For me it seems APM system leaves about 20% of the first throttle travel as dead slack, then suddenly springs forth with about 20% duty cycle in the PWM signal. This probably isn't an issue for most users, but for those of us with larger ships and/o
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After "analizing my last flights, I have a problem that instead of doing a straight bee-line for the next waypoint, my drone snakes towards it in a s-pattern. I have attached a screenshot for reference.
I also want to make the plane turn more
Read more…I used to dump my logs after each day's flying, but since I have xbees, I record the t-log from the Mission planner screen.
After my last flight, I switched to CLI mode, connected the usb cable, and tried to download the apm log files.
To my surprise
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A few more points from my last sortie. I'll put them in point form again if thats ok with you, makes it easier to answer.
1. On the Gauges, could you make the speed range settable, my plane flies faster than 60km/h, so the needles are alwa
Read more…Interesting article here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-us-news-corp-drones,0,5036280.story
Or search the Chicago Tribune business section if the link fails.
Jim
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I've seen that some users are using GPS shielding to protect it from noise and get better satellite reception.
Anyone does have experience with this ? Is it really usefull ?
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I was wondering if there is a Mission Planner working group -- or is anyone managing the future of the mission planner?
Personally I'm interested in antenna tracking and possibly more voice commands.
Regarding antenna tracking -- is that feature in
Read more…I did a test flight today with beta 38. First pack went well, but a minute or so into the second flight, the copter just flipped over and crashed. I was just hovering gently. Everything is stock ArduCopter.For some reason one of the motors continued
Read more…Hi Guys I’ve taken on a new project.
And need to some help
I want to take a standard Quad copter and extend the arms , then place two motors on each arm I.E. have 8 motor on quad configeration connected in parallel as a Quad
My question is does both m
Read more…I am new here i got my Ardupilot Mega and got everything going, downloaded the Xplane demo version and i tested my way points etc all fine, but when i ordered the Xplane Cds and when i installed now the APM doesnt fly as it should do and i bearly can
Read more…I have a Futaba 8FG transmitter and a 14-channel R6014HS receiver. Channel 1-6 say "Digital servo only - for HS mode." Is it ok to use the high-speed mode on the receiver on the ArduCopter?
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hi,
i have finish test my copter
add compas.. and no need calibration like last ver :)
my question.
my coordinates now is:
Latitude: 6° 12' 41.6" S
Longitude: 106° 50' 42.6" E
Magnetic declination: 0° 46' EAST
Declination is POSITIVE
Inclination: -30° 57'
Magn
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Read more…In simple and stabilize mode (have not tried anything else yet) all tests are good - quad resists moving it from horizontal and left and right stick, yaw input and vertical input from radio all behave like they should.
However pitch towards me tilts t
Read more…After updating Mission Planner to 1.0.50 I have a graphic bug while switching beetween "Action" and "Gauges" tabs. I attached screenshot for better understanding the issue.
Read more…The IMU contains sensors on the surface. I am right now deciding to put the 5.8Ghz transmitter in between the space occupied by the GPS receiver and the IMU.
Question: Will the heat generated by the A/V transmitter affect the performance of the GPS a
Read more…Hi, Has anyone tried the UDP function ? We have a long range requirement and will be using a TDMA data radio. We need to receive telemetry and control the air frame's speed and direction. Please let us know if you have had any experience with this
Read more…Hi, Can anyone tell me how often QGroundControl writes to disc ? Would like to use a computer without a hard drive to save power. Thanks !
Read more…Whilst spending a lot of time on this project I found a way of distracting the kids a little bit and giving them a helping hand in designing a new hood for the arducopter.
Its made of styrofoam and canbe painted by the kids.
Hy all
Today i have flown my drone for the first time in AUTO mode. Basic 4 point navigation route. The throttle sounded so strange (i am talking about fixed wing airplane)... every few seconds it turned full throttle for a fraction of a second and s
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