Hey,
I'm planning to purchase the Arducopter but have very serious payload limitations, I understand that the vehicle can lift off with 1400 gm max weight. My questions are:
1) What are the weights of the aluminium frames(both 22cm and 28 cm configur
Read more…Complete nooby query. When I plug the lipo into one of my ESCs there are no beeps at all, whereas the other three ESCs do beep. What could be the problem? Is the ESC faulty? Any help greatly appreciated.
Read more…Hi guysI'm looking at using this HMC5843 magnetometer for my flight controllerHas anyone been having trouble reading the heading angle using this product?http://store.diydrones.com/HMC5843_Triple_Axis_Magnetometer_p/br-hmc5843-01.htmOr are there bett
Read more…Hi all,
lets assume this non-flight scenario:
There is a street with supermarkets on the right and left.
I am walking down the street and into each supermarket, then down all the aisles and on to the next supermarket.
Obviously there is no GPS receptio
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I plan to use Hokuyo URG-04LX-UG01 for my obstacle avoidance, etc....It requires a power supply 'USB via VBUS'....what sort of power board can i use for this?
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Hello,
I have studied the draft of Bill's DCM paper, but I think I don't need a whole DCM matrix to follow the yaw in the earth frame which I need. Can someone please help me transform the body frame yaw to earth frame yaw witho maintaining a DCM? I
Read more…I am running NG code at the moment, but heard that the Super Stable was out and supposed to be better.
I went to the site and down loaded it.
It seems simpler than the NG. Dip3 sets stable/acro, not by TX switch.
Did I download the right code?
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I turn my tx on
I connect the batterie
sometimes I have stabilisation ok and I can fly
sometimes I don t have stabilisation
why ?
HB
Read more…I gust loaded the RC2 into the ardupilot mega AP but i was unable to connect to the configurator no matter what i am trying to do although the CLI works fine.
Could someone explain please ?
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I have received some positive feedback from engineers and pilots. One patent pending for it. Bell Helicopters is taking a look at it, but no promises. DARPA took a look as well as a few others.
Human Interface Rotor System helicopter (HIR) US Paten
Hey,
I'm planning to purchase the ArduCopter or AeroQuad. The limitation is that I need to be able to control the vehicles from my computer since I'm building an autonomous robot. I'm aware that neither of these quads are supported by code that can a
Read more…I ordered 2 Xtreambee boards that arrived today.
I soldered the sockets onto the board that the Xbee connects to. After finishing I tried to insert the Xbee and it wouldn't go it.
On checking, it appears that on a few holes the solder used to join t
Read more…I dismantled my arducopter being concern about the noise problem indicated by Jordi. Tried looking for the "204" or the "0" resistor. Didn't find any or had difficulty looking for the "0". Definitely there's no "204" in my magneto board ... Does this
Read more…Dear folks @ DIY Drones.
I'm hunting High and Low for a "shield " or "Explorer" that handles the "868 Xbee PRO" modules at full throttle. That means 800mA @TX.
Does this "wonderboard" of yours handle this current demand?
If not, could you PLEASE provi
Read more…Hi
The picture below is of the sunseeker powered glider that has been developed by a small team of glider enthusiasts
It has solar power all over its wings and the propeller is at the rear of the craft pushing the plane.
It is rather a different design
Read more…Hi All,
I'm contacting you because we've got a problem getting GPS fix on our U-Blox 5 GPS module.
http://store.diydrones.com/GS407_U_Blox5_GPS_4Hz_p/spk-gps-gs407.htm
We've used U-Blox u-center software to update firmware, and view the serial output
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Has anyone had luck getting an XBee onto their Blimpduino? I'm trying to get my XBee Pro Series 2 on board but I'm not quite sure where to start..
Read more…I am sorry that my first forum post is a complaint but this only became an issue today. I use Linux for my main OS of choice and the 64bit version of Firefox has problems with the "stock" Flash plugin. In fact I hate Flash myself but that is beside t
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I'm looking for a good tilt roll camera mount for the GoPro on my quadcopter. I can only find good Pan/Tilt cameras but none that account for Roll so that the image is always level.
Suggestions?
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Has anyone is Australia looked into what is needed to get the video live transmission operational?
Mainly in the broadcast regulations etc. I have a couple of cameras that have live video streaming in mind but if it's going to be red tape city then
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