I have the basic waypoint point to point flight and understanding down pretty well.
Its just I cant land on its own because it lands and bounces, but never shuts off motors.
Just wondering is there any way to get the auto land to actually land and shut
Read more…Wondering if you need this on when using loiter for it to actually use the GPS?
It was disabled so I turned it on, I do have a GPS on it.
I know the GPS was working without it because I have used RTL and Auto, does anyone know exactly when this needs o
Read more…I noticed that the GPS, latest Mediatek GPS 2 weeks old locks on indoors without delay.
So I took it to the garage and set it between 2 cars and doors closed and still it immediately got lock on?
I find that a little hard to be true? I have never seen
Read more…I was practicing and testing my 3DR quad on the weekend and I noticed I reach a speed over 5 m/s which is about 12 mph. I was going at a good clip especially from my ground level view. :)
I understand speed has many variables such as motors, weight, b
Read more…Is it possible to configure failsafe with a Specktrum DX6i?
I did the binding process with the transmitter set as it would be for RTL mode but when I turn the transmitter off as a test Mission Planner tells me the mode has switched to 'loiter'. I actu
Read more…Hello,I am new to lipos and arducopter , looking ideas on a 2250 lipo 3S1P 65-130C , could it work?, any advice on 65-130C is it too much or is it ok?Thanks in adavance for any advice.Luis
Read more…If Im running a flight plan and my radio goes out of range what happens?
I assume if I had the Rx failsafe to reamin in "Auto" just continue the flight plan.
Is this correct?
Read more…I am trying to decide what Sonar to get to hlp improve auto landing
But there are 5 and all say Indoor, I assume I can use outdoor too?
5 Sonars listed
http://store.diydrones.com/category_s/28.htm
Thinking on this one since the higher one is on back orde
Read more…Hi all,
finally completed my arducopter, and been able to finally test it... unfortunately only indoor and not outdoor as it was already pretty dark when I completed everything.
But I have a problem and I'm not sure it's normal give the conditions (ind
Read more…What happens ot should I say should happen at the last waypoint?
I did not tell it to land but it seemed as when it got in the waypoint circle it landed.
Also If I set the wp circle smaller will it try to get closer to the actual way point?
Ed,
Read more…Both lights were solid blue before take off.
I put it in RTL but it just went up and up, above 50 feet, I put it back in stabilize mode and was able to drop it back down. It was about 4xs above tree level so I'm sure it was above 50 feet
Any reason why
Read more…So I have flown NAZA drones and GAUI for a while.
But new to Ardu
I have an old GAUI 330x frame, Scorpion motors and GAUI ESCs
Basic question is I see from the firmware below I can upload a Quad that looks like my 330x, except the "front" is is facing
Read more…Hello everyone,After lots of reading and research I've come to you all with questions.I'm new to drones and am looking for a RTF ArduCopter to start off with. My biggest question is that would you recommend the jDrones or 3DRobotics kit for a beginne
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When i log into mission planner it always shows the magnetometer as disabled, so i enable then wirte and save then exit mission planner, go back into mission planner and its disabled again? also when i go into cli mode it says compass canno
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earlier i asked about operating a shutter at a waypoint which i have now learnt about do_servo my next question is on the 2.5 board there is a group of pinouts one of which is designated a09 which in the wiki is designated for shutter
Read more…I have an APM1 on a fully assembled ArduCopter. Never flown. Never connected. This has been sitting in the box for 2 years. MissionPlanner 1.2.16 is installed. COM4 appears when I plug into the board. The board lights up and appears alive and w
Read more…I'm trying to write code for the aircraft with vertical take-off and landing based last arduplane code, and therefore carefully reviewing code of arducopter (altitude.pde and ap_motorstri.cpp). incidentally found that the levels of the stabilizing ef
Read more…Hi,
I started this quad some time ago with the purpose of vertical photography for mapping and elevation modelling....yip, another one of those. I have some questions that I have searched for on the site and have not found answers to. Sorry if I cover
Read more…Disclaimer: I'm not sure where the best place to get help, so I've also entered the same question at: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1776457 and http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/apm-2-5-firmware-version-2-8-1-yaw-trim, sorry for th
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