Firstly, I have a quastion about the arming of the motor. For my esc, I need to push my throttle to lower right, then on the safety switch of my esc(beep once for each esc), push the throttle to maximum, then it will beep once again, after that push
Read more…Hello,
Is there any chance to get separated ailerons so that flaperons/spoilerons could be programmed?
Would be handy on several of my planes...
Regards, Patrik
Read more…it is my final project. am working on position control of a quadrotor with pid controller in matlab.there are some problems in my matlab codes.I think the algorithm of pid controller is wrong and also i can not adjust the rotor speeds when i want to
Read more…Hi , I would like to open a new thread for information on debugging the code.
I am quite a newbie to this area , but I now how to program C .
I never tried to program such Hardware.
I would like to know how is it possible to debug the code, Using a s
Read more…From the Arducopter Wiki, it is obvious that 3D/Solidworks files exist for the Arducopter. Can these be shared under the same license which covers the code or documentation?
I'd like to start making my own Tilt/Roll GoPro mount and would like to mode
Read more…hey everyone I am new here and need information on programing a digital IMU in arduino for a high powered rocket system that I am working on. Any info or even just pointing me in the right direction to sources. time is tight on this project and I am
Read more…I had a crash last night about about 10-15 meters into some tall grass. Was minimal damage to the quad. One broken motor mount. When I saw it coming down it seemed like it went sideways like only one motor cut out. I was in level flight in stable mod
Read more…I'm not sure what happened here so I'm hoping that someone could look at the video and give me some ideas.It was in stable flight mode.It started to drift to the left and as I was correcting, the quad started to slightly oscillate left and right, the
Read more…Hi, im new here,
i have build lets say monster copter.
2.7kg.
frame size 110cm x 110cm engine to engine about 80cm.
props 14 inch.
engines 1250watt
esc 130amp
and it can lift about 5kg.
problems.
can't get PID's to work..
can somebody tell me what
-proportion
Read more…My AR Drone is very good at holding its position < 5m altitude using its downward facing camera.
From what I've read ArduCopter is doesn't do a good job at holding position at low altitude.
Wouldn't it be cool to use AR Drone's system for low altitud
Read more…Followed the wiki on the first setup using the configurator. After doing the tranceiver configuration turning all the sticks and finding all the buttons I try to click the "Save" button on the little dialog that stayed up but after a couple of second
Read more…Ok I understand that ArduPirates SuperStable is a branch if ArduCopteNG but I just noticed ArduCopterMega in the SVN repo
Can some one please outline the diff between NG and Mega, and the roadmap ahead.
It looks to me that the Mega is similar to the
Read more…I'm currently gathering parts for my plane, and I kinda want one with live streaming video. What are my options, considering I have a low budget?
Read more…Well to answer my own question… yes it can :)
I was surprised this could happen. Maybe it's a defect in the prop? I had at least 50 flights on it and usually always do some full accelerations but this time when I pumped the throttle, I heard a crack
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I used the UDB HILPlugin for Xplane on both Windows and Mac using the compiled binary for both operating systems. On windows everything works fine; using the same configuration of the setupHILPlugin file on Mac I can control the airplane but both
Read more…I have followed the APM manual and successfully got everything working, however the following section baffles me:
"If you want to have six modes, you'll probably have to configure your RC transmitter to do this. That's usually accomplished by mixing
Read more…Hello!
I'm trying to setup my Arducopter with Configurator 1.2.2. but it fails when it tries to connect my Arducopter. It writes "reading configuration" and nothing happens. I put 30 sec timeout and my USB port is the right one.
I don't know if it is c
Read more…Hi everyone,
after updating my gps to 1.6 - and uploading the latest software to the APM - I am having problems with the radio test:
Sporadically I see no input on channel 2 (counting 1-8) which represents pitch/elevation (or IN1 on my APM 1.0 Board)
Read more…I am a senior year mechanical engineering student and am working on a school project for mapping and geo-locating. I have read through quite a few posts and it seems like most people use either the copilot or BTA as a wing leveler. I was wondering if
Read more…I'm still waiting for my ArduCopter Quad and I've already got a ArduCopter Hexa in mind. I was thinking about power distribution and spent most of the evening trying to find designs for Hexa distribution.
I think came up with an idea. I use Anderso
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