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Pixhawk Autopilot to 8 (MT 3515) motors + 2 x 10Kw motors.

Hi, We need a consultant in the East Anglia area (preferably in Catfield, Norfolk) to help us connect up a Pixhawk Autopilot to 8 (MT 3515) motors + 2 x 10Kw motors. Happy to pay travel, accommodation and for time, could be weekend or week day / nigh

Pixhawk Plane V3.8.3 Takeoff throttle not at maximum

Hi and thanks in advance for your thoughts.

I have been flying Pixhawks on fixed wing aircraft for years without too much trouble.  Now I have trouble.  I am attempting autotakeoff in AUTO mode using TKOFF_THR_MINSPD = 2 m/s, TKOFF_THR_MAX = 100%,  TK

Big Endurance multicopter help needed

Can't connect GPS

Hi guys.Please help me out.I am building an APM quadcopter and I wanted to add GPS feature to it but unfortunately I can't . My GPS is neo6mv2. And I somehow can't connect it to the APM. It's outputt doesn't match with the input on APM.please let me

mRobotics Pixhawk / ESP8266 / MavESP8266 (1.1.1 firmware)

Hello,

I am currently trying to establish a UDP connection via Wi-Fi using an ESP8266 development board.

I am able to flash the software using the NodeMCU flasher, and am able to generate the PixRacer WiFi signal from the firmware and am able to connec

Topotek - Make Your Drones Smarter

Do you want your UAV to have eagle eyes? Do you want your UAV to be intelligent? Now, it’s time to know Topotek which is the most powerful optical zoom camera researcher and developer in China.

We are committed to developing optical zoom camera speci

How can I get the fix gps data from the drone kit Python?

How can I get the fix gps data from the dronekit Python?
Pixhawk and gps are connected and getting data from raspberry pi.

And is there a way to get acceleration information from the dronekit python? Or, let me know if there is a way to get acceleratio

Yaw angle be affected by motor?

I have make a drone, and I have a problem now.

My drone sometimes rotates along z-direction, I think yaw angle is incorrect when it fly. I check yaw angle and find it is affected  by motor. When I change my motors' speed, yaw angle also be changed abo

3DR X8+

 Hi, this is my first post here. I was directed here by a member on another forum. I just saw a 3DR X8+ come up for sale on a local forum and was wondering what a fair price would be of if it is worth bothering with since 3DR is not in the drone busi

Cannot connect via SBUS on mRo PIxhawk with X8R and Taranis

I have an mRo (mRobotics) pixhawk that I’ve setup but cannot get SBUS working with my frsky X8R and wanted to see if I can solicit some ideas.

Here’s what I’ve tried

Can successfully bind X8R to Taranis and confirm I can get telemetry back from RX

RX ge

Hexa unstable mid loiter

Hi guys I'm testing a hex, with a wheelbase of of 1610mm, 30 inch props, pixhawk1. I am using Lightware SF11, and IRLock for loiter, u-blox GPS.

I have tested this drone with loiter mode, and the first time it was flyable, without any issues. That was

Hi everyone. About a parachute for drone

Hi everyone.

now im making a parachute for a drone(especially for industrial) for my univ. project.

So, i'd like to ask your opinions (if you have ever used the drone parachute)

This is a simple survey\

If you don't mind, could you plz answer it?

It only

controller for device that need to keep heading steady

I'm building device that will move on water. Key thing is that device should keep setup direction (heading) steady whatever waves will move device up and down, tilt or even flip over. 

There will be one motor propelling device and two motors - left, r

Robotic Memory Hovering Drone for Domestic use

Learning Drone Hovering Application

Just Joined...so I don't know where to put this drone application/use question.

  I would like this Drone to move JUST over my property at about 20 feet in the air, and move around this 100 by 200 ft. area... by itse

APM 2.5 Auto mode issues (Compass related?)

Hello everyone

I have build a APM 2.5 quad copter so that i can do AUTO missions. But for some reason it completely does not listen to my mission and just randomly starts flying to somewhere. Even when i run the same mission twice it will fly the one

mRobotics Pixhawk / ESP8266 / MavESP8266 (1.1.1 firmware)

Hello,

I am currently trying to establish a UDP connection via Wi-Fi using an ESP8266 development board.

I am able to flash the software using the NodeMCU flasher, and am able to generate the PixRacer WiFi signal from the firmware and am able to connec

Throttle Warning and Throttle Too High

hi guys,

I'm a complete beginner with drones, so please forgive me for my basic questions.

But I've been given a project to connect an intel nuc to a dji-s900.  Everything seems to work well, except that when I try to connect using mavproxy:

mavproxy.py

high speed CCD camera

I need an inexpensive camera that can capture at 60 fps equivalent, or even better, 120.
Resolution can be as low as 320x240 and video can be in grayscale.

Something in the price range of Eachine 1000TVL but faster (in cost of resolution) would be perf

Controller design

I am new to flight controllers. Is there a way to implement my controller for attitude control of a quadcopter using pixhawk?

Pixhawk motors stop

Hi,

This is my first time I have been using a drone. I'm using a quadcopter with a pixhawk running PX4 firmware. I'm testing my drone without props connected to a power supply. When I increase the throttle the motors start spinning normally but when I