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Looking for a Custom RC Helicopter Designer

I am looking to hire someone who can build me a custom RC helicopter 

Not landing in RTL

Iam using ArduPilot firmware in my copter, sometimes in RTL mode the drone stay above home without descendind. This is a parameter issue or sensors failures?

Auro.

Are LF356N Op Amp and LF356NOPB the same?

Hi all, I bought a LM301 Op Amp after reading a detailed introduction article about this device, here's the link: LF356N datasheet. It gives me their comparison about specifications. But I found that there’s no differences between them. I’m not the e

Manned Octocopter

Hello Drone Community!

I am a couple of months into a big octocopter project and need a little bit of help. First off to describe what I’m doing: I am building an EV manned octocopter and I am hoping to make this project as open source as possible. Th

TAKEOFF WITHOUT GPS

Hi,
Im working on a autonomous drones and im using JETSON NANO and flight controller PIXHAWK .Im able to control my drone by giving rc commands on the MAVLINK terminal itself by connecting it with PIXHAWK but now i want a python code from which i can

Easy to use Egnos and RTK gnss solution - anyone interested?

Using RTK GNSS on drones has always been a bit complicated for us: the setting up process tends to be long and tedious. It also has been time consuming to validate if all the settings implemented from different forum threads offer a reliable solution

Open Source Drone Payload Project Supporting In-Flight AI

I'm leading a project to develop a completely open source system for deploying artificial intelligence and computer vision on a drone. We are trying to make the system as general purpose as possible, but one application would be supporting precision

New MAVLink packets in SITL

I create my custom MAVLink packets in AP/Mission planner, its works fine when the software runs in my Pixhawk4, but I cant make this work in SITL.

Apparently it’s like no packages exist. Is it necessary to code something in sitl?

When I open the mavlin

Looking to develop a height and distance measuring device from a beacon. Needs to be reasonably accurate for short distance--so not gps.

Hi All,

Would any of you know what avenue of technology I would look to achieve this?  I need it to go through walls.  It doesn't have to be just one beacon, it could be multiple beacons that sends signals to determine a waypoint.  

Thank you,

Barry

Recommendations for a gimbal

I am having trouble identifying which gimbals to buy/use and some advive would be appreciated.  I actually need two.  I need one gimbal to carry a Go Pro Hero 9 and one to carry a DSLR camera. I am thinking of using Ardupilot with APM planner 2.0, bu

High Data Rate RF Link?

What possibilities are there for a high data rate full duplex RF data link (video + telemetry + RC) for UAVs other than Satcom?

We can have a directional tracking antenna at the ground station but what about onboard antenna? I am not in favor of onboa

[help need] I must have missed something

Hi everyone !

I'm new in the UAV world, trying for second time to understand how an UAV fly and what's the job of every part of it (the first try what a bad timing). I had started by buying a second hand DIY drone that was in far worse state than what