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no power to RX?

Hi Everyone,


I've just finished building my ArduCopter but on powering up i don't appear to have any power going to by RX (turnigy 9x8c) - i'm just tripple checking everything now but was wondering if there was something obvious i may have missed?

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Can't get Mediatek and autopilot to talk

Good evening, I just got my system set up but I'm having a problem with the GPS.  I have the MediaTek MT3329 and I'm running Ardupilot 2.7.  The MediaTek appears to have a GPS lock (the blue light within a minute or so goes a solid blue).  The shield

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ArducopterNG usable ?

Hi !

 

My Quad  already flies with Arducopter_alpha_RC1 software, but without activating GPS nor magnetometer that are mounted on quad (but not supported by this SW release).

 

=> Do you know if ArduCopterNG is already capable to be installed to fly, eve

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New copter

Honestly, I've never flow a rotor craft before, but I just got this thing in the air for a brief few seconds today.


It not all quite right yet, but damn close.

Got my hardware/motor kit on Friday.  Great packaging, good thought to the design.  Great fo

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Matlab 3D plot for interpolation

Hi guys


I have 4 sets of data
each set of data include 3 variables: voltage, throttle and thrust
how do i plot a 3D surface in matlab?

I've tried using [X,Y] = meshgrid(x,y)
but the problem is with meshgrid
you will need a function z in terms of x and y
for

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Ardupilot after crash

how are you forum ? do you remember i had a crash a few weeks ago?

Last weekend i went to the flying field to test the airplane after the crash, redesigned the tail, and i had to make some testing with the motor washout and control surfaces moves.....

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Mixing ESCs

Guidance please,One M2MPower ESC will not see the Receiver (AMP not in loop yet) - so just beeps away (Alert tone 2) - the rest armed perfectly - so I assume its faulty - will have to get another one - Agree?I have some other escs around - can you mi

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No Output On Channel 4-7

Everything work ok otherwise. The 4 motors run correctly, the sensors all check out.

I have a Corona digital servo that works when I plug it into the receiver or output channel 0.

On output channel 4-7 I don't get anything.

servoMotor = constrain(APM_R

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Arducopter Arms Incomplete

Hello,
First of all I would like to say Thanks to the DIY team for such a great
product.

Quick question, I received my Arducopter just the other day, however,
it appears that my arms are missing holes for the ESC cabling to go into??

Jani, was this inte

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Motor / prop configuration

Where can I find info on spec'ing out my motor/prop/esc configuration. or can someone tell me what the typical setup would be for a 24" motor to motor quadcopter carrying, camera, telemetry, video radio, etc.  basically all the options for electronic

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newbie - what parts do i need?

I want to get into it, but I cannot find a place where they tell me, which parts do I need , and which ones are more recommended

 

 

I would like to get info on:

 

auto pilot

gps module

pc communication

etc

 

 

thankd guys

 

 

Itay

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