Hi everyone:
Does anyone know how to make a "canopy" like the arducopter in the pic http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/ArduCopter2
I mean, what covers the electronics parts.
Thank you in advance
Yucong
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I have a 3s 4000mAh and a 4s 5000mAh Lipo battery and would like to try out how the flight time changes; but can I just swap the battery or do I have to recalibrate the four ESCs of my quadcopter to work with the other battery?
thanks a lot
Felix
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I have a bit of an issue with my copter. If anyone can give me some advice, I would be very grateful.
I am carrying a payload of about 750gram. This includes a GoPro, AV transmitter and bat pack, Xbee and landing gear. When I fly, the copter
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Can some kind person on the forum help a total newbee with the right cable plugin for a hexacopter config. I am using a seven channel futaba 6EX and R617FS receiver and need to know which cables should i attach from the receiver to the Board to ge
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Since then I've crashed a few times trying new things and made some modifications..... I've been working o
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it is possible do assign channel 9 (pan) in PL3 pin?
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I just bought an ArduCopter Kit a few weeks ago and finally assembled it. Now I have some issues communicating with the board via the APM Planner.
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I assumed that it will take the position and heading when you switched on the quad as "home"
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This is not a moan, just some small things I would like to see in the next batches of quads to make an excellent product even better.
1. In the first batch I received from JDrones, all but one of the kits had bullet connectors soldered on
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