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Immersion Vortex 285mm, DJI Flame Wheel Frame DIY Quad for sale

Whats up guys.  So i have up for grabs a ton of stuff that i don't have the time for anymore.  I truly enjoyed tinkering and building drones, after starting a family however, time is something that is hard to come by now, therefore all of it must go.

APM 2.8 Crash

Guys need a help.
I have a quad, runs APM V3.2.1
Multistar 15A ESC
Multistar 2212-920 motors
9450 Propellers
5500mAh 35c 3s battery

Drone video quality help

Hi,

I am recording video from my drone but not sure what is happening with the video quality.

Here's some of my test footage - http://sendvid.com/9l6p1ohe

Notice the wavy lines and distortion. What could be the reason for this?

Any help is much appreciat

APM Grid Algorithm

Hi everyone!

My name is Alfredo, and I'm trying to re-create the Survey Grid from Misson Planner to an Android App which is capable to make a flight plan and mount a SmartPhone as flight controller of a Fixed Wing Frame.

Right now I was able to pass th

Having issues with Dronebase.it - anyone else manage to get them to reply?

Quick backstory:

I run a UAV company that creates bespoke UAVs to do a number of tasks in the oil and gas industry. We needed a temporary video/telemetry solution while ours was in development. After a lot of searching, I found Dronebase.it was sellin

Intro and drone build questions

So I decide to build a drone from scratch for aerial photography after watching YouTube videos showing iceland. I've started the research and process of building a drone. I understand the process of how most parts of the drone interface with the flig

Recieving RC signal to Raspberry Pi Zero W

I am working on a project to build a quadrotor using RPi Zero W as flight controller. It has 2 main parts.

1) Recieving RC signal (FS-R6B AFHDS 2.4GHz)

2) Feeding that signal to 4 ESCs(12A Emax BLHeli) then to Brushless motors(2300kv ReadytoSky)

I am un

Accessing Gazebo Camera Using Application Outside ROS

Gps(back to base)

Hi..im a new member here..i want to build an rc boat.can i use apm2.8 for autopilot?? When i turn off my remote or loose my signal i want boat come back thank you

multiwii megaPirate, Naze32... vs...?

Greetings,

We are very new to the diy drone world, but are neck-deep already.  We had actually already purchased a Crius v2 AIO when it failed to arrive sparking further research into which FC is considered 'king' at this point.

Can someone please give

Flight log

Does any one have a detail document that must contain all the parameters which is present in flight log of mission planner ?

Walkera G-3DH and Pixhawk.

Uneven servo outputs APM 3.2

Hello All! This is my first question here. I have built a new quadcopter using s500 frame. I calibrated both accelerometer and compass using mission planner. I am having problem with the outputs coming from APM board. The problem is this;

The vehicle

Documentation on ArduCopter Dataflash Logs

Is there complete documentation on all the variables recorded in the dataflash log file? I can't seem to find any comprehensive description of the variables. All I can find is this: http://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-downloading-and-analyzing-da

Quadcopter Drifting in pos-hold after 10 minutes of flight

Hi,

I am flying with arducopter in my multicopters more than 5 years, and this is the first time I can’t solve the problem by myself.

The problem is: after 8 or 9 minutes flying in pos-hold mode, my quad start to drift in circles. And the circles are b

Stability problems using X8 as VTOL

Hi, i've been reading a lot about building an VTOL, so I decided to start with a Skywalker X8

Glued carbon tubes to the wings considering perfect GC balance and configured the flight controller (pixhawk running PX4 VTOL generic quadplane)

The results w

Thrust stand for the entire multirotor

Are there any thrust stands that evaluate the lifting capabilities of the entire multirotor, and not just one motor/prop combination? Are the thrust characteristics such as efficiency of one motor the same when it is installed in the UAV with all the

Arduino RC Plane Flight!

Hey guys,

Check out this video of my most recent Arduino based scratch built RC airplane! Right now it is manually flown (with a scratch built Arduino transmitter), but I plan on developing autopilot modes and eventually make it fully autonomous - inc

Does IR-Lock Rely on Other Sensors or Just the Pixy Cam?

Hi!

I'm wondering if the IR-Lock (for quadcopters) uses data from other sensors to estimate the quadcopter's position relative to the beacon, or if it just uses the data from the Pixy Cam?

Thanks in advance!

transmitting unformated (not RS232) data via 3DR telemetry radios

I want to send a non-RS232 type signal using the 3DR telemetry radio. No start, stop bits etc. Just bits to be reflected exactly on the other end.

They do have a format but its not the standard RS232 async format we all know and love.

I'm trying to inj