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I was flying my 3DR hexacopter for the second time today. All went fine, loiter, circle, stabilize, alt hold etc. After 10 minutes I was loitering at 1-2 meters (3-6 feet) when all of a sudden the copter took off at 9-10 m/sec and cartwheeled i
Read more…Before ordering APM2, I wanted to show a young college kid how to use arducopter, but I have APM1.
Could i still use APM 1.0?
Dara
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I am trying to use my Hitec Eclipse 7 transmitter (in aircraft mode) with the APM 2.5 so that I can set the APM flight modes (e.g.: loiter, alt hold, etc) using the 3-way "flt. mode" switch in my transmitter.
I have everything connected as
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I had a quite interesting flight / crash today with APM 2.5 firmware 2.8.1 on a ArduCopter QuadCopter v1.0 Frame.
I was testing auto for the first time and made a simple flight with 5 waypoints.
Waypoint 5 is LOITER_UNLIM.
The weather were perfec
Read more…I have read many posts about safety which I definitely agree and many posts with flights near, over top and around people and buildings.The recent post about the "pilot" hitting the building and crash burn brings to the question what is a pilot?I'm n
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I want to assembly my own quadcopter and I have been seeing which parts are the better for my requirements but I don't know which battery I should use. I have seen the next
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__10286__Turnigy_5800mAh_3S_25C_L
A few days ago, I had a perfectly functioning heavy-lift Hexa drone from 3DR. Now I have an awkward paperweight. This is VERY frustrating and I'm beginning to wonder if the APM 2.5 board is really the best choice for flight control.
It all started t
Read more…After calibrating the ESCs on my copter, I cannot communicate between my Laptop and the APM1 board. I have tried 3 PC's so far.
When I try and upload the firmware to the copter I get the folling message: Upload succeeded, but verify failed: exp 0 got
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I just purchased a 3DR quadcopter kit, and I've been able to put together the frame and most of the electronics. I have some questions regarding the connections between the ArduPilot 2.5 and my receiver.
Hey All-
My Hexa APM 2.5 board seems to be connected to my PC just fine via USB cable. I can make adjustments, see data, etc... Everything seems normal... Until I try to update the firmware on the APM 2.5 board. At that point the connection is broken
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I just discover JD-IOboard that look bot very powerful and cheap but i have doubt how to connect if you have telemetry port busy from 3dRadio ... on i2c port? need sw personalization? or just plug and play?
tks
stefano
Read more…I'am having some serious problems with my JDrones Arducopter during takeoff.
I cannot get the Quad to just hover in one spot during takeoff, it always wants to go off in a particular direction, like it has a mind of its own. I have balanced props, ba
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I'm flying a 3DR Hexa with a Spektrum DX7s radio, and all is going great (Lot's of successful flights, some decent loiter in pretty high wind....) I'm interested in triggering an extra servo onboard the Hexa using the radio, but I can't see
Read more…Hi everyone! I have been using the APM for a while now and I am generally pleased with it. I have just picked up an APM2.5 and I need to modify the firmware. Can you please help me understand what I need to do? Is it as simple as downloading ArduCopt
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My team has a bone stock 3DR Quad-C with APM 2.5. We have successfully flown it after assembly but have recently had brownout problems and gyro problems. While hovering 3 or 4 feet, the motors suddenly die out and it falls flat hard.
My Futaba has a reduced power output function intended for range checks.
On a regular copter/airplane this would be simple, just keep walking backwards wiggling the sticks an make note when the rudder movements cease or become erratic. Since my hexac
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I am totally new to Quadcopters, i am working on a project to build this , I am using HobbyWing SkyWalker 40A esc ST2212 brushless motor and a 2200mAh 20C lipo battery, i have purchased the APM 2.5 kit ,
Now for my first experiment i
I bought six 20A esc from rctimer , but one of them burned and I just got a Turnigy esc with the same characteristics. What problems could I have if I used one Turnigy esc and five rctimer?
Read more…I purchased a hexacopter kit from 3DR in May – right before the APM 2 was released. Nonetheless, I have had great success with the APM 1 and enjoy flying the hexacopter. I'm currently running 2.7.3, planning to update to 2.8.1 soon. The 3DR/DIY Drone
Read more…Hello. I am following the wiki to calibrate the ESCs for my ArduCopter hexa ready to fly version that arrived this week (http://www.udrones.com/product_p/achrtf1.htm). It has firmware "ArduCopter V2.8.1" from the Mission Planner 1.2.14 mav 1.0.
So fa
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