Hi,
Am i correct in assuming that there is a bug with the percentage battery remaining on the mavlink (i am using andropilot) - when the battery is full it drops percentage from 100% to say 60% as an example - now when i reboot the arducopter - it sta
Read more…My Hexa-C came preassembled from 3D Robotics and my first discussion (No Connection/No Hearbeat) was finally corrected but now I have a new problem.
The copter was ordered with a pitch controlled servo platform and the the intermediate cable (red, whi
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On the attached log the arducopter appears to have lost power mid flight twice. it droped to the ground. I suspect a brownout but i am not sure.
can someone have a look and tell me if i am correct?
thanks
Damo
Read more…I was watching Leonard's discussion at Drone Con #1 and I was wondering if it would be possible to use a manual momentary switch on a separate channel perhaps 2 to invert the data in the APM to do flips and rolls? I think with practice you could get
Read more…Hi! Sorry for making so many questions, but this is our first quad and we've lots of questions. We've tried to fly in stabilize mode, but our quad is not stable. Look at this video to watch what happens:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2lzR1kuW0s
I'm t
Read more…Has anyone seen or used this frame?
http://www.rcdude.com/servlet/the-2474/Danger-Den-Skeeter-FPV/Detail
I'm tempted to pick one up, but it only shows up on this one website.
Read more…Hi guys! With our quad built, we want to program some missions, but we're not sure what do we have to do. I've already read some tutorials, but they're not clear enougth. What did you do to program your mission for the first time?
Thanks!
Read more…Hello,I have never set the declination for my location.I do not have a GPS. I have done tlog calibrations for the compass.what impact does this lack of declination entry have for me? Will it cause compass heading issues?Thanks
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I have this APM2.5 board, configured for a quad v2.9.1b and uses it regularly for a few months without any problems, until now...
The APM "hangs" all the sudden in the following manner : the blue and red diodes turn on and remain fixed and APM d
Read more…My new APM 2.5 with ArduCopter V2.9.1b connects to Mission Planner and downloads MAV data. HUD/Status does not update. Most test in terminal run, except setup|accel and test|ins fail, they halt/hang after Init Gyro. I assume this is a hardware
Read more…Does anybody have jdrones Optical Flow Sensor v1.1 working on APM2.5?
I pinouts on the sensor are different than v1.0 but I connect to the sensor to the APM using the signal names. I get the green LED, I have done the 3.3V change on the APM and Optic
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When I try to engage loiter or alt hold at about 3-4 meters above ground, the quad shoots up in the air as shown in the barometer altitude logs below. It does not drift too far out but gains about 20m of altitude immediately. There is medium wind
Read more…Is simple mode working in acro? I can use simple mode in alt hold and stab all day but when I switch to acro it stays in normal mode. I searched in the wiki and on the forum and I don't find any indication that simple mode is not supported in acro. I
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After mounting the APM in a mounting pad from hobbyking I was able to get vibrations in the Z and the X axis to within +/- 5 and +/- 3 respectively (I applied small pieces of the pad on each corner of APM on the top and bottom and the APM sits bet
Read more…at altitude 700m happened auto disarm
but at 600m has been rearmed (using mission planner)
log file attached and here:
http://forum.rcdesign.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=800343&d=1369771587
russian discussian here:
http://forum.rcdesign.ru/f123/thread23
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I had the arducopter outside my house running perfectly in simple mode. I ran in the same location for a few days with no issues with simple mode.
Tonight i drove to a new location about a mile away and when i enabled simple mode it was 90 degre
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I would like to get some high intensity strobes going on my APM 2.5 While I can handle the electronic side of things, I am a bit confused with going about the code to drive them. There appears to have been a change in code around V2.6 (ma
Read more…Hi guys!
We're setting up the PID's 'cause our quad makes very strong movements and we're trying to stabilize it.
`What does each param mean?
Thanks a lot!
Read more…Quick question, the px4 arming button doesn't seem to trigger the normal arducopter arming process. Other than changing the button flash rate what does it do and is it needed?
Thanks
Read more…One more PX4 issue. The 8 servo outputs on the IO board don't seem to be working, everything else seems fine but I am getting no output on any of the channels.
I have connected a normal servo to one of the channels for testing and I am getting nothing
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