Hello, I am new to the DIY Drones group. I have spent some time getting myself acquainted with the basics of ArduPilot and hardware. I have some preliminary questions. I want to drop a glider (no motor) from a HotAir Balloon (about 5000ft) and I w
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First of all, to give you a little run-down on my situation... I work on an oil rig and I have been playing around building and testing my APMega after hours. I haven't been able to test GPS yet as there are restrictions on the use of e
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Once again thank you HK!
Trying out the 2.01 APM with HK GCS v1.2.43
I am probably missing something or possibly this is not working due to the APM being BETA.
The GCS is only displaying the voltage of one cell. 4.13v
The proper voltage(s) are displa
Read more…Hi, I just tried my 1st flight and this was the result:
That is with default PID values. Heres a screenshot from configuratior:
Does anyone have advice as what values to try next? I am confused with the D value as everything I have read says it sho
Read more…Hi allI want any manual for assembly of IR sensor with Arducopter quad or hexa& many thanks for all
Read more…I recently had an issue with gyros during initial post assembly checks. After sending my APM and IMU back for solder re-flow I now have a functioning stabilization mode and am waiting for my new transmitter to get here. In the mean time I have decide
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Two Saturdays ago I spent the afternoon assembling and configuring my first arducopter - yay (all stock - frame, motors, ESCs, boards, Turnigy 9x radio). I was surprised at how quickly it all came together (approximate build/soldering time 2-3 hours
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I'm hoping someone has seen this problem... With all the ESCs plugged into the APM, this one ESC starts up at zero throttle. All the others start running when throttle is applied as one would expect. I've switched the ESC to a different por
Read more…Is there a simple way to convert the time stamps in either the ArduGCS ot the Happy Killmore GCS data files into real time? I need to be able to have the actual time so I can tie it to the photos that were taken at that given instance.
Read more…the software loads ok but with the airspeed pressure sensor disabled..how do I enable it without using the arduino development tools?
Read more…Yesterday i made my first APM airborn test. Before that i did also CLI radio setup.
The flight in stabilization mode was ok. As i don't use rudder often i didn't notice that rudder moved inverted - motion of rudder stick to left moved rudder to the ri
Read more…In previous UAV projects we have use the existing on-board sensors stabilise an on-board camera. To avoid re-inventing the wheel for each UAV, I have been working on a ‘drop in solution’. Here is a sort of work in progress.
I have put together this
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I'm building a Quad from sketch.
My goals are-
it needs to be stable,
it needs to carry a heavy DSLR
therefore i will go BIG. say around 80-100CM.
I'd like to get guidelines for choosing the motors.
rather higher or lower KV/(rpm/v) ?
small propellers
Read more…I live in Australia. This is my third post. I am convinced that I need the ArduPilot Mega kit.
I would like to place a large initial order to consolidate freight over to Aus.
Beyond the APM Kit, what else should I order?
XBee?
Antennae
Remzibi OSD? CMOS?
G
Read more…HiI am new to UAVs and quadcopters. I am currently working on my first quadcopter and planning the set up.I have a question concerning the balancing of the quadcopter,as I see different set-ups and possibilites;is it better to mount the ESCs around t
Read more…Hi,I have the MTK GPS basic board, without the backup battery. This has the very annoying effect of having to wait "forever" after each main battery disconnect. I understant that the GPS does a cold restart since it loses its RAM content. So the ques
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I am having issues getting my ArduCopter working. Here is my setup:
APM Oilpan version Hotel 1.0
APM v1.0
Ublox GPS
RC2 Code
No Magnometer
It appears that the artificial horizon is not correct. It drifts in both pitch, roll and yaw. I have the dip sw
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Im using a mediatek gps GTPA010 along with APM. After flying i have looked at my logs and noticed the altitude is reading 1992 meters +. Im only 225 meters asl and im not flying higher than 100 meters. Anyone have any idea why my altitude is being
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Hi All,
After reading code and a few forum entries there are several questions that I have regarding the APM code.
Can the PID parameters be reset in real time or is this purely a compiler time option, hence requiring a down load and reset ?
Are the
Read more…I am still in the early phases of research for this project (LIDAR mapping), but are there any applications that can take data retrieved from a laser range finder and cross check it with a separate altimeter/IMU/GPS (Maybe barometric?) to determine t
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