Vtrack is a high bandwidth vibration analyzer targeted at the drone developer and user. It contains a high accuracy accelerometer that detects vibration frequencies up to 15KHZ with a sample rate of 30KHZ. There is both internal SDCARD storage as wel
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I need some help!
When i put my quad in a circle of radius 0, they turn around , but fall suddenly 4 meters approx, stop turn, recovery height and continue turn.
There are any parameter to correct this drop?
Thanks.
Pd. sorry for my english!
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So, I've been trying to get my Cx-20 up in the air (reliably) for some time now.
Basically it is no longer a CX-20 aside from the frame, ESC's and the power board.
I purchased this gimbal from banggood and have been fiddling with it for a bi
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I'm hoping someone with more experience could take a quick look at the .bin file attached and provide some input on what is causing this quad to drift quickly off when it is placed in loiter mode.
This is running a modified version of 3.2.1 o
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Read more…Hi all, would I have to manually edit some code to get the APM 2.6 working with my MT3329 GPS and HMC5883 Magnetometer? I already have both (seperate boards) and would like to use them for an APM 2.6. The MT3329 has been working fine and it's updat
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I have clients that want me to shoot stills and video of yachts, out in the ocean. I'm doing one tomorrow. I'll be on the yacht and we'll b
I have two Xbee Pro 2, one with USB adapter and one with the Xtremebee adapter form Jdrones. When I connect my APM v1.4a from Jdrones and a IMU Shield/OilPan RevH V1.0 to Mission Planner, MP can not read the parameters, and the message screen show "g
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I would like to purchase either a 3DR X8+ or Y6 and control it autonomously using a ground PC and software that I write. The autonomous control includes takeoff, landing, and flight (particularly attitude control at the yaw,
Read more…I have a APM v1.4a from Jdrones and a IMU Shield/OilPan RevH V1.0.
The problem is when i connect my GPS, Mission Planner says "NO FIX" and the blue light of the GPS module is always on. I tried to go outside to get satelite signal, but nothing happens
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I changed the frame of my quadcopter and due to that the weight increased to nearly 3 kgs. During this I changed the motors and battery from 3S to 4S. Now, by the motor datasheet the copter should have enough lift to take off but with max thrott
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I'm assembling a quadcopter using APM 2.6, I have everything connected properly, I have calibrated the ESC one by one, and setup the APM using the wizard on mission planner, also I tested the motors one by one and everything looks to be fine, ho
Hi, Why should I calibrate the accelerometer before every use? I believe I am doing something wrong.
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I posted this on drone-discuss but without any answer, so I try here again:
In an objective to georeference images, I'd like to export from a .bin log file the CAM & GPS messages with corresponding timestamps (the time that is d
I flew this summer repeatedly with my X8 setup with two GPS : a 3DR LEA6H and a M8N-XL (Drotek):
Browsing though the log files I was amazed how better the M8N-XL performed vs the smaller 3DR LEA6H. I selected random one of those flight logs to show
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at the moment im embarking on a project to build a profesiional Ground station unit for the Pixhawk.
the idea is to use a COFDM IP brodge with has both an RJ-45 connection and an RS232 port.
the Rj-45 Connection will be used to communicate wit
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Need some help. I'm using APM 2.7 board with ArduCopter 3.1.5 firmware on a quad copter. When I plan a mission and fly in auto mode, it takes off properly. But it is not proceeding to the second way point. It maintains the same position th
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I want to mount a Raspberry Pi and a camera module on my ArduCopter powered drone and have computer vision guide the drone's movement. Flying will be perform indoors so GPS isn't an option.
I'd like my computer vision code to look for a
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