the instructions in the .pde for magcalibration have me a bit confused.it gives the following example in the pde comments---Example: Magnetic north calibration show -1.2 degrees offset and declination(true north) is -5.6 then the MAGCALIBRATION shoul
Read more…I'm building a hexacopter with ArdupiratesNG code downloaded from Tortoise SVN. My equipment is a Ardupilot Mega 1280, ArduPilot Mega IMU Shield/OilPan Rev-H V1.0, RCtimer motors and ESC's, Futaba 2.4 Ghz 7channel radio.
Problems: It appears as thoug
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First, Sorry about the quality of the above picture.
The other day, I began the process to setup the Air Speed Sensor on my ArduPilot Legacy (APL).
I busted out the parts bin to find that I had lost the Static Pilot Tube. I know that they are stoc
Read more…I would like to know is the 40 digital pins from the Black, Purple and Yellow boxes ?
And I would like to know is the following two ports use in controlling UAV and what is the uses of this two ports ?
- ATMega 1280 (SPI/ISP port)
- PPM encoder (SPI/IS
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I am attempting to plan an ArduPilot mission and am having some difficulty. What I have done is first I select and write waypoints to my ArduPilot Board (328 Red Board) using the Config Utility Software program. After this I open up the LabVI
Read more…After a while, I am trying to get my APM´s running. Sometimes the APM´s restart by themselfe. I bought a really good and strong ESC, so power should not be a problem.What I can say, is that when I test the stabilization mode on the bench (rotating th
Read more…I had hoped to be able to use a 433MHz module by Low Power Radio Solutions as my link between the HKGCS and my Ardupilot Mega. Initially the modules seemed to work well but when I tried it with version 2.012 the link was very unreliable. I am running
Read more…"Cruise control" for an e-glider.
I am building an e-glider that is controlled normally until you release the sticks. Then the autopilot kicks in and keeps the model around and starts looking for thermals or starts the motor when the glider is too l
If you use the DIYDrones MediaTek GPS, you're probably aware of the fact that, on each activation, it make take a very long time to get proper satellite lock. The reason is that it always starts from scratch; it is not aware of it approximate geograp
Read more…Hey all. I'm a bit of a newbie at this game, having only played with glow fuel fixed wing RC's many years ago. All this electric stuff is doing my head in!
I purchased the ready soldered, and coded version of the Arducopter, and spent four hours putti
Read more…Has anyone heard of this? Ruby Systems
http://uthere.com/products/ruby/ruby_for_your_aircraft.html
Read more…I'm using APM 2.012 (beta). I have the different modes set up on a rotary knob on the radio, which allows 5 positions (0-4). I use the Command Line to set and save the modes. In operaion, I use the HK GCS 'status' to verify the modes. However, I'm ge
Read more…First things first, thanks to everyone involved in making the APM UAV systems as fun and easy to learn as they are. I set up a rig on a Radian glider and had success from day one. However I cant seem to get it to go to multiple waypoints, only specif
Read more…I received two APM/IMU sets and one seems to have a problem. The sensor readings are jumping all over the place.
This is the sensor readings of the board sitting on stable flat surface.
What options are there to diagnose this or do I send it back to
Read more…I am running APM 2.012 with the most current build. I have absolutely no problems programming waypoints using the APM planner as well as using the APM planner for wireless telemetry monitoring. The problem is that I can't connect wirelessly with HK
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HK thanks for working the airspeed indicator issue seems to work again with APM 2.0.12.
Also I followed some of your posts on TOF regarding UBLOX reporting the # of SATs on the status page. Got it working by enabling NAVSOL in the messages view. Than
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I have always been using V1 of the APM code and compiled fine so my file path isnt the problem but when trying to compile the new version 2 code I get error msg like the one below.....What am I doing wrong
And is it maybe possiable to get the
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I am having trouble getting the Battery value in the Status page to display correct values.
I am using a 3 Lipo.
I either get 3.8v or 0.25v.
With previous versions of Apm and HK GCS this function worked properly.
I was not able to get APM 2.0.12 to
Read more…Please help me with APM planner.
I have APM with 2.012 fw + magnetometer installed. In mission planner (0.4.19) had set 8 WPs with default alt set to 100m.
First interresting point here is - I can't let home location alt set to 0, there is still nag me
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I am having trouble reading the radio input with CLI radio setup. All chanels show after radio setup 1200.
Is it possible to have a defective board? Any help would be apreciated.
APM version 1.0 from Sparkfum.
Tried re-programming the Atmega328p, a
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