Hi All
I had a great flight this morning, waypoints checked accurately and XBee performing flawless ~ 300m distance.
However, coming home I wanted to check the KMZ file, but it had no altitude info? Just lat & long.
Any ideas? Herewith an extract:
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Hi all,
the ArduIMU+ V2 is sold out at the DIYdrones shop.
The ArduIMU+ V2 has been discontinued without replacement at Sparkfun.
The Ultimate IMU has been discontinued at Sparkfun.
I think there was a replacement product announced that has been pulled
Hi all,
please help to complete this list.
Available right now:
Mongoose 9DoF IMU with Barometric Pressure Sensor
http://ckdevices.com
x-IMU - The Ultimate IMU/AHRS Device
http://www.x-io.co.uk
9 Degrees of Freedom - Razor IMU - AHRS compatible
http://www
How is everyone else mounting their APM on there Skywalker?
Mine is mounted with Velco tap in main body under the CoG.
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I have a recently purchased ArduPilot Mega w/ Airspeed and Magnetometer. I am installing this in a traditional glider with no motor.
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When running Mission Planner 1.0.54 (Windown Vista) Nothing is drawn on the maps. Not in the Planning tab or the Flight data tab. I can create WPs etc. but no waypoints shows up on the map. In the Flight data tab the plane symbol and
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I had a PC with Win XP that I was using succesfully for this but the MoBo went to Silicon-heaven just as I finished assembling my first Arducopter.
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I enabled all the available parameters that can be logged with the arducopter. These parameters are the following:
logs enabled:
ATTITUDE_FAST
ATTITUDE_MED
GPS
PM
CTUN
NTUN
RAW
CMD
CURRENT
MOTORS
OPTFLOW
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Hi,
Just curious if the Amps readout is functional at this time?
I am not able to get anything other than a zero after running the motor at 40% throttle for an extended period of time.
I am using version 1.3.16
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Sorry me again...
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