircraft spirals down to the ground and creshed when on xplane?Anyone got any id
Read more…I am so frustrated:)
I got me new APM up and running, and started doing tests with Mission Planner. I have followed the WIKI set by set and am at the point of turning my radio on and testing servo response.
Radio controls servos in manual mode as exp
Read more…Hi,
I recently had a bad crash and the 3.3V voltage regulator on the Oilpan that is located close to the I2C port was damaged. I replaced it with an absolutely identical chip (got the correct part number from the DIYDrones store). Now I have a couple
Read more…This is not a safe version to fly unless you know how to step through things and test throughly. I'm away on vacation and I don't have a machine to fly it on.
What I'd like to know is the SIMPLE mode works well or not.
UPDATE: I reworked the files to g
Read more…I have 2 xBee 900MHz with diydrones shields and if I don't remember to unplug the plane side xbee connection when I power up then it sometimes gets bricked where the blue and red lights stay on. I'm getting really good at debricking them in under a m
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