I am looking for a little advice for a search and rescue drone.
I have just been asked to build a search and rescue drone and I am trying to figure out what the best frame/motor/gimbal would be.
at the moment, the drone will be carrying
a gimbal (unkn
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I am working on a tail wheel fixed wing drone with Pixhawk Autopilot system.
Every time I turn it ON, the aircraft creates some error in leveling the control surfaces. Mostly it happens with the Elevator. So, when I turn it ON, the aircraft el
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I am using a fixed wing plane with a pixhawk autopilot system. After all the setup done, I was checking the Flight Mode operation. When I turned to Auto Mode, it is switching to RTL mode.
I think it is due to Failsafe or any other related safe
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I have a Helimax Voltage 500 3D quad and I am considering upgrading the electronics. Does anyone have any good recommendations for compatible flight controller and ESC's to enable 3D acrobatics featuring motor reversing to achieve sustained inv
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Looking to clarify if the ROI feature includes the ability to control the gimbal angle automatically to track the ROI? eg: if you increase altitude between waypoints for example - the gimbal should automatically point the camera down by the ap
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I was working on my Delta drone yesterday. Connected a Pixhawk Cube to it.
I was just testing the operation of the control surfaces. For that, I turned the AUTO Mode ON. Checked the Elevons, working fine. Both, Elevator and Ailerons. This is w
What are some commercially available lightweight drones which can be programmed (Micro or nano size) with as many builds in sensors? I want to implement machine learning algorithms. Please suggest if there are drones under 250 USD.
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I'm seeking some assistance trying to figure out the source of wobbliness on my Hexacopter. I've attached the log here. What happens is the drone will take off and it seems relatively stable. I can generally make gentle
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I am selling several brand-new GNSS high precision heading board with low price ($400/each, the original price is $650/each), and below is the description of this product:
UB282 is GPS/GLONASS dual-system dual-antenna board for precise RTK position
Read more…I'm flying the latest FW on a PixHawk and need a PWM signal that (preferably) is the average of all the other PWM (Servo) outputs. I flying a quad, so Servo 5 is available.
In MP, there is an option to set SERVO 5 to "Throttle" using option "70", b
Read more…I am trying to send throttle command with ROS node using mavros and publish messages to topic [mavros/rc/override] but I am not getting any response from drone in gazebo simulator.
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As we know, When the BLDC motor design is high speed and high frequency with high efficiency target, a thin silicon steel (such as 0.1mm,0.15mm or 0.2mm) will be much ben
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I have seen some rules in uav competition that when entering failsafe mode, the vehicle must:
- Throttle minimum
- Altitude maximum
- Rudder full starboard
- Aileron full starboard (port)
- Flaps fully extended
I didn't understand it at all. I just know
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I am building a ground station for Mavic Pro. I have the basic plan, but I don't know the wiring aspect. Please, I am not to experience with electronic aspect.
OK this is the basic...
Pelican style case, about 24 x 18 inches. Bottom will be
Read more…New build shakes like hell. Why?????
1. Checked motors direction.
2. Tried different props.
3. Flashed different bheli firmwares.
4. Tried changing ESC protocols. Dshot300, 600, multishot etc.
5. Noted that motors do not spin equally in Betaflight
I have been trying to plan a mission and the emulator multi copter ( drone icon ) home point is in Switzerland. How do I update the emulator to my current location? I've tried changing the GPS coordinates manually but no luck. I've also tried ignorin
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4 centered gas engines to lift the most of the AUW, say, around 70% the remaining 30% is lifted by outer smaller electric engines.
4 center gas engines to cancel torque and have enough lifting power (gas en
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I don't belong to many forums but I've known it to be customary to introduce yourself upon joining. I didn't find an introduction thread so I figured I'd post here.
I changed my screen name to help avoid doxing. There are just too many
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