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I was thinking, is it possible to create a small box as a "follow me beacon" that sends it's current position to an ArduPilot as "append waypoint" command. The question is, what does Ardupilot do when it reaches the last waypoint in a list without
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Need a little bit of help.
Im currently trying to make my control surface on my Rite Zephyr II such that they are flaperons. Basiclly there are four surfaces, 2 on each side and with some searching in this forum i have managed to make them wor
Read more…Trying Xplane 10 with Ardupilot 2.62 HIL
-Can connect Mission Planner with Arduplane2.62 software load (with GPS connected) and it will allow me to fly a plane with my Transmitter..everything seems to be fine except my IMU is driving the artificial ho
Hello everyoneI would like some advice on flaperons on AMP. I have my plane set up with flaperons and it works as expected in manual mode. I had to reverse RC1_REV to get the ailerons to move in the correct direction when I switch to other flight mod
Read more…Having issues with Mission Planner 1.2.11 mav 1.0 and arduplane2.62...I've run several previous versions of the Mission Planner and ArduPlane and never had any issues at all with speed..It seems to be very slow and not very responsive..I can run the
Read more…More videos of flights from last weekend as well as this weekend. I'm still working on getting things to fly nice and tight, all flight modes function and work as planned. All four of these flights were taken in fairly breezy conditions (5-10mph wind
Read more…Hello, I'm having a lot of trouble reinstalling the firmware on my chip. Every time I try to update it I get the error message "Can not detect APM Version. Please check your wiring." I don't know if this means anything but while it is trying to detec
Read more…I have an APM1.4 that I use in a bixler and never had a problem with GPS. Now all of a sudden it's not reporting any satellites. The blue light goes solid but MP reports zero satellites no matter how long I leave it plugged in. I tried 2 other GPS un
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On my first bench test I made the wrong assumption that my receiver scales the input voltage. I have a 7.4V receiver pack hooked up to the receiver that’s hooked up to the AMP2. I then connected the AMP2 to the PC through USB. Initially e
Read more…I just incorrectly answered a question recently because of some confusion about the size of the onboard dataflash of the APM 2.0. There is a lot of info out there stating it's 16MB! It's 4MB and that is a huge difference. I was wondering if a chip c
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I've been reading these forums and the wiki for a couple weeks now and decided to introduce myself. So I’m an ex electrician and am currently a systems and network engineer. I have a pretty good grasp on computers and electrical stuff. I am
I recently received my APM2 and am trying to figure out how the auto/manual mode switch is handled.
In the original Ardupilot (the atmega328 based board) this was done in separate hardware, so when the toggle/selection switch on the selection channel
Read more…Hello Drone Experts!
We've got a 900mhz 3DR telemetry air module connected to our APM2.0 telem port, and we'd like to add our MinimOSD to the system as well, however, per the manual they both want to be connected to the telem port. Can we simply add
Read more…Hi, I just recently got in an APM2.4.1. I am able to connect perfectly by the usb cable and that works fine. I'm trying to get xbee communication working and I'm running into issues there. In doing testing I've noticed something odd as well: When I p
Read more…I think my roll PID needs adjusting. Unfortunately I can't take my PC to the field so I'm hoping someone could suggest an adjustment to save me many trips in the car. :)
I'm currently using Chris' default Bixler param file. My Bixler weighs about 1.1k
Read more…I'm interested in comparing different open source autopilots such as the APM 2.5, the PX4 or any of the Paparazzis. Has anyone already done a similar comparison? Where's the best place for hardware technical information for APM 2.5 or PX4? (for exam
Read more…Hello All,
I have noticed on a recent update that arduplane has gone from version 2.4 to 2.5.
Anyone know what developments this includes?
Cheers,
Mick.
Read more…Ok for all those who have been waiting on this one - I've got the solution:
I will add more detail with screen shots and a video a bit later on - but the general gist of it is, I know there are dozens if not hundreds of people who want to get an APM i
Read more…I've filled the Camera dialogbox with information and it shows the following info:
What are the key values I need when calculating the overlap?
How do calculate what speed I need to fly to match the flightline distance to get 70% overlap? I use CHDK to
Read more…income the value of 600 m, in ALT_HOLD_RTL, this becomes 327 m, in the APM planner.
this function has a limit to altitude?
I need 600 m to cross the mountain if the signal fails
thanks ..
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