Hey,
I'm fully aware of the dangers of opening up a lipo.
I know that it might be safer to render it inert in saltwater and throw it away.
I understand that sometimes, charging a dead cell at 10mAh, might bring it back to life.
Any ideas on the best and
Read more…The following message appeared when I checked for updates. I should add, my logs are not recording.
"Update Faliled. File download does not match Hash: Geo Utility.dll"
What should I do?
This is my second APM and it is getting very frustrating. I did
Read more…Approx. every 10 seconds my quadcopter will slight twitch/Pulse during my test flights. I am using the APM 2.6 flight controller.
Any advise, or direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Read more…I have did the Compassmot on my hexacopter last year, but 3DRobotics support said the following for my quadcopter that I have just completed and ready to test.
Hello Dan.
Glad everything is fine now!
A quick note, we have reports that the Compassmot is
i am trying to build the hardware itself .... as of now i have a i2c based mpu9150 only... i'm planning on buying the other sensors soon and maybe make a sensor sheild !! i have tried uploading the firmware from the mission planner to the arduino meg
Read more…I went to Mot_Spin_Armed and set it to 0. When I arm and flipped my assigned safety switch on the TX to"On", all four motors will spin. After raising the throttle, and lowering it back to zero, I may have three out of the four motors continue to sp
Read more…I have to choose props for this motors; They are for a Tarot 650 cuad for FPV (expect 1.5-2 kgs) and 6s batteries (two 3s in series) ¿What do you think about this props 15.5**5.5 http://www.foxtechfpv.com/1555-carbon-fiber-propeller-cwccw-p-542.html
Read more…I was having APM 2.5 with my quadrotor. But it fall on the ground and its one motor is damaged. I am trying to stabilize it after loosing its one rotor. It is possible to fly it (a little bit) using auto tuned APM2.6.
Read more…Looks like it was an Iris, the guy sure played it cool
"When police arrived, Mears claimed the man was taking inappropriate pictures of people sunbathing on the beach and that he had assaulted her. But after the pilot showed the surreptitiously captur
Read more…I built an APM 2.5 and had very little problems, but on my APM 2.6 I am not able to get my PC to recognize Arduino Mega 2560. I downloaded the zip file and extracted it. Then I went to "Other Devices" and scanned, but no luck. I do not see the Ard
Read more…Dear all,
I was wondering how the copter will behave when changing between modes. I mean will it be a time gap that the copter will behave unexpectedly when switching from mode to another.
advanced Thx for your help
Read more…We are a project group at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. We are aiming to make an autonomous quad-copter using APM 2.5 and the Arducopter firmware. However we are new to Multi-copters and personally, reading heavy terms like AHRS and Mavlink
Read more…Hi,
This is my third APM (1 multicopter / 2 planes)
On the multicopter one, height keeps on increasing, from the real height (0,50 meters) by about 1 meter per minute.
I have the little foam and a piece of tape on the plastic cover as usual. This is wor
Read more…Not sure if this has been discussed, but I've conducted 6 test flights of my Y6B and after running for 10 minutes in Loiter each flight I've felt the motors and observed the upper motors are relatively cool and the lower ones hot enough to fry eggs o
Read more…I've just about gotten this Arducopter setup figured out and finished but I am having an issue with the throttle. When I first setup my APM 2.6 and calibrated my ESC's I was able to give the motor throttle and it would act like a normal motor. There
Read more…Hello Everyone,
I just recently purchased the APM 2.6 Set and want to use my Spektrum DX7 Radio and an AR6200 Receiver. I will be using the two on a Quadcopter with Arducopter and I was wondering if there was anyone with experience using this setup or
Read more…I have never had a flip with my APM 2.6 but last flight landing was a little weird.
Hi! I have a small question about best way to control (get telemetry and send wp & routes) Arducopter using Raspberry Pi.
I have Raspberry Pi B and Arducopter onboard on my quadcopter linked by usb-cable.
I did read those topics
Read more…First, let me say that I am a novice. I have been flying APM quads for a little over a year starting with a 3DR quad. I am now on my 5th APM based quad and keep having a similar situation cause me to crash. I don't know whether it is an equipment pro
Read more…I rarely fly in LOITER but when I do and I fly all is good, slow but good.
Stopping is a different story, when I stop the craft kinda bounces around like on a rubber band back and forth.
I was not really worried about it but with the upcoming HYBRID mo
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