I cant seem to find the system requirements for the Arducopter configurator tool in the forums or on the wiki. I have windows 7 starter on my netbook and it says that the configurator is not compatible with this version of windows. Do I need to go
Read more…My battery specifies 28C, how many amps should my charger be set at? I have a thunder t6 charger and i set it to 3S and the default 0.1A.
Also, if anyone else has this charger could you tell me what the number displayed at the lower right counting up
Read more…Is it possible to have 2 motors driven by the same signal? Could I create an octo on the current setup but just double up on the motors driving each adjacent pair by one signal? It could fly in a configuration so 2 motors form the front side (side by
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just would like to know if there is a way to connect the new Futaba S.BUS receiver via serial bus to the APM?
regards,
Peter
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Hey, another noob question, but, if it prevent 250$ investment!
I receive my APM and APM IMU yesterday, solder everything, make a couple of test, working great so far. Now, I am at the point to put it on my quad copter and I'm worried about power di
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I'm building and programming my own UAV using an Arduino Duemilanove. Yesterday I made a leap and the board is now controlling the servos and with fake position (no GPS connected yet) it tries to turn the plane to the right direction.
The maid
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I'm considering to build a Arduino/GPS+someting device to have precise feedback about about Velocity and Velocity Made Good on my catamaran. The boat is a small hightech catamaran :
http://dnacat.blogspot.com/2011/01/bundy-pics-by-carolijn-b
Read more…It appears that the IMU is out of stock everywhere and has been for a bit. When will these be back in stock?
Thanks
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Hi,
I have interfaced Freescales 7620 3 axis accelerometer and am getting the readings properly.
Now I have difficulty in understanding the readings, If it is mounted on table stationary, then the X,Y read 1.65V (0g) and in Z axis 0.85V (-1g)
Read more…I have assembled a new APM from the diydrones store and uploaded the newest code for Jan.3 (1.01).
When I have the APM/IMU installed in my Easystar, the PPM light flashes and the A B C light never go into a flashing state for calibrating the gyros.
Read more…Hi,I am new to UAV I have been playing for the last 3years with model helicopters.I have just built and started flying a mikrokopter octo.I would like to know what is the best type of quadcopter for aerial video and why?Many thanks in advance to your
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I have an ardupilot mega that I'm powering with a 3cell 2500mah battery, through an ESC. the ESC is outputting exactly 5v. I've followed the instructions in the manual to setup the voltage sensor. I soldered 3 of the 3.9k resisters in
Read more…is there plans to support more than 6 ppm output for using more escs? would it be something solved in a future code release or is it sois it something that will be solved in a future code release or is itsomething to do more with the hardware ? plan
Read more…Hi again guys,Just as the title suggests, I get no pitch correction in my servo when in stabilize mode in my argupilot mega. All in/out connections for the servos and receiver are in the right places, I've tripple checked, the servo works fine when c
Read more…When using the legacy gcs protocol, my altitude comes over the telemetry port as 272 meters, but it should be about 27 meters. I have confirmed the nmea stream is correct by reading my gps directly.
any ideas?
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Hi Jason
I followed "your" ArduCopterMega code in the last weeks and I would like to load it. Could you plaese give me a short description of the functionality I can test. It would be great if you could add a .txt to the trunk with that information a
Read more…Just receive my APM and APM IMU
I will solder everything reel soon and I want to add some other sensors like sonar sensors. I saw that the APM have some available pins in the documentation but, I can't see witch ones. It's hard to figure because when
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HI Guys , i bought Diydrones stores new ardupilot mega board ..Also I have IMU shield ..
I cant upload the data to the board...I did all recommendation ..still no luck...
1)diffrent computer .doesnt work gives upload eror
2)compileing is normal..so ardu
Read more…I am trying to change the default airspeed cruise from the default 10ms to 15ms.
I followed the instructions in the AdvancedConfig section of the manual. This is what I pasted into my APM_Cofig.h file. (see copy of the saved APM-Config.h below)
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