Hi all,
Successfully assembled my ArduCopter this weekend, have done a few flights around the backyard and was starting to feel a little too cocky...one thing leads to another and now I have a broken motor mount. I see the DIYDrones store doesn't se
Read more…Hi,
I am building my ArduPilot:
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8785
I want to use it without the IMU unit of any kind of Shield - just the IR sensors and the GPS.
To which do I ports connect the sensors to?
Maayan
Read more…In the pre flight instructions.
http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_Preflight
It says.
Hi, I have a problem with the sonar altitude hold. I am running AC2.0.20 with default pids and the quad is in stable mode and is rock steady, when I engage alt hold at about 10 ft it holds really well within 6-12 inches. I turn off alt hold, do a bit
Read more…Thanks to Gordon for this posthttp://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/mode-switch-setup-for-turnigy-1?xg_source=activity&id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A379114&page=3#commentsI am reposting my question in the Discussion as this Blog entry in now on page 3 (quite
Read more…Which is better for using in my airframe?
uBlox is 2x the price and helix antenna makes fitting more difficult (especially in quads) as well as the system more susceptible to breaking but because of the helical antenna once you have lock you almost al
Read more…I got the arducopter up and running. The motors were arming and were responding to the throttle. I soldered on the magnetometer and now I'm having issues getting the motors to arm/respond in flight mode (they are fine in esc calibration).
When booted
Read more…Waw,
Its getting quite close to my previous ardupirateNG code which was very stable.
Now its just a matter of fine tuning and no more yaw issues for me.
I've loaded the code with arduino and did CLI setup.
I use a sparkfun mag and xbee is configured for
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Hello setup my APM on my quad in x mode loaded the latest from the Mission Planner went through setup in CLI and test flight was good a little wobble so Lowerd stabalize P to 5.0 and raised D to .14 left I at default and second flight very stable d
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I had an "accident" with my Ardupilot mega which resulted in the dipswitch getting lost. I have now resoldered the wires so that the dipswitches show the following configuration:
test] dipswitches
Hit Enter to exit.
Mix:elevons rev elev:-1, rev ch1:
I want to fly a GOPROHD and small video down link on my quad copter.
I think this is probably too much weight for a stock arducopter (mine is a jdrones kit)
Jdrones offers upgraded motors and esc's (I have 4 of the 30A esc's) but is out of stock on th
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I build one of the standard copters kits today again, everytime i start up the Copter and arm the motors and start increasing speed the whole copter starts rotating clockwise really really fast , I can counter act the effect with the stick bu
Read more…Curious as I am I loaded the code with the latest MP. All went well but when I armed the motors and fly , only two motors started. And the quad kept turning to the right without liftoff.
Then I loaded 2.0.19 with arduino, and did CLI setup. I couldn't
Read more…In order to find the problem with my yaw issue I'm using the log. Dowloading is no problem. But when I want to browse the logs, all are 0kb. When viewed in notepad its blank.
Now I copy paste the data into a new log extension file and can view the log
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I'm anxiously trying to setup my scratch-built quad using the mission planner as recommended in the documentation.
I've downloaded the most current APM Planner 0.4.37, but when I go to Actions->Upload firmware, I get a window popping up saying "F
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I bought the APM recently from DIY Store and soldered it up. However, when I connect it to the APM Mission Planner for its initial start up, the PC shows the prompt that it cannot upload APM version, please check cabling. What does this me
Read more…Hi there, I need to conect Xbee with IMU sensor board, but breakout board on back order, is there any way to connected it with out it?
Read more…For those of you already using the Ardu-pilot Traditional Helicopter, I have a few questions.
1. Can it be used with a flybarless Helicopter?
2. If so, does it compare to the other FBL control systems out there(Only talking about stability, no autonom
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I've been holding off flying my new stock AC2 quad since some early successful flights with 2.0.5, waiting and watching the yaw issues being resolved etc. It seems pretty good now by most reports, but there isn't much detail about people's cur
Read more…Hi All, I am currently in the conceptual phase for a MAV design. I wanted to know if a pressure sensor will be needed to implement the altitude hold or is the GPS good enough for low altitudes? We have to fly it for ten minutes, probably a distance o
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