If budget was not an issue...
Which RC Transmitter/Receiver would you buy?
Obviously for a DIY Drone project...
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Lipo Drain: Is it possible to shutdown the ardupilot when lipo voltage drops too low
Hi,
I managed to destroy a lipo when testing an ardupilot. I didn't notice the ESC had powered down because the LIPO voltage had dropped too low, The ardupilot susequently drained the lipo.
I was surprised that the ESC could power down but still prov
Read more…ArduIMU v1.7 problems
Hello, I'm having problems running the 1.7 version of ArduIMU, when I first plugged the ArduIMU to the computer to see if it worked with HppyKillmore software, it worked but I think accel information was in gyro information and gyro information was i
Read more…Problem when powering on arduPilot with shield and with arduIMU
When I plug the battery in and power up arduPilot with shield and the arduIMU connected, the IMU lights rapidly flash like normal, but after they are done, the yellow led does not come on.....if I unplug the yellow wire connecting d8 on the IMU to d6
Read more…I don't know what happened to my motor....someone please help
I plugged my motor in on my Hawk sky and turn it on and it was working fine, but the prop was turning the wrong way. So I switched the two black leads and the motor was turning the right way, but then all of a sudden smoke came from out of the engine
Read more…World's Smallest Mode C Transponder
Sagetech is pleased to introduce a new transponder to be
released in the 4th quarter of 2010. Having designed the (then) world's
smallest Mode C transponder for the Insitu ScanEagle UAV, this new
design (XPST Mode S) is even smaller and uses less power.
ArduStation Hardware Different to Tutorial - Diode?
I have two very small copper/black diodes instead of the single diode shown in the wikki
I guess I only need one of them. They have a black strip instead of the white strip mentioned in the wikki.
they look like zener diodes, am i right in thinking t
Read more…I need help with GroundStation
Save friends
I'm having trouble with
GroundStation and I need your help.
It works normally, but the
information I get from Ardupilot that were once virtually online, are now with
a delay of about 10 seconds.
So much for the artificial horizon,
as for th
Quadcopter Basics
Hello All -
I'm an avionics systems maintainer in the Air Force. I'm currently stationed at Little Rock AFB in Arkansas. I'm also an electrical engineering student at one of the universities in the area. I've purchased several little RC toys which ha
Magnetometer CAL and 9DOF ArduIMU problems
I've downloaded the latest ARDUimu soruce compiled it and loaded it on the SparkFun 9DOF board.
1)The default baud rate of 57600 has a large error on an 8Mhz AVR.
(http://www.wormfood.net/avrbaudcalc.php) So I set it back to 38400
2)Either my magnetic s
IMU v2 + ArduPilot + EM406 + Print Binary??
I've been trying to follow the manual and threads concerning this config but I'm having problems. I think I have the hardware configured correctly,
I see the expected calibration/status lights and get good serial text mode readings individually from
Read more…Ardustation strange behavior
I've built my Ardustation and my Ardupilot and after a couple of tests noted that the Ardustation was not displaying the values sent from Ardupilot.
I've tested the telemetry with my PC using the Groundstation PC based and it works nicely.
So, to debu
Read more…Quick arduPilot question concerning z sensor
I am using an arduIMU, not thermopiles, so can I change this #define ENABLE_Z_SENSOR 1 to this #define ENABLE_Z_SENSOR 0 ?
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Need advanced help with Ublox
Hello, First off let me say that my Ublox is working excellent. I need some advice from an adanced Ublox setter upper. I am trying to either set up the Ublox to periodically send the NAV-TIMEUTC field (0X01,0X21)or poll it from the Aurdupilot. I wa
Read more…Some issues flying v2.6 today...
Using latest code from repository (R1003), FMA IR sensors, v1 shield, 148cm (58") span OD twin boom pusher plane, manual throttle control, #define NAV_ROLL_P .004 and all other parameters correct as far as I can see (double-checked)
FLY_BY_WIRE worked
RTL ALTITUDE
Hello
i would like to know wich altitude maintain ardupilot during the RTL mode ?
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Improving accuracy with another GPS on base-station
Is it possible to program both GPS to communicate with the same satellites?
Then calculate the difference between the two GPS data to get a better relative position of the mobile GPS?
I need to get a relative Accuracy of less then one meter...
Any othe
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2 Axis Stabilised Mount
Hi,
Forgive me if this has been asked before but i have spent a couple of weeks researching and reading the forums.
I am looking at the KT-ArduIMU-20"">ArduIMU+ V2 (Flat) and notice that there are 2 servo out pins, not sure whether there are any rx sig
xbee between advantage of range and disadvantge of accuracy
xbee is good choice for connect to device (uav and ground station) since uav need wide range .\
but do you think is good choice since uav need accurate signal to control wings and motors
