Hi, this is my first time posting in the DIY Drones forum, but I have been a previous user of Ardupilot based drones.
I've been working on an open source project called the Thanics Halo drone, and I'm looking to see if electronics/drone/programming ho
Read more…Hi all, bebop 2 in a great drone. It's specs are truly impressive especially with the current price tag. But it has one substantial downside. It's not foldable. after numerous searches on the web I came up with 0 solutions or ideas. As I'm not a dron
Read more…Which software is able to display large point cloud datasets?
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I am wanting to build a fully DIY drone. I have an Arduino Uno and an Arduino Nano microcontroller, which I can use to write my own flight controller. I'm trying to keep this low budget for educational purposes. After I get a better unders
Read more…Hi I recently brought a DIY quadcopter drone of amazon and put it together and can't seem to get it to take off I was wondering if any one had any idea to why this is happening I would greatly appreciate it also I was wondering about the propellers i
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I am building a dual propulsion boat with PixhawkV1 ArduRover 3.1.1. SkidSteering INPUT = 1 SkidSteering Output = 0
I have my Failsafes (Radio/Battery/GeoFence/GCS) set to HOLD Mode, I was reading the documentation of HOLD mode there is a
I bought 3.3 volt external compass QMC5883L and add its library on Arducopter version 3.2.1
my hardware is APM 1.0, and driver header files located at here however when edit config.h and ArduCopter.pde to make instant of driver, in calibration process
Starting since a few weeks ago, I have been trying to calibrate my compasses and an unexpected error has popped up every time. I have tried this calibration on 3 different computers and 4 different types of pixhawk. So I am presuming it is a Mission
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I would like to ask if there is any difference in position (lat and long) in frames GLOBAL_POSITION_INT_COV and GLOBAL_POSITION_INT. Is difference only in Covariance matrix?
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I am looking for recommendations for distance sensor for quadcopters. I want to measure the altitude of the quad. I have used a Lidar Lite v3 and Maxbotix EZ4 sonar before. Looking for other options since Lidar Lite's performance is great but i
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Do you have a creative application for the TFmini/TF02/CE30 LiDAR? Are you interested in winning one free LiDAR unit provided by Benewake by completing a Questionaire and upload your real application picture and videos on
Read more…I purchased Mateksys micro PDB. I wish to know if it is compatible with Pixhawk.
To power up the Pixhawk, a 6-pin wire is used to connect the Pixhawk to the power module. In Mateksys PDB there is a 5V supply with only 2 pins, power and ground. So d
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I’m developing an autopilot on MyRIO board and I’m wondering if i could implement MAVLink mission compatibility to support GCS apps like QGroundControl, APM Planner, …
Thanks in advance,
So I am starting to think the Pixhawk 2.1 is simply not reliable or ArduCopter is still not stable on them. I so badly want to like them but every build I do with one there is some problem or another.
Here is the deal. I am building 2 identical drones
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On my Wing Wing z84 I use an APM 2.8 with Arduplane 3.4. I know this is archaic hardware and software. But I have it laying around so why not use it.
I have performed an extended autotune flight and I am pretty happy with the results. As far
Read more…I have calibrated ESC on all motors, but to do so I had to swap the esc signal wires top (1-6) for bottom (7-12). I'm connected to 1-6 main and aux. Only the main seem to be working, but all motors and escs work fine. My Autostart code is set to 2400
Read more…After reading the following paper, I would appreciate some help understanding what "Blade Flapping" means.
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/33833/1/33833.pdf
Is this something that we have no control over? Are commercially available props designed to flap or
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Please does anyone know how to get the DataFlash log from the SITL simulator ??
Thank you in advance
Read more…I am trying to figure out what are the internals of the LaserWorks (Boblov) LE-032 700M Laser Range Finder as far as laser-module used. Also, how does it compare with the LightWare SF11/C (120 meter) module?
Are they two totally different animals?
Als
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