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.
Read more…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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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piBedxcT-WI
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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