Greetings all!
The idea of creating a civilian UAV is not new to me (it's been floating around in my head for about 6 years now). I am however very surprised and pleased to find out how inexpensive it actually is. I thought the technology to actually
Read more…Hello, I have just updated to the latest 2.05 code and been through all of the reinitialisation steps, but I'm struggling to get the motors working right.
On the first 2 attempts at calibrating the ESCs, the AC2 Setup screen that shows the motor outpu
Read more…Hi all, when searching the Net for nice looking Domes I can find a Lot.
But I cant find Flat Looking Domes for my DIY Projects. So I made now for me and all Multicopter Pilots Three Size of Domes. Made from PP 0,8mm, Very very Tough but flexi too.
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Read more…This would be a question for Jason, but anyone else who knows the code could explain this feature?Looks like it will engage stabilize roll and pitch on certain amount of input.if(abs(g.rc_1.control_in) >= ACRO_RATE_TRIGGER){output_rate_roll(); // rat
Read more…Are the DIP switches no longer used? Just wanted to clarify that they all should be up - Thanks
Mike
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HI All,
Background:
I'm running ACM 2 code from todays trunk ( r2336 ).
I'm doing PID tuning in APM Planner 0.4.30 in the "PID Config - AC2 MAVLINK" window.
Problem:
when I try to save some of my modified PID settings, it behaves like it's worked ( I
Read more…I'd like to float this idea out there to get some feedback. I currently have 3 planes and one heli, but these don't seem to be right for the kind of UAV platform I'm looking for. A hybrid airship seems like it could provide superior flight duration a
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I just downloaded the latest HK GCS 1.2.96. I notice now when I swtich APM to stabilise mode, the GCS reports that it is in "Guided Mode" (sorry don't have the exact wording on me as I am at work). At first I was worried that I had set the mo
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Does anyone have any information on this board? I bought a couple to take the LEA-4T off - it's a long story but I need the phase measurements and the UBLOX 4 series is fine - but it occurs to me that I may be taking it off this board just to put i
Read more…In my setup I'm using 5 out of 6 channels on TX (5th is used for APM Mode switching). So, maybe I can use extra channel for uploading missions to UAV while flying in TX range?
More ideas about:
-Most of us have TX-USB cable for sim purposes, so we can
Read more…Over a year ago, Bill Premerlani published a paper describing a method of automatically and continuously determining magnetometer offsets when the aircraft is in motion. Has anyone added that code to ArduIMU 1.8.2 version?Hopefully the link to that t
Read more…I'm running ArduPiratesNG build 527. One of the motors on my quad stopped during flight. I'd like to check the logs to figure out whether there's anything useful there. How should I do it?
It seems like I can dump the radio signals in CLI, but that do
Read more…I'll simply ask straightforward. I've seen the "TaigaCam and camera roll stabilizer" video and blog post and now I have some questions regarding this.
One of my hobbies is riding the motorbike and I'd like to use the concept of the gyro stabilized cam
Read more…I recently bought a ready to fly arducopter from udrones.com. But when i first got it the motors started spinning right after i armed it. So i thought it was the esc or the transmitter that needed to be calibrated so i connected the arducopter to a c
Read more…Hello,
everything seems to be working now on my newly assembled quad, except the GPS.
On the GPS board itself, the blue LED is flashing 1 sec on 1 sec off.
On the IMU shield, the C light is OFF.
In the terminal window, in the TEST menu, if I type gps, I
Read more…The repository code --- ArduImu_1.8.2.zip (Dec 3) --- contains the following line:#define SOFTWARE_VER "1.8.1"I would have expected that line to refer to version 1.8.2Is that just an oversight or am I in the wrong place to download the latest softwar
Read more…Just wanted to show my loiter results right now.I knocked these settings down a bit.#define PITCH_MAX 35 // degrees#define NAV_LOITER_P 2.0#define NAV_WP_P 3.5Ideas for improvement?
Read more…Hello!I have a simple question for you guys. (could not find a 100% reassurring answer on the forum..)I've loaded the APM HIL onto my APM, it flies great in xplane, but...Can I fly my rc plane with that software?? Or is it only for simulated testing,
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