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
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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,
Read more…Can someone give me some real basic instruction on have to setup the camera code? I arduino installed, but nothing else.
Read more…using Xbees for telemetry,
i'd like to have the ground xbee connected to a PC GCS to be able to track the gps path to be able to find the copter if it is lost,
plus i'd like to "catch" some information from that xbee, to be processed by a custom micro
Read more…When the APM is powered from the RC equipment what is the acceptable voltage range? I know it's ~ 5 volts, but 5 volts +/- what?
Typical RC servo/radio power is anywhere from 4.5 to 6 volts. Will 6 volts be too much? What about 5.5 volts?
Typically
Read more…I'm building a F-117 from a kit to a full blown opperational UAV. I'll keep people updated on my progress with pictures and more. This is my first time doing this so I would love any advice people have on servos and other electronics.
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I am unable to see the videos that are inserted in some of the manual pages. I see the heading, and then a lot of white space and then the next heading.
An example is at
http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/Quad_FlightTips
where there is a he
ok,
i have an 4 cells connected to the voltage dividers etc...
in setup, i wrote "battery 2" which confirmed me "4 cells".
in TEST mode, when i type "battery" it says "not enabled"
when i type "current" it seems to work:
I love to access this site from my iPad, but it seems that the chat bar appears across the middle of every page in landscape mode and blocks whatever is underneath it. It disappears when switching to portrait mode, but it's a pain to keep doing so.
Read more…where can i get one? or what alternatives have you guys used. Im planning on having two 5000mAh 3s lipos in parallel and then sent to a power distribution board. My motors draw about 30A. Can the pcb handle 120A (assuming it has lots of solder) ?than
Read more…Yesterday I was experimenting with the Remzibi's OSD and my ardupilot Mega.
Everything went fine, I was very happy with it. But then disaster strikes. I don't now exactly what I did wrong but it must be something serious because I fried my oilpan.
As
Read more…Hi everyoneI am assembling my arducopter.I had bought a magnetomter. How do i attach it to the Ardu-imu? It's come with 4 resistors.Thanks in advanceSrinath
Read more…Can you still set control modes in the APM_Config.h?
"You MUST setup both radio and modes before you can fly" is in the manual but I've never set modes in the CLI before but I'm running 2.1 now. I have ch8 as just the hardware failsafe with ch7 as my
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