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
Read more…Im a bit confused about altitude hold, its said you can do it with the barometer and not necessarily the gps. But how /what mode do you activate altitude hold to use barometer? Is it just gps hold but without gps it uses the barometer?
Read more…I have started a Google spreadsheet that compares the features of the top open source autopilot software projects out there. It's editable by anyone, so please contribute. It's at:https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Anr6lYEvD8yWdF9HX0FJQTd3R0RxV
Read more…Hi everyone
After a few problems,it is now flying,but i cannot stabilize it.Do you think it's because of me being inexperienced or it's the quadrotor?
I'm not using magnetometer,maybe it's because of that?or which settings should i change?
i want a stab
Read more…I have followed the instructions for downloading the recommended ArduPirates code.
When I download the code in Tortoise SVN I don't get the 25MB shown in the picture I get 1.28MB.
Any help would be most appreciated
Ken
Read more…So I am using the red ardupilot board with the blue shield, and when I press upload in Arduino it just says uploading to I/O board and never stops.... no error or anything but never finishes. I have tried unplugging the GPS and I did go to the devic
Read more…Hello all! I have a lot of experience programming microcontrollers for motion simulators, robots, games, musical fountains, telecomm, among others and would like to help with the arducopter project, but I have never participated on a community pr
Read more…Hi, did the first flight today, it was very nice. I noticed that it drifted a bit even when the right stick was centered. Also noticed that in configurator it seems the value is right below center, is that normal or should I adjust my transmitter cen
Read more…Hello,
Regarding APM and the ArduPilotMega IMU Shield REV H
Is it possible to view logged barometric pressure via the on-board data logger. I have NTUN, CTUN, RAW, GPS, PM, MODE, MODE, CMD enabled.
I have looked in each of these using the APM Planner lo
Read more…During pre-flight testing I discovered the the rear motor wasn't functioning correctly.
The rear motor would power up with the other motors, but when forward cyclic command was sent, the rear motor should increase but it didn't. On disarming the mo
All,
My name is Mike and I am currently working towards my M.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. My thesis work involves demonstrating a new UAV swarm intelligence algorithm in RC scale aircraft and I've decided to impleme
Read more…I have an rc plane that I inherited.It's gutted and only came with the basic k&b .61 motor.Any suggestions on radio equipment?Its also got a 7ft wingspan and a fuselage around 6 ft.I was thinking a 5 or 6 ch futaba at 2.4 ghz
Read more…Hi everybody.I have started designing a quad frame and ordered parts to build an ardu-copter controlled quad.My design goals are1. Durability3. cost4. low vibration transfer.5. Should be made entirely from laser cut flat ABS sheet (because of my skil
Read more…Hello all,
I'm a newbie here and trying to define 'specs' for my DYI drone project.
Here is what I thought so far:
1. Quad rotors drone (based on ArduCopter design?) I prefer battery operated electric motors so the drone is more quiet during the fligh
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