Is there a way to set up the APM to read the voltages of the individual cells and show this on the head up display in Mission Planner? The 3.9K resistors/balance connection I have to the battery only show the total voltage.
Read more…Hi AllWhat bootloader should I be using for a 2560, I just changed the processor chip on my APM from a 1280 to a 2560.Alastair
Read more…After an accidental short from the positive battery terminal to the Gnd terminal on the IMU, my APM is not working from ESC power, but it does work via USB power.
After reading as much documentation as I can find, I have a feeling this is probably som
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As many here I had severe alt_hold problems. Kept me from further testing loiter, RTL and missions. Today I'm happy to report that I have found the cause of my problems and the solution for it.
As some others
Read more…I am looking for a new project to start. Anyone willing to give this a try? It's WAY over my head, but as far as durability, weight vs flight time, etc it seems like a ingenious project. I don't know why their flight time is so low, but it looks l
Read more…Well, got my xbees set up yesterday on my Ardu - Hexacopter. She is starting to look like a beast with the following addons :
Stabilised camera mount with GoPro camera
Video TX and its aerial
Xbee with Aerial
6-sided gps dome arms, but no gps tray (stil
Read more…Don't know if any of the Traditional Heli guys would be interested but i was thinking of making a list of PID numbers that work for each model of helicopter, Trex, Raptor, Shuttle and xcell in my case.
Might be worth posting your numbers here. it woul
Read more…I have been flying successfully on AC 2.0.33 without any major problems
I thought it was time to try the latest version. I complied and loaded Version AC 2.0.36 then configured in CLI all seemed to work OK.
Took the QUAD to the flying field for testi
Read more…I finally decided on my first R C Plane, a Radian Pro. Everything I have read about this model is good, but I just read an article that recommended at least a 7 channel TX for mixing. I ordered a 6 channel Spektrum. Have I made a mistake? Should
Read more…My APM suddenly stopped working after trying to update the firmware to test settings on X plane sim. When plugging it in to the USB on my PC it does not get recognized and is shown as an unknown device. This is on Windows 7. Can this be fixed? any he
Read more…I just flew 2.37 downloaded through the latest planner.
Compass issues and Mission Planner
I think I figured out my compass issue with 2.36/2.37. When I used the mission planner to setup the quad after download, I got bad compass behavior when enteri
Read more…Hi all,I am trying to setup voltage measurement on my ArduPilot Mega / Shield board.However I am really confused about the resistor I have to install.On the manual it says that I have to solder a 3.9K resistor for each cell I want to measure.Since I
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A few questions about buying an Arducopter.
1) Are the kits and prebuilt models sold at udrones and jdrones considered Aducopter 1.x or 2.x models?
2) I'd like to add telemetry as well as FPV. Udrones offers telemetry but only the 850 motors. J
Read more…how do we get the pitch angle when the plane is accelerating forward from accelerometer. Do we only use gyro data to find pitch . Or is there any way by which i can use accelerometer data to find the pitch?
Read more…It may be a good idea to add some user configurable accelerator keys in the mission planner. For example, when I press "M" or some joystick button, the mode of APM changes to Manual. It may help reduce the number of buttons in the action tab, and let
Read more…When I plan a mission, I'd like to manually zoom the map to proper level so that I have a good overview. However, when I start to click on the map, it zooms automatically to fit the markers, and thus I have to zoom it back again and again. I don't li
Read more…Recently I have started to fly my ArduCopter with camera piloting by video goggles. All is fine, but sometimes it might be difficult to estimate altitude and vertical speed (which are very important!) accurately. OSD is a solution, however, there is
Read more…Just flew 2.36 - compiled from source code. No source changes from the download. Standard MB1200 sonar attached. Standard frame. No other changes to my quad configuration.
Stabilize flies ok, yaw seems ok and fairly responsive.
Compass:
Output seems t
Read more…I lost track of the time and am getting back in to building my quad.
I see Arducopter 1 & 2. I am going to assume a new main board?
I also downloaded the controller built by M.Osbone.
Will this work witrh the older version of the control unit?
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I seem to be doing something wrong. I have connected a DroneCell to my Arduino Uno for testing, powering it with 5V. RX -> RXI and TX -> TXO.
Then I connect to it with screen over the USB cable like this (38400 baud was mentioned in the quick star
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