What are people doing to get google earth out in the field? I am thinking about getting the tether plan on my Iphone4 to be able to access internet and thus google earth in the field.
Neil
Read more…Just got this loaded this morning and off to test it.This was the first crash I had that broke something. I have no idea what happened, so I'm hoping someone can give me a few ideas.I have the quad equipped with a point and shoot camera (4oz or so) o
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I was wondering if it is possible to add a remote reset button on the oilpan to make it easier to reset. My quad is custom and it is almost impossible to reach the reset switch. If it is possible, where do I solder the two wires for the r
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I have downloaded APM Planner to my PC and it is working well, but I have dowmloaded it to 'downloads' on my laptop Unziped the files , when I try to open the programe it says;
'The application failed to initialise properly (0xxc0000135)
I have t
Read more…Hi All,Setting up a brand new combo of APM 2560/Oilpan for use with arducoptermega.First, when APM is connected to USB it is not able to power on the radio receiver... I have checked that APM inputs power pins have 5V and that at the end of the cable
Read more…From previous forum threads on here I had understood that current thinking about bullet connectors was that they are a generally bad idea. The first response to "I had a strange flip" would be along the lines of "Have you soldered your wires and remo
Read more…I was having promblems with setup until I realized what mistake I was making. The upload page in the mission planner is kinda tightly packed together. A little confusing.
I was clicking the wrong button.
The different color props were nice to us
Read more…Greetings drone community! First time poster here.
I've been getting through my first arducopter build and have hit a snag that I'm having problems troubleshooting. Any advice you experts can give would be very helpful.
I'm at the step where I shou
Read more…I just bought some new ESC's, Turnigy Plush 30A.
Calibration goesfine but what about the following settings?
Cutoff threshold Low/Medium/High
Startmode Normal/Soft/Supersoft
Timing Low
Read more…I setup my board from Arduino. But it's doesn't compile...
Please help!
Hi all,
After running the APM mission planner several times and manually entering declination in the cli, my compass works but only North is correct. As I rotate the quad by hand, East and West are off a bit, South is way off. My declination is 5.5
Read more…Not sure if this has been addressed yet, but If the RTH and/or position hold or any other auto mode is active when you arm the system, immediately after arming, the copter will attempt to fly away. In my case, it was directly at me and unfortunately
Read more…Hopefully the long road of beta is almost over.
I've done my best to address DCM drift issues. Again, this is not the ability for the quad to hold a perfectly level spot, it's the 20-30° error introduced by vibration and rapid maneuvers.
We've upped t
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Hello, does anyone can explain way the acc level is measured everytime i start the APM ?
Way the APM not work like a multirotor that the adjusted horizontal level are stored in EEPROM ?
today i started my apm in an not horizontal surface then the air
Read more…The current code is setup so that channel 6 on the APM can control the tilt of a pan-tilt system correct? Because when I use my Futaba's channel 6 knob when the servo is plugged into the output channel 6 on the APM, and the input 6 is plugged into my
Read more…Ok, I am new to the ball game looking for direction.
I am wanting to purchase the Xbee Telemetry kit from the DIY Drones Store and I currently have (while older, around 2006) a BU-303 GlobalSat GPS. This GPS originall came as a USB enclosed GPS anten
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I've been having some trouble getting my xbee's to work (new at this). Are xbee xsc 900's compatible with ardupilot, or am I doing it wrong?
The rx and tx lights flash on both modules, but all I get are bad packets on the x-ctu utility rang
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I want to get a radio modem for wireless telemetry for my AP proyect. I have a Futaba FASST FF7 in 2.4 GHz for my airplane, so here the question:
It's posible get a RC and radio modem in the same frequency i.e: 2.4Ghz.
I know that is better i
i m makin ma own quad and i hav oredrd for ardu imu board...i hav two source codes wth me..1.ArduIMU and 2. Quad1_mini...so out of these whch code shld i use??anthr doubt is while dumping the code do i need to power the arduimu board?
Read more…Hi Everyone,
I new to the RC Airplane world.
I had a Chance to read the "I'm new to all this--where do I start?", but I still have a few questions.
I've been thinking of buying the following RC Airplane Hobbyking Bixler EPO 1400mm,
It seems ready to fl
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