Seeing the AR Parrot drone sparked interest for me in the field of POV flying and even UAV drones, and so searching around a bit, I found this site.
I am making my UAV using the Ardu Pilot Megga, so far so good, I am looking to by a nice Video camera for the aircraft, does anyone know of a great system that works well?
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I am going to build my own quad. But i need alot of basic information, which i can not find.
I know there is alot of info, but i need really basic information. I do not know anything about which ampere on esc and which motor i should choose and so on
Read more…Hello to all DIY Drones members! I'm fairly new to the UAV sphere but am actively working on expanding my knowledge base. Before I shoot with my question, I'd like to congratulate everyone on this amazing mecca of information.
I'd like to ask those o
Actually Im wornking on 4 TNY Plush 30A mods! but I have a question for someone who wanna help me in this... Im trying to desolder the voltage regulators but i think my technique is not working... I applied heat with the soldering iron on top of them
Read more…I see from the UAVDevBoard detail that it is capable of controlling three servos and although further servos can be used they have to go via the radio.
Looking at the datasheet of the dsPIC30f4011 is there not the facility to have more than three auto
Read more…I'm trying to get the ArduPilot Mega running but I've got this weird IMU output:
What I've done
- uploaded the ArduPilotMega Beta 1.0 firmware
Is it possible to toggle from manual mode to stabilize mode without the usage of a RC?
I am thinking of using Microsoft Visual studio to do the job. Modifying the program so that example F1 is pressed, the plane will toggle from manual mode to stabil
Hi,
I use the word bug loosely here, it may be intentional or a limitation of something.
Setup:
Futaaba Fasst radio (FG8) , Easy star, Ardupilot 2.7.1 with IMU (no thermos) Bloxx GPS.
Nothing fancy in the config at all, I'm a beginner, a few PID tunin
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'Been trying to find out what the maximum payload given the current configuration (i.e., motor, esc, rotor size combination among others) of the pre-order kits being sold by diydrones and fahpah. There were posts indicating 1300+g, so conside
After spending many months tracking down all possible sources of error, I have come to the conclusion that the velocity and position reported by the UBlox LEA5H are not correct for the time reported by the module, but actually from many milliseconds
Read more…May I first say how indebted I am to the DIY Drones Team for writing the code for the Ardupilot.
Whilst v2.6 worked well on my Easystar when I tried v2.7 I got servo 'twitching' in stabilze mode. Jason thought that this was due to the amount of proce
Read more…I have been trying to upload the code to my ardupilot board. I am using both an imu and a shield but everytime i try to upload the code it makes me restart my computer before the code is done uploading. i have been able to load the code on both the
Read more…I have connected the ublox in U-Center and in the View>Binary console it gives me the pasted text below. When I connect to Google Earth I do not get a fix or anything. When I connect GPS to APM, the oilpan lights do not even show GPS status. Please l
Read more…We are a bunch of college students in our pre-final year from India trying to build a Quad from cheap parts with the following
Can we use the latest arduino boards for the construction of hexacpoters. Please help me with this topic..
Read more…I was wondering if there is a way to wire in 2 LEDs to the IN/OUT ports of the DIYDRONES basic breakout (I use GPS cable so holes are open) in order to see there is communication on GPS without looking at GCS?? Please let me know the procedure if it
Read more…This is my first time setting up the APM and Oilpan...
I have an Airtronics RDS8000 2.4 radio and 8 channel reciever connected to the APM IMU.
I have loaded AutoPilotMega Beta 1.0 code onto it.
When I go through the setup CLI, I can setup my 4 channel
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