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Pixhawk 2.1 Traditional Helicopter "Heading Hold" Only working intermittently
Hi Folks
I am new to flight controllers, so hopefully, this difficulty is just lack of experience.
I am setting up a Pixhawk 2.1 in a fuel powered traditional helicopter.
Ardupilot - Traditional Helicopter - Preflight Testing, last point says (for stabi
Read more…High-Speed Drone 150-200 Km/h with heavy lift, suggestions?
Hi guys, I'm looking at putting together a high-speed Drone for heavy lifting, the point is getting 200km/h while being able to carry a weight of 15kg to 23kg with high speed, any airframe/motors suggestions?, Thanks in advance.
cheers
Read more…Ardurover Problem with ESC/steering outputs on Pixhawk
So I'm using mission planner 1.3.48 Im building a Rover platform.
i had to use an older build version because this was the earliest build I could find that supported the rover.
My build is a converted Traxxas Sledge Hammer an a PX4 that I stripped from
Read more…Blimp suppliers in the UK
Hi everyone,
I hope I am posting this question to right place. I am working on a research project involving autonomous airships, and was looking for a reliable supplier of blimps in the UK.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
The blimp is meant to be
Read more…Help the new kid, nothing works!!!!
I have tried hooking the transmitter up to each of these areas and it just isnt getting any power when i plugg in usb or battery. I am trying to install via ibus since that is what all the cool kids do.
Read more…Custom build hexcopter drone
Hello,I've been thinking about building my first hexcopter drone and was wondering if i have selected the correct parts to assist with building it. I will need for it to be able to lift around 15lbs and have a flight time of 20 to 30 minutes. Primari
Read more…X-UAV Talon control surfaces throws
Hi everyone,
Does anyone here still uses the X-UAV Talon aircraft? Not the mini (or maxi?). I am currently building one but I am unsure of how much movement I should have on the control surfaces. I am most concerned about the V-tail (or elevator movem
Read more…Dx8 spectrum with Wifi
Hi,
Does anyone know how to upgrade/modify a dx8 spectrum with Wi-Fi functionaliteit?
Read more…Is it possible to use Adruino Due in place of ardupilot? combining with ECU EFI
Hello everyone I am very new to Arduino and Ardupilot. I have extensive expierence with Eagle tree but I am finding out that my options are being limited to the capabilities of changing the code as well as adding items.
Namely I want to add an EFI sys
Read more…uav engines categories
The power equipment used in unmanned helicopter can be divided into three categories: piston uav engines, vortex shaft engine and current power system.Among them, piston engine is the most important power device of unmanned helicopter.Due to the high
Read more…Sony A6000 settings
Hi folks. Im setting up my tuffwing with a Sony A6000 fitted with a 20mm lens. Im hoping that someone might have some advice regarding camera settings please.
Read more…Launch of Xbotics a new E-commerce website
Avian Aerospace takes pride to launch Xbotics- an e-commerce platform with extended support from the team to guide/ train you while you explore wide range of basic as well as customizable, application-ready kits to build upon your targeted systems. T
Read more…TBS Discovery with Pixracer 2.8.4 altitude hold problem
Hi Guys,
I have a big problem with my TBS Discovery DIY builded drone. It is based on Pixhawk 2.4.8 FC, 920kv motors, and 4s 4k mAh battery, with 9540 props, and Mission Planner as Ground Control Station.
Problem concerns altitude hold mode and hold po
Read more…Lidar and mission height
Hello
I have to execute a mission above a forest but I'm not sure the right value to assign to the height of the mission. Should I consider the max trees height (30m for example) and add a security height (10m for example) to be safe.
I have a Lidar
Read more…PIXHAWK Mavlink commands
Hello Everyone,
I m using Pixhawk as my flight controller for quadcopter. i m new to pixhawk controller. i m using easySwarm for my quadcopter controlling , everything working fine, but i want to build a button in my easyswarm software which will
Read more…NARWHAL 1 HYDROGEN POWERED DRONE, 3 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME.
At the moment drones could fly only several minutes, but imagine if you get hours and hours of flight time, imagine if you get 1.5 kg of payload, this will be useful for thousands of purposes, from search and rescue, disaster responds utility, wireli
Read more…Good Video Link Through Buildings and Concrete
Hi All,
Any experience, advice for robust video link that will be used through buildings / concrete?
Repeater? 900MHz?, etc.
It doesn't need to be high def at all... Analig would be fine.
Regards
pturcotte
Read more…What to consider when programming a drone.
I am a little confuse about drone programming and here is the details:
Let say that i want to program a DJI drone and a parrot Drone. Now what are the things i need to consider for programming of both or maybe third different company of drone:
like its
Read more…Using RTKLIB in my own api
I wanted to ask, does anyone have examples of rtklib in their own api? What would it take to get basic solution to the console.
I have been studying c and the rtkrcv code, but it is hard to separate what is for GPS and what is for the console (args, v
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