Today i installed 2.37 on my quadcopter. First impression WOW!!! Alt holt is impressing..
But after some flying the quadcopter suddenly turn(yaw) 90 deg (in simple mode) and i was not able to steer because he was now and then turning 90 deg, always c
Read more…Hello all. I was wondering if anyone knew how to implement camera stabilization for Pan (Yaw) and Tilt (Pitch)?
I was thinking I would use channel 6 for Tilt (Pitch), 7 for Pan (Yaw) from my RC receiver to the APM and then APM outputs 5 (Tilt) and 6
Read more…This is kind of a big deal for any autopilot. If you use ardupilot with a data link and upload waypoints during flight (which is a standard feature for any autopilot) the unit stops flying the airplane and it is just free falling until the upload is
Read more…Hi guys,
I had several bad crashes and had to rebuild... so when I finally got all my parts (postal strike in Canada did not help) this is how it now looks
As you can see I did several "updates" to the original design...
1 - Got rid of the legs... they
Read more…hi folks,
glad to join this community and really willing to turn my glider into another diy drone.
i ve been looking here and there, and didn t find any tutorial how turn you plane into a drone using ardupilot from a to z, a sort of guide, for turn cla
Read more…I admit this is a rant. But I am really getting tired of the various cams out there. I have a FlyCam and FlyCam2 and a MiniDV and a few others. All of them suffer the same deficit: they're stupidly over capable to the point it makes them hard to use.
Read more…I have been trying the x-plane interface over the last couple of days and could't manage to tune the airframe - it always ended up spiraling in after switching to any of the stabilized modes. This had been working fine before. I noticed a substantial
Read more…How to display Waypoints mission planing in HK? I've just only see the actual path from Ardupilot Mega via Xbee communication to my laptop. I can not compare the actual path and the mission planning
Regards
Deni
Read more…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
Read more…Hi everyone,
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,
Read more…Hi all,
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.
Read more…Hi All,
was wondering if anyone had a go at running Arducopter on chipKit :-).
regards
Anish
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