The biggest problem I see with many of digital cameras is the way they go into sleep or shutdown mode. I managed to score a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX5 which allows me to stop the shutdown in the settings. I can then use a manual shutter switch to take
Read more…If you go the balsa route for your frame, how do people protect the electronics ?
I've been thinking perhaps I could encase them in thick foam or something.
Or do you just pray you've gotten the coding right for the auto pilot ? =P
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Hi everyone,
I was thinking of using ardupilot mega coupled with IMU razor 6 DOF ( http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10010 ) just for stabilization on a tricopter, no gps navigation for now to keep it simple, it can be implemented later on.
Has any
Hello
I have connected the APM to my quad following the descriptions on the site
http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/Quad_Radio
and when i connecting the Lipo to the system, the APM does not powered on.
The receiver do turned on, and the APM do w
Read more…Hi Guys
There seems to be a lot off problems re-appearing when it comes to setting up APM, programming it and tuning it , Can we use this Discussion and list all the commen errors and ways to fix them and then maybe add a wiki link "Troubleshooting"
Read more…Spent hours at my local Hackspace last night configuring everything ready for my arducopters maiden flight. Got to the point where we'd done everything but we just couldnt get the arm/disarm to work (the green A light just flashed continously no mate
Read more…Huge milestone for me today. Finally got my new XBee units all talking and configured. Started HK GCS and got connected but I noticed that the model airplane is moving in the wrong direction when I move the IMU. I know the servo connectors should
Read more…Comm problems seem to be drawn to me. This time it appears to be an issue with comm between the GPS and the APM. I reliably get a solid blue light on the MediaTek, indicating GPS lock I believe, but the red LED (C) on the APM doesn't light up. I'm
Read more…Hi,Didn’t fly yet.On the bench, without props, connected to the ArduCopter configurator:When I'm starting to accelerate the motors the front and rear motors are not accelerating and running like the left/right motors. If I push the throttle at ones,
Read more…So I received my larger motors and 12x6 props today, and after the last crash I didn't have any more 10x4.5 props, so I put on the bigger motors and props.
I am using ArduPirates NG code, and I was successfully able to hover the quad in arco mode bef
Read more…So my quad is flying reasonably well, but I need some help with PID tuning. Is there a good post somewhere explaining how to go about adjusting the PID values to improve the stability of the quad?
See this video: http://www.vimeo.com/19506341
You c
Read more…I have been trying to get the code loaded into my ardupilot board. I have been using a shield with it but for some reason i can get the code to load without the shield, but not with it on. I think i may be unsure about how the power is supposed to
Read more…I am attempting to load the code to a Sparkfun main board, no shield (we have one but are in the middle of trouble shooting some issues). The load time took several minutes and at the end I received the following error:
avrdude: stk500_paged_write()
Read more…I was thrilled to get one of the latest Fah Pah (jDrones) ArduCopter kits, and I decided to go with the presoldered option for peace of mind. I was a little leery of the APM out of the box, as it was in a slightly ragged ziplock along with some othe
Read more…I purchased the GPS to FTDI cable but I need to know the orientation of the cable on the FTDI end. The adapter cable has a GPS plug on one end and open pins on the other with 3 black and 1 red cable. What colors/pins go to the FTDI cable?
Any help
Read more…Just curious if anyone else sees this and if there is any kind of fix. Maybe about a month ago, the images in blog posts on the main page of DIY Drones come up distorted. They being elongated from top to bottom. They are not distorted when I go in
Read more…Anybody knows the advantage/disadvantage of using the mtek 1.4 (AXN_1.30,2278 [I aasume to be 1.4 issued in September]) version of the firmware compared to the 1.6 (AXN_1.30,2389 [January (1.6)])?
I have a version 1.4 GPS but looks like software devel
Read more…Hello everybody,It is finally the time to build the Quadcopter for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeFirst, I draw the diagram on SolidWorks, and now I'm selecting the parts.The approximate gross weight of my quad will be around 5 kg with HD cam.I will select fou
Read more…Hi im having trouble with the ArdupilotMegaPlanner software i can communicate with happygilmores software but when i try with the planner i get communication error no communication
im using xbee 900 and ArduPilotMega 1.02 if anyone has a idear ive tri
Read more…Hello,
My name is Gene and I'm new to this forum. I'm also new to UAV as well as RC. I'm interested in using UAV for aerial photography. I'm also interested in using a kite or balloon to carry a UAV glider to altitude, release it, and use GPS to retu
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