Hey guys,
So I just received my 433 Telemetry kit from DIYD and not having much luck getting in talking/config'd. I did see that there were some issues with them in the past, but I would have thought they would have been ironed out? The radios just
Read more…Dear group,
I've finally managed to put up a complete list of components for my new hexacopter, whose main purpose is aerial videography (no jello effect, >10 minutes flight time, take winds well).
Can some kind sould tell me any obvious mismatches I'v
Read more…Dear group,
I'm trying to list the components of a custom build hexacopter that would aim at:
Using ecalc [1] I've tri
Read more…Hi Guys,
Is it possible to connect the pwm RSSI output from a Frsky RX to a APM 2.5 running Arducopter 2.8.1 ?
Matt
Read more…Hello,
I am just getting started with an arducopter controlled quadcopter and I am having some problems with altitude readings.
When I try switching into altitude hold mode the quadcopter drops to ground level and then when I switch out it returns to i
Read more…To start off, Hello everyone. I am new to the community (although far from new to assembling/hacking electronics) and have purchased and assembled a 3DR Hexa with the uBlox GPS and 880 motors. The main problem I am having (among others) at the mome
Read more…Hi all,
Following on from the GPS tracking thread, there is a good open source tracking project that will do essentially what we're after and more.
It can install on any smartphone and can be used to tell the objects location, bu
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I had a crash today during a mission.
I ran the mission once without any problems and flew the battery empty (thats log 1). Later I tried to do the exact same thing with a new battery and the mission started ok towards the first waypoint, but after
Read more…being a bit new to working with my Quad and updating my APM 1 board i am lost as how to update it it with a "param" file. I have assembled y new Quad frame that i purchased from Diy Drones and they have a param file that has been used with this Quad.
Read more…So I trawled through the forums and there are a few posts about applying loctite to the prop screws, both for and against.
I was trying to avoid doing this just for ease. When going through my pre-flight checklist today both of the CW props came off.
Read more…Hi guys,
For the past couple of months, I've been helping a friend with his APM 2.5 and APM 2.0 equipped octos and hexas and we haven't had success with getting rid of the often fatal motor hiccups on both the 2 and 2.5 boards. With some bench testin
Read more…Im flying a QAV500 quadcopter for a couple months now with the apm2.5 on 2.8.1 update. I've had a lot of success I think with this product, and every flight is a learning experience. Most of my problems I've found are operator error because I'm new t
Read more…Hello Sir,
I am using the APM2.5 board , and i am trying to run the MPU6000's code in an arduino project , some one can sujest me how can i use this code in my any project ,
i have tried to do it , but the code does not compile and say
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In file include
Read more…Hey All-
After weeks of frustration, I think I've had it with the APM 2.5 board/software. It's just not a reliable, stable solution for my needs. Every time the Hexa has any issue, it seems to have EVERY issue. Each problem takes dozens of hours, m
Read more…I'm not very familiar with the batteries, I have jAC2836-358, 880Kv (jdones) motors and I'm using 30amp ESC. I'm planning to have a single board computer-ie beagleboard- and a goPro like camera. (looking for ~10min flight time)
Can you suggest few bat
Read more…Can I use my wall outlet-with a proper adapter- to power the arducopter for indoor use?
Also can anyone suggest a suitable battery for AC2836-358, 880Kv? I'm planning to attach kinect or goPro like camera in the future and looking for about 10-15min f
Read more…i have a SPectrum DX7S control, my receiver is AR8000
I can not connect my receiver with the Mission Planner when making the SETUP
does not display, the control´s movements
how to solve this problem?
because I before binding and functioned normally con
Hello,
I have been reading about the simple mode with great interest. I wonder how I could use it in order to obtain full pan control on my octocopter (http://vimeo.com/52748327). I would like to control the octo in simple mode, while a camera guy co
Read more…My APM2 works fine connecting to windows and linux systems. I can read and write data to the serial port just fine. But, when I connect it to a machine running Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.8, it doesn't work properly.The Arduino Mega 2560 device appears, and
Read more…Hi All-
I've been having trouble installing the Arduino Mega 2560.INF driver on a new windows 8 machine. This is the error message:
"The third-party INF does not contain digital signature information".
Does anyone know how to overcome this? Does the M
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