OK so I have assembled the APM and oilpan, purchased the MediaTek GPS board from DIYDrones.
Everything seems to work find in test using HappyKillmore GCS except there is no GPS data.
My config has GPS enable and I monitoring the data via the USB con
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I see the ArduPilot EZ has been removed from the ArduPilot Project page. Does this mean the ArduPilot EZ will not be available?
SamH
Read more…Here is was is going on. I have an ArduCopter kit running NG/RC2 with GPS and Mag in "X" mode. I have successfully calibrated my ACC, Mag and ESC's with CLI. I also ran the min throttle calibration and it logged a min throttle of 1109. I disconne
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Ever since yestrday, my APM is having trouble comunicating with the PC. Heres what im seeing:
1. When trying to upload code from Arduino, i get this error message:
avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp 0X00
2. When try
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Once I´d like to descripe some strange power behavior of the apm. I tested both verseions - the old board and the new board (1.0 and 1.4) with 2 different IMU shields.
I tried 3 different power setups:
power via the ESC: booting problems with
Read more…I have the Maxbotix XL EZ4. Whenever I try using the rangefinder tests I get weird results in the serial console. What type of data should I be seeing? What results are other people getting?ThanksLee
Read more…Can you suggest an RC plane for a rank beginner to learn to fly then add to later?
Read more…I have been following the online instructions for putting my arducopter together. I have my arducopter about 75% finished, but i am struggling with something. I cant seem to figure out how the board is supposed to power up without the usb plugged in.
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diid somebody tried to use an APC220 in place of the xbee shield and module to calibrate the quadCopter ? Would it function or not ? Seems to be the way to go for a wider range (1km) ! No ?
Thanks a lot for your answers !!!
Nicolas
Read more…I am working right now on Designing and building a ground control station for smaller rc type UAVs. It will be a handheld device with a video screen to downlink the video feed from the plane. There will also be a joystick to control the movement of
Read more…Can somebody specify the lipoly C battery range spec of the arducopter. Thanks.
Read more…A much improved version of Palentier, the open source aerial mapping software, is now available.
The new version has an improved interface and a slew of bug fixes.
Palentier processes aerial photographs collected from Unmanned Aerial V
Read more…I've been flight testing my Arducopter since Christmas with excellent flight performance (RC2 firmware) but mixed results for the Gps hold function. I finally tracked the issue down to my MTK GPS resetting itself while running the September firmware
Read more…Just got a Panasonic Lumix (cheap re-furb on eBay) and impressed with the lens/picture quality.
Does anyone know of an electronic trigger for a Lumix that can run from an RC Rx output?
Ron
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I've been doing more and more aggressive flying as I'm getting use to the sticks and I notice that as I do dramatic swings that when I let go of the stick it continues to fly in one of the directions I was swinging in. Like the gyro is confused as to
Read more…I changed the motor and ESC. Now when I power up, motor out0 runs full tilt with no control.
Did the 157 MUX fry as well?
AARRGGHH...
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I have an "old" golf gps which i dont use anymore and i was wondering if it might be possible to use it with Arduino? It is a Magellan/Thales D12 V.4 GPS as shown in the picture. Pict #2 is the pcb of the golf gps with a lcd on the other side.
Here
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I got my new ArduPilot Mega board this week and it has already the Atmega 2560 on it.
So how do I get the ArduCopter RC2 code on that board ?
I already selected the right board type
This is the error message Ill get when I try to upload the c
Read more…The failsafe setting, when it says "come home in AUTO, LOITER" I presume that it mean it will ignore all other waypoints and just come home. If it flew out of range & entered into the failsafe condition, once it comes back into range, will it not see
Read more…Hey people, I have a quick question and I hope anyone experience can help me......
I have assembled and setup everything with the ground control system GCS, RC receiver, ESC, servos, etc. When the onboard xbee is connected, the servos are twitching s
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