I'm currently working on a S800 clone using a pixhawk flight controller. I could used some guidance on wiring things up.
I'm not quite sure where to get the wiring harnesses that will run from the pixhawk to the motor wiring pins on the center board.
Read more…An Antenna Tracker is a system that tracks the location of a vehicle and uses this information to aim a directional antenna.
The tracker described in this article uses the Mission Planner to determine the direction to aim the tracker using the positio
Hi Guys - my deepest apologies if this is both obvious and an old problem but its new to me and I need help.
I have been flying my Phantom 3 for a while but thought I would venture ito the DIY drone so...
I have assembled a flamewheel clone frame with
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I have a quad copter with tmotor air gear 350 combo pack esc and motors and with pixhawk 3.4.6 autopilot.
2 days ago my copter had a very strange behavior and as it was in auto mode for mapping at a turn it suddenly lost about 7-8 meters height and
Read more…This BBS was so attractive to me that I became one of them, and this was my first post, a little bit nervous, but it's ok.
According so much research, I've found out that GPS modules have so many factors that depend their performance on.
But I was init
Read more…Hello,I am new here and totally inexperienced. I have a need for a very small quad that can provide live video in a dark environment.Suggestions?Thanks
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I plan to buy a heavy lifting drone, by weight 50kg, 100kg and 200kg respectively, please recommand a proper suppler for me.
Regards
Steven
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I have a quad co-axial multi-rotor drone and crashed during loitering mode. The drone was hovering about 10 m from the ground in loiter mode and then all of a sudden ALL motors stop spinning and finally crashed.
About this drone,
- MTOW = 25 k
Read more…WiFiBroadcast is an opensource digital FPV and telemetry system.
Main features:
- 1:1 map RTP to IEEE80211 packets for minimum latency (doesn't serialize to byte steam)
- Smart FEC support (immediately yeild packet to video decoder if FEC pipeline
I am planning to design an Arduino drone with a cloverleaf antenna. Already Googled cloverleaf leaf designs and tutorials separately. But didn't find the one with Arduino boards. Is it practically possible to lump Arduino with a cloverleaf antenna?
Read more…Hello guys, I am a mechanical engineering student, for my thesis, I am working on a Survey UAV. Now it is carrying a lot of electronics (about 170watt) so it gets quite toasty inside. I wanted to go with a water cooler on the cooling block of the ele
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Hola! recientemente hice un vuelo en auto, en los parámetros hice la siguiente configuración: FAILSAFE SHORT 20 Segundos y FAILSAFE LARGE 40 Segundos. en pleno vuelo el equipo en MODO AUTO a 2,6kms de distancia en la pantalla HUD del MISSION PLANNER
Read more…hi, I'm new on the forum. and I'm also new to APM
I found this and scrooled down and found that the radio was operating at 915Mhz.; how can it transfer live video,
or maybe I'm wrong please correct me.
Read more…Hi everybody,
so I'm new on this forum, after som searching a picked this forum for help.
So I've decided to do a drone as a graduation project. Done some research already, but I'd like to get some opinions and, most importantly, advices on it.
So, unti
Hi all.
The stage we are in for manned drone development reminds me of the era that spawned Harley Davidson, Indian motorcycles etc. Seems to me that we have a lot more to work with than those fellas did 100 years ago. They were making everything fro
Read more…I am building my own drone. I bought some parts online and put them together. Then I got a problem. The ESC has 3 SIGNAL wires (ground, power and signal) but my flightcontroller board has only 2 inputs for (ground and signal) the ESC's. I still solde
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I am trying to use the Sony nex-f3 camera for aerial photography but I am struggling with the continuous triggering. Does anyone have experience with it? I am aware that the nex f3 does not support infrared triggering and I was wondering if a
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I have a project that involves needing to use a 60*50 inch propeller.
The initial rpm at sea level will be around 800rpm.
The power system used right now is the 48V power supply. (20~30amp max)
I have searched different methods but couldn't find s
Read more…Hey guys, I've been a member on this forum just hovering a bit... but now I'm close to doing a bit of travelling and ofc a drone comes into mind.
So basically my question is, can you build a relatively small DIY drone, let's say 5" or something that y
