Working on the next revision. Here's what's coming:
- Moving imu and baro calibration to the arming sequence, anything else?
- Simple mode with alt hold?
- Tridge's max motor fix for Hexa's and Octa's
- A new Octa setup from Hein for better performance.
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I have had many sonar probs over the various releases and now I have gotten it working beautifully. I have the MB1200 (XL-EZ0) sensor, currently on 2.0.37 on stock AC frame. Initially I had the sonar hung with spacers 2" under the main body under one
Read more…I thought I had a bad motor but......
When I first start the quad it seems like everything is fine. (maybe because its all cool?) Then I can fly around for a few minutes..... seems to stay in the air with no problems, fairly level, ALT_HOLD works (ba
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I have a question regarding GPS receivers that derive their speed measurements from position i.e. not receivers that uses Doppler effect on the carrier frequency.
My problem is.. I have to determine the accuracy of the GPS measured speed
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I have upgraded to APM 2.2.1 via APM planner.
I am running two XBees 2.4Ghz at 57600 and they work great in loop back, not one dropped packet.
All config is default.
When I try to connect using the latest version of HKGCS I get the startup messages,
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i have a problem with my new APM/IMU, i ordered it fully assembled and tested. First my quad ran well during pre-flight tests, hand tests were ok (pitch/aile/yaw). When i hooked it up with mission planner or first time, all seemed to be ok, e
Read more…What do you guys store your quadcopters, helis, planes in? Do you guys know where to get pick and pluck foam real cheap?
Thanks,
Nick
Read more…I am a bit confused in relation to this paragraph in the APM documentation
Read more…The sensor provides a scaled output for battery voltage and current. The outputs are designed for a 12 bit 3.3V ADC. Full range is 51.8 Volts and 89.4 Amps. If you are using a
Are there any plans on supporting Remzibi OSD integration with AC2?
I saw a video or AC2.0.30beta with Remzibi OSD, I'm guessing that the AC2 communicates with the OSD using the serial port, which would mean that its choice of Mavlink or OSD?
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Im just now getting into the quad copters and have recently been doing alot of google researching on them but i know from experience that i can get alot of help from people that have already been around the block. Sooo, i am looking for something tha
Read more…Is it possible to add a real time 3D view of plane/copter in the planner, just like those in QGroundControl and Happykillmore? It may be nice to display it in the FlightData tab, grouping with either the HUD or the map.
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was wondering if anyone had a go at running Arducopter on chipKit :-).
regards
Anish
Read more…I installed my magnetometer recently and it seems to be working nicely when looking at the CLI test. havnt flown yet though.
I was curious and decided to compare the magnetometer with a standard needle compass. I found that one of the 2 are about 5-1
Read more…I'm curious to find out what other members flying hexa's use, as I'm considering going to the 850KV motors to save power consumption.
My hexa has arducopter 880KV motors with 10x4.5 props and 5000Mah 3S battery. Longest flight time was 7 mins.
Do yo
Read more…Howdy,I would just like to point out a small units mixup in the planner that seems to be confusing for some users.In the configuration -> AC2 tab there is in the NAV WP section the max speed for waypoint navigation (bottom value). It is indicated in
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How do you guys normally figure out the distance between waypoints as well as the total distance of the mission?
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http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=17924
some one have test this motor?
can i use this motor on our arducopter board? (must change PID?)
how about flight duration? can i get more flight duration?
now i'm
Read more…When loading firmware from APM planner where is the source code
The terminal shows the code as AC.0.37 beta.
But the latest code I can find is AC.0.36 beta in the source file
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Hi all
I've finished building installing my APM into my glider. Unfortunately I could not find a way to relocate the ESC easily, now the APM is tied down on a bunch of cables on top of the ESC, right next to the motor.
Will there be interference? If
Read more…Does anyone know if there is a way to read the RSSI RC Rx signal strength and feed this down to the Mission Planner via an XBee? Would be nice to be able to see if the RC link is starting to fail on the heads up display in Mission Planner.
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