Hello,
I teach biology and am working on a student project to use a camera (video too) to study a nesting bird. We need advice on how to send the live streaming pictures (and video) to our smart phone or laptop. The distance is out of wifi range.
Read more…I am researching cameras for low alt. aerial photography. I don't know all that much about cameras, the end product is more my thing....anyway, I have been told there are 3 musts:
1. small focal length
2. fast shutter speed
3. image stabilizer
I believe
Read more…Normal instruction is to plug one of the four esc's red and black wire to the motor output port for right motor.If I don't have a power distribution board, can I plug NOT just the white signal wire but the entire three wire (white, red, and black) fo
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I'am a little bit confused. I lost track on the difference between ArduCopterNG and ArduCopterMega. And how about the role of ArduPirates?
I'am running RC2 (version 1.54) and this is running fine. Trying the ardupirates gives a very unstable situa
Read more…Hallo,
is there a way to modify log.pde code to log not only gps/barometric alt value but also clear barometric data? I checked the code a little bit and there should be modified at least two functions:
Log_Write_GPS() and according to this also Log_Re
Read more…I'm an aerospace engineering student (midlife career change) and I am exploring the possibility of designing from scratch an airframe piloted by the Arduino platform for long duration video capture and or community surveillance. Lots of vandalism and
Read more…So if I wanted to use a drone on my small water craft to locate fish I would imagine I need a drone that floats and is resistant to corrosion. Has anyone attempted this or perhaps I can try! I would appreciate suggestions and comments please.
John
Read more…Does anyone know if the harness for the RangeVideo transmitters is a 4 pin JST-SH?Thanks!
Read more…Hi all,
I got my APM with 1.02 software tuned and functioning properly.
Yesterday I tested airspeed sensor board (700 series) in light wind.
added #define AIRSPEED_SENSOR ENABLED in APM_Config.h
did reset and setup radio/modes.
t appears to work fine in t
Read more…Hi, I am running Ardupilot Mega v1.4 with the 2.0 beta firmware. Have it running in Xplane simulator with manual mode and stabilization working fine but when i change it to loiter, RTL or Auto, the Mode box in the ArudpilotSim window is always set t
Read more…I have four small servos, my ESC and my receiver connected to the APM. When I power it with the USB port the servos twitch a lot and I cannot setup the APM using the CLI. It's fine with the servos disconnected. Is this normal?
Peter
Read more…Hi all,
I am preparing my web site for drone/any device monitoring, route planning and tracking.
My question is: If anyone creates a SW or a public website (I'll share it with you) that uses google maps to plan a route for any drone (create and send wa
Read more…Does anyone know where the IR Senors can PHYSICALLY connect to the APM/IMU?
I know the code doesn't support actually obstacle avoidance yet, but I'd like to do some experimentation.
Read more…Hey,I have the 850 Kv hacker style motors for my copter, the shafts have really got bent in several crashes and although the deflection is not so clearly visible it is causing the vehicle to wobble quite a bit. I have managed to seperate the rotor an
Read more…We've been working on a project for tracking and sharing the location of UAVs and drones in real time via the web. We would love to get some community feedback. Take a look at http://droneos.com and sign up for the beta if you are interested in tryin
Read more…Can anyone help with this? The set up is "ArduIMU+ V2 (Flat)" with the
"Absolute Pressure and Temperature Sensor - BMP085" and
"HMC5843 - Triple Axis Magnetometer Rev 1.2" all from the store.
The two sensor boards are stacked on header pins solder
Read more…Just loaded the 2.0.
Unless I installed the 2.0 APM software incorrectly, I see some significant changes have been made that are not making sense. Where are all of the variables that can be changed or enabled/disabled such as type of gps, airspeed sen
Read more…Hi folks,
i often upload modified APM software via Arduino. The question is: is it alwasy need to do radio setup (calibrating, modes setup) after the APM software is uploaded?
I'm going to be tired still to do the same action... Isn't that so that the
Read more…Hi everyone !
I have for project to make a helicopter I could control from my computer with radio waves. The system would not need auto pilot as I would pilot it with help from video imagery and radio waves. The video imagery will be captured from a v
Read more…With APM 2.0 Beta out, or just in general, wondering, if the FrSKY ACCST telemetry add-on module can be used as one of the two links of a two-way telemetry set up, where the other link used is an XBEE pair?
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