I am probably being stupid on this, but am I right in thinking that the way RTL works is that when invoked it will return to Home as defined in the Mission Planner?If this is the case then would it not be more useful for RTL to return to the GPS loca
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APM Planner 1.0.48
I've been getting prepared for doing some more test flights with the latest code and i noticed with everything ready to take off the APM Planer virtual horizon was jumping around, showing upto +/- 10 degrees of pitch movem
Read more…In AC2 what is the method for adjusting the amount of correction for camera stabilization?In Ardupirates NG I recall having to edit two values in the code, and compiling the code to adjust the amount of roll and pitch to apply to the camera mount ser
Read more…OK I have a not fancy at all plane. It is a SuperCub Parkflyer no ailerons Just Rudder Elevator and Throttle. I noticed the default settings contain no YAW settings. I am assuming this is where my problem is but I am not sure.
The Stabilize mode seem
Read more…Hi, I took my quad outside for the first time yesterday and I'm experiencing a few issues with the loiter mode.
a) the altitude hold component is fairly inaccurate - at an altitude of cca. 10m I get a deviation of about 5m each way and after a while
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after a not so positive experience with my first outdoors flying test yesterday, I have a few questions and a maybe a suggestion.
It would be great for us newbies if a couple of experienced AC pilots got together and wrote up a list of dos and es
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After a break for a couple of months i downloaded the latest mission planner code and updated the firmware on my APM. Everything works like it should except that i don't get any servo output to the control surfaces in autopilot modes (Stabil
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My ardupilot voltage reading isnt working =(
In the telemetry (which is working fine) it reads "battery 3.83V" and I can not understand where is this value coming from. It reads 3.83 even if the proper battery readings pin is not connected a
Read more…Hi!I'm working on a custom autopilot, and as a first step I'm using a wheeled platform that is supposed to navigate to waypoints. I have written code for navigation and I use only a GPS as a sensor at the moment. I tested my setup today and the robot
Read more…As anyone thought of strapping an quad in X configuration to a plane?
VTOL, using quad, then power on plane's motor and shutdown quad's motors for forward flight?
Read more…Could it be possible to add a seperate window or tab with all gps data in it like for example which and how many sats are received, ...
Read more…Rather than using a Power Distribution Board, is there anything wrong with the following setup?:
Join all ESC positive power wires together and to the positive of the battery.
Join all ESC negative power wires together and to the negative of the
Read more…Yesterday I updated Mission Planner and loaded up build 39 onto the APM. This is what I observed after a full erase/setup (I have sonar and mag) -Did an initial test on the sonar to see what the new values would be by having the motors running on low
Read more…is my GPS error?
see my pic.
i not move the QC. still on table.
but on AMP my QC look moved (blue line)
what must i do?
help me please
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I just want to say I had the best flying experience earlier. Waypoints / Auto worked like a charm!
See my attached flight logs. Unfortunately no video this time, I had limited time.
The platform is a Radian Pro.
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| Tight fit... |
Thanks to the
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I have been having problems with my new batch of xbees I ordered from sparkfun the other day 3 pairs of
XBP09-DPSIT-156 , when reading the device in the CTU software this unit comes up as DM device and as the manual states "ignore this" I do
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I had a very successful test on Saturday with Return to Launch and Stabilise modes, but on Sunday, when I tried some waypoints, my craft just dipped with a slight bank, so we had to switch back to manual. I've tried twice, with no sign that it
Read more…I need firmware for Mediatek 3329 that supports NMEA protocol. Now i just have with FW that supports bin protocol (ver. 2386, 1.6) but want it use in another application and need to make it communicate with NMEA. is it possible to set up somehow nowa
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I would like to ask anyone here if somebody has successfully used a 900mhz FPV system on an APM-equipped Skywalker or any other plane. I had my SW with APM for a while and it flew great on manual, stabilized and RTL. I don't have any Xbee m
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I recently switched to Xbees from USB comms with my APM.
I had to use X-Xtu to get them talking, and all is working 100% on the testbench.
Mavlink now connects much faster than usb.
Went to the field today and had some problem getting them to c
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