Well I got my kit yesterday and in my haste to get things started I grabed the wrong soldering iron and went to work. The iron was a 60watt and when I had to remove a header to resolder, I ended up lifting the solder pad and a small piece of a trace
Read more…I have read the ArduCopter online manual and it would be really difficult to build from the available material if you had the complete kit.
For example, one picture shows the motor wiring routed in the frame, another outside. The distribution board sh
Maybe a thread for the general topic of adding some extra attributes to each frame arm for direction orientation and just good looks.
Hello.
I have finally finished putting together my arducopter. Specs are:
ArduPilotMega IMU Shield/OilPan Foxtrap 2.2
ArduPilot Mega
UBlox GS407 GPS
XBee Pro 50mW Module with RPSMA (Series 2.5)
2830-12 850KV 30 Amp motors
Hobbywing Pentium 30A ESCs
APC 10x4
I have been trying to get the code loaded on my board and for some reason the board does not reset when loading the code. Could this be a problem with the bootloader? I ordered a new board (think i fried the first one), and everything else seems to
Read more…Greetings all,
I just felt it was good to ask for your input or some clarification on a few areas where possible and connvenient for u.
1. I know that the Quad-Rotor helicopter manoeuvres by varying the thrust generated from each of its four rotors. Wi
Hi, I've been reading the info on here for a few days now, trying to make an educated decision on what to buy for the build of my first UAV. I have decided to go with the APM and APM IMU.
Does anyone have any idea when the APM is going to be available
Read more…As always, I apologize in advance for the newbie nature of my question.
I have a Turnigy/iMax 9X transmitter and receiver. I am attempting to build a quadcoputer following Jose Julio's design and using his code. As implemented, he uses a single pin
I am new to the UAV world. Where can I find the rules and regulations for operaing a UAV for commercial use in the US? Thanks
Read more…Hello everyone,
Not sure if this is discussed elsewhere, but I ordered a ArduCopter full electronics on 17th Nov from FahPah. It is still in processing on site. I have tried contacting them and have had not response for the last week. So does anyone know are they sh
Read more…After reading a few pages of comments on some of the UAV blimp techniques here, the general consensus appears to be that a bigger blimp will not be knocked around as much by wind, making them (somewhat) impractical for UAV.
I was wondering what other
I have now had more than 50 flights with my ArduPilot equipped plane but I am still dissatisfied with the navigation performance despite trying almost every PID configuration that I can think of. I'm using APv2.7.1, Mediatek GPS, FMA thermopiles, a 1
Read more…When I switch into RTL mode APM immediately cuts my throttle to zero. My Sky Fun Jet does a beautiful job of gliding back to launch and circling, but the throttle never comes back on. I am guessing that APM cuts the throttle to descend, but shouldn
Read more…The mission planning page in the APM manual says "In your ArduPilot Mega code folder you will find a folder called Waypoint_writer_Mega". I will? I don't believe that this folder is part of the Beta download. It is also not clear to me why I need to
On FMA sensor the other axis is refered as P. Which wire on the DIY FMA cable corresponds to the P axis (white or yellow)?
First of all thank you, this is a great website and will help me loads :)
I have been following the changes taking place to the ArducopterNG code and was hoping fro a major release some time soon. There doesn't seem to be any visible activity on the Configurator so....
Hi all,
Running some tests on my APM after config and the test -> airspeed is coming back with results similar to the following. Pretty sure my Skyfun isn't doing 20km/s sat on my workbench...! Can anyone shed any light on this...? Is my airspeed sen
Read more…Yesterday again trouble happened with mine quad.
I soldered a magnetometer on the OilPAN
Then I uploaded the test code for compass to get offsets and everything was working well and I decided to load SuperStable code.
I switched off everything, in orde
