Hello,
I am going on a trip down to the Sarasota/Tampa area of Florida.
There must be a huge number of drone clubs, groups, meet-ups, and flying locations. I'm having trouble locating these groups unfortunately.
Can you guys please help me get in contac
Read more…Hi,
I'm a newbie in this hobby.
When I'm connecting my quanum (APM2.5) to the Mission Planner, a notification about a new firmware version pops up.
Till now I didn't update it (I saw a lot of reviews describing problems with updated versions).
3 question
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is it possible to update this GPS from 3DR Robotics through the APM 2.5 to newer firmware ?
I expect to have more SAT's 3D fixed after that. Will this work?
I suppose I will have access to GLONASS / Galileo SAT's after the update, right or wr
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http://www.foxla.com/news/local-news/13065821-story
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif (FOX 11 / CNS) - A man who allegedly flew a drone in a manner that forced a Los Angeles police helicopter pilot to take evasive action above Hollywood was facing possible prosec
Read more…My laptop is dead; i5 HP 17". The family is tired of me borrowing theirs. After using Tower for the last several weeks and discovering "issues", I decided to go back to lugging around a laptop or making a portable version GCS so I can use Mission Pla
Read more…Like the title says i am getting negative altitudes trying to fly my APM 2.5 hexa. I admit it has taken a few hits in the past but the problem appeared suddenly after successfully flying it the day before.
I had similar problem in the past but after r
Read more…Hi,
after a crash (beginner) I fixed a few broken things.
I also flash the APM 2.5 new because I changed too much parameters.
All mandatory things and settings and calibration done.
Now, during my first test flights I observe a strange behavior.
The Copte
Read more…Does anyone know what WPNAV_LOIT_JERK is?http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/arducopter-parameters/#wpnav__parametersThe only description there is, "Loiter maximum jerk in cm/s/s/s"As a follow up, why are the following Params prefixed with "WPNAV" ?Base
Read more…Sometimes if you are flying FPV someone else powers up on the same channel.
The channel on an immersion transmitter is just a bunch of dip switches, anyone tried wiring these up to their APM so that you can change channels remotely?
Sound like a good/b
Hi,
I share hereunder what worked for me to get a succesfully working dronekit python on windows; I indeed could not have anything work with the so-called windows installer (an .exe file that is supposed to install everything automatically on your win
Read more…Tricopter: throttle not responding
I cannot get the throttle to work in any of the manual flight modes. Its fly fine before upgrading to 3.2
Will Arm and with small movement of the stick goes to about 2/3rd throttle, and sounds like it slowly creeps
I've put together a test stand for my 450 class quadcopter running APM 2.6/Arducopter 3.2. After a recent crash where my quad suddenly fell out of the sky, I want to run some tests on the stand, keeping most variables the same as if it were in flight
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I wanted to download the dronekit api (windows installer) from http://python.dronekit.io/guide/getting_started.html, but the link is broken. Anyone could upload it to share ?
Thx,
Hugues
Read more…This video describes the quadcopter behavior when moving up the throttle:
Quadcopter specs:
I am not using
Read more… i have some very simple questions which will also help any other newbie visiting this group.
How much aurdocopter costs?
how much payload it can carry?
Can it be used for experimental agriculture purpose e.g pesticide spray?
Can we automate it to a flig
LiPo batteries are difficult to deal and maintain, Can I use Li-ion batteries?
Read more…I followed all the instruction for APM 2.6. However after ESC calibration, 3 motors turn in one direction and 1 in reverse. How can I solve it?
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I do not knwow if I did not sleep well but can't find manual mode anymore (3.2.1). Tried on two different mission planner on two computers.
Without manual mode it is impossible to calibrate the current measurement as it is the only mode where the t
Read more…Hi all,
I just got a pixhawk to pilot my tricopter, and I'm having a few issues. For my setup, I've got pixhawk with a turnigy 9x and PPM encoder for the radio, 3DR power module, 3S battery, aftermarket 915 mhz 3DR telemetry, NEO-M8N GPS, and a q bra
Read more…Hello people; I continue discussing with my first cuad, now I change the frame, motors, props, many damping materials, balance props, motors, many calibrations, find many problems and resolve, put an ext compass, etc etc and my copter still don't wan
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