I have just bought the ArduPilot Mega 2560 Full Kit... plus the Triple Axis Magnetometer HMC5883L. I should have it built over the weekend.. then i'm off to a my mates machine shop, and i'll make the splitter plate for the lower frame onto which i am
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I have been told that no. 5 and 6 outs on the apm board will stabilise a camera mount pitch and roll axis. My question is how do I enable them as at present they dont power up the servos ?
Br Nick
Read more…I'm not sure if I'm just not seeing it but I'm looking for the part list for the APM Main Board and IMU Shield. Here is the link for them below.
http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/
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APM 2.1.1 seems to have been stealthily upgraded to 2.1.2! I haven't seen an announcement and wonder if anyone knows what's new?
Cheers
D
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I had everything working and in the tuning phase but something has gone wrong. Even if I put it in STABILIZE while on the ground and move the plane around, roll and pitch are indicated with the attitude indicator but no servos move. I also went into
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Is there any plans to include Phoenix simulator support?
Asking because Phoenix is my choice for simulation on PC.
/Henrik
Read more…I've done a lot of PID Settings and get a lot of WiiCopters in the Air but with the Arducopter V2? No change...
I've startet with stable and Acromode in standard conf. Here is a short video of the Settings in Stable Mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
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Programming in Wiring (Arduino based code)
Quadcoptor sensor suite
Pure Autopilot - No RC
can be built for under $200
I tossed the RC and gave it a "quadcoptor-like" sensor suite. It has 4 IR ranging sensors for obstacle avoidance/det
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I have a bit if a daft question. How do you do a RC range test with a quad?I have read all of the WIKI and searched all the posts but come up with nothing. Which to me seems odd as Range checking should be the first safety step before flying.
I
Hi
I am an APM newbie. I am looking for GSM/GPRS hardware for long range telemetry data transmission. I guess I am not the fist one doing this. Any recommendations for GSM/GPRS Moduls ?
Kind regards,
-S
Read more…Just wanted to add a beta report on my configuration.
Sonar hold was not working on 2.24a beta and moving the sonar to a low- unobstructed spot away from the battery on the frame seemed to solve the problem. Sonar alt hold at was working well in 2.24b
Read more…Hi, I'm having a problem with my Arducopter/hexacopter. I'm only having an issue with pin 1 which is connected to my first esc. Using a multimeter and touching the ground and signal pin, I'm get a reading of .238 and .790 volts when booting the AP
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I have been told that the 'out ' number 5 and 6 from the APM are used to stabilise the pitch and roll axes on the mount, I have tried pluging in servos but the do not power up does the function need switching on somehow ?
Thanks Nick
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Has anybody worked out how to set up the mode switching to achieve 5 or 6 modes on a Spektrum DX 8?
Any tips would be great! Best regards Nick
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I am also working on gathering all the parts for an Arducopter like quad based on the Hobby King Quadcopter frame (55cm) and using the Hobby King hexTronik DT700 Brushless Outrunner 700kv (900g thrust).
What size propellers would I need for a slow,
Read more…A while ago i made a thread here about my takeoff problems and it ended with me getting the advice to uprgrade to arducopter2. And now i have arducopter2 but the problem still remains.
Here is the old thread
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/takeoff-p
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Has anyone figured out the way to set up the mix to acheive 5 or 6 flight modes on a Spectrum DX 8?
Best regards Nick
Read more…With Arducopter 2 do I no longer need to select the magnometer's orientation anymore?
What about the spinning the copter in all different directions to calibrate the copter? Is that no longer required either?
Read more…I've just upgraded from Ardupirates NG to AC2 2.0.30.
Setup via USB was simple enough.
When I plugged in my Xbee to my PC, set the baud to 57600, I just get garbage on the terminal. Tried changing baud.
Mission planner doesn't connect via Xbee. I'm
Read more…As i was looking for a way to implement 6 Modes on my FF6 the only solution was to use the flaptrim channel (6) But as we all know you do not set a pot so easily at the right position. Some examples are available on this forum to use a switch channel
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