Hi guys,i've been putting up an arductopter kit with magnetometer GPS and all loaded with an NG firmware.When i start the engines the back engine start way after the others and when I have my throttle at min and I incline it backwards the prop does n
Read more…Many thanks in advance for any suggestion and experience first.
Need help on the following two issues:
1. Can someone confirm with me the directions definition of ArduIMU Ver2? Accroding to the mark at the bottom, the ArduIMU Ver2 follows right-hand
Read more…In the arducopter NG code, there is a line for disabling or enabling the xbee serial communications. If it is enabled, the xbee works perfect for use with the configurator, but the usb cable won't work if that line in the code is enabled. If I disabl
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I have managed to get my APM up and running using two XBee 2.4Ghz modules without any problems, however if I swap these modules over and replace them with the XBee Pro 900Mhz modules I get no data coming over the link. I have set my baud rate
Read more…What constitutes an model aircraft in the eyes of the FAA?
I know that balloons and moored kites have their own regs.
How about:
1. A parachute?
2. A non-motorized free-flight hang glider (Rogallo wing not a rigid wing)
If 1 and/or 2 are unregulated
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Im new to this, I setup the APM with the mega IMU shield, tested it with the CLI, everything works, but
I cant get the GCS to work. I didnt try the other GCS yet.
I press connect, and get a solid "B" led and a blinking "C" LED (no gps lock, inside t
Read more…It looks like the NASA guys came along Some issues with dealing with radiation But I see there is a radiation detection meterBy sparkfun should I be concerned with installingOne for my quad for taking high altitude flightTesting
Read more…Hello everyone!
I'm an undergrad mechanical engineering student at UCSD and I've started putting a few projects together that would require a decent amount of knowledge about autonomous controlled vehicles. I do have some experience with creating aut
Read more…Laying out the power diagram came across something I could not find.
Can I tap the main battery to power the APU?
Read more…I would like to start a thread for Ardupilot Mega (Quadcopter) and Arducopter boards.
For now i am using a Mikrokopter frame.
I will be developing a full fledged Quad and a fixed wing with complete navigation and stuff.
I would like to invite you to kee
Read more…Thanks DIY Drones.. I ordered my APM IMU (oilpan), cables, GPS etc on Wednesday night, and it arrived here in Canada tonight (Friday).
That is AMAZING! I've never seen anything like it.
Thanks Guys, for such speedy admin and shipping.. WOW!
Too bad I ca
Read more…Everything works fine until I get to the compass offsets. It displays scrolling data but everything is zero and never changes as I move the quad. I did run the CLI "a" command and made sure that the mag was activated.
Any Ideas what to check?
This Qu
Read more…I have a Futaba T7CAP transmitter w/ a 72Mhz PPM receiver. Calibrating the transmitter via the configurator never succeeds. Here is what I have tried:
1) Verified the receiver works by directly plugging in an esc to the receiver.
2) Verified the receiv
Read more…I am new to Uav and I am interested In knowing how to get started. I have a good flying platform, any help please
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during my first full test flight today i'd noticed a couple of glitches, on arming the motors sometimes the rear or right wasn't spinning up. disarming and re-arming seemed to fix it. So carried on and got the quad up in the air and had a f
Hi guys...
This was not working, was working and now isn't working
I'm using APM v1.0 beta
When I connect the board up I get the usual
Init ArduPilotMega 1.0-BETA
freeRAM: 4051
MSG: <startup_ground> GROUND START
MSG: Demo Servos!
<startup_IMU_ground> Warm
Not sure if this is the proper venue for posing this question but I notice theres more people on here helping out than other forums.
My Project is quite a simple one. I have a Logomatic V2 SD Datalogger, a 5 DOF board, HMC6352 board and Locosys 20031
Read more…Hi Folks,
I am working in a university lab, for a PhD student, and we are currently using APM for charactering an non-standard airframe. The airframe we are working on experiences quite a considerable amount of Dutch Roll when exiting a bank.
Here ar
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