I can't mount my sonar below the CoG on my hex a so I was going to mount it on an arm, but then I realized that when the craft banks to hover against the wind the sonar would show a change in height.So I was thinking if I put two of the same sonars o
Read more…Hi,I used to have the 3 LEDs A,B,C go solid upon GPS lock.Since several flights I don't get the green light (A) upon GPS lock. Only LEDs B and C go solid.The LED is still ok, since it does blink during start-up, it's just after finishing startup and
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Im a little confused as to how the uav flight process works. Specifically, what is the procedure? Do I fly my airplane with the transmitter and then at some point switch to autopilot? From there, does the autopilot fly a route based on what i have
Read more…After a crash with my quad, the IMU Shield USB port has been detached. I think the main pins are not damaged, but the four fixation pins are completely desoldered.I have tried to solder again when I realize that there is no metal in the pad as you ca
Read more…Should I enable the brake on the ESC?
Should I enable soft or super soft startup mode?
Should I adjust the timing mode when using the standard Arducopter 880KV motors?
Read more…Does the MTK 3329 have a way of doing a hot start after being totally unpowered or do you need to keep it running on a backup battery? If its the first, do you just send the hot start command? I've tried that but have not had any luck getting it to h
Read more…Let me start by saying I'm a "newbie". I've become interested in multi-rotor aircraft in the past few weeks more for the AP platform than just the fun of RC flying (although I am pilot). I've Googlized every site I can find on the subject and watched
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I have a very strange problem.
I bought an ESC to control the motor of my electric model, and I connected evertything to my Autopilot, but I realized the ESC makes strange noises and cannot understand which is the source.
S
Read more…Hi,
Two days ago I uploaded an improved gyro/accelerometer calibration code to the Pirates's thread (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=17455791&postcount=4992). This code makes sure the platform is stable while measuring the gyros' rest p
Read more…I am using the ng code and the dip switches for putting it in x mode seem unresponsive. I have the first one down and the others up but it wants to fly in + mode. I am not really sure what i have done wrong. It flies great otherwise. Any ideas would
Read more…ArduIMU+ V2 currently shows acceleration from the accelerometers taking into account static acceleration of gravity. Is it actually possible to remove this stativ acceleration such that the aircraft only shows the dynamic acceleration? Anyone knows h
Read more…Hi!
The power distribution board had one of the 4 esc point of attachment soldered with a two wire connector to provide current to the APM.
I need 5v for a video camera I'd like to attach to the arducopter.
Question: Can I attach 3 more 2 wire connecto
Read more…I have done the setup for telemetry. Using the latest ardupirates code available.
Using the baud rate at 1111000 & 38400, Using the xtrembee board adapter & sparkfun adapter with xbee pro 2.4ghz.
Able to connect to PC configuator-
When i power up my AP
Read more…I want to upgrade to using ardupirates code and installed arduino and configurator as stated on the ardupirates wiki but im not sure what code to download/sketch. Are you supposed to use svn and download from HEAD or download the zip from the downloa
Read more…Hi guys, looking at putting together a high speed uav for aerial filming of a ski race that happens in my home town, the boats travel at up to 200kmh. i would like to have a plane able to fly at around this speed and carry a HD Hero for filming purpo
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Whenever I switch APM to FLY mode (handle of the switch closer to DIP-switches) both boards (oilpan and ardupilot mega) got shut off! No leds, no ftdi virtual com-port in computer's device list. And the buffer chip(74act157 on APM board)
Read more…Hi everyone.
I finally got my replacement motor after previously having issues with motors shorting themselves out etc, this is the 3rd right side motor now, the last two went up in smoke (literally).
At first it was suspected that it was the poor qu
Read more…Over on the AeroQuad side, we just found and fixed a problem with how the APM and it's ADC talks to the configurator. There are times when the APM would just become unresponsive, primarily after an initeeprom. You could resolve this by disconnectin
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I tried to find some explanations on the items that are log, but couldnt.
What is the meaning of CRS (under GPS) ?
What is G_Dt_MAX (under PM) ?
and especially what is the significance of "imu_health" ?
what does it mean when imu_health goes below i
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