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Pixracer Power Cable

Does anyone know where can I buy the power cable to connect the Pixracer power port to ACSP4 power module directly?

The cables I received with Pixracer and the ACSP4 module has one connector that can plug in properly but the other end has different st

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Lipo Battery Cut off System

The PixHawk along with Mission planner allows us to set battery thresholds and we can make a Quad or plane to do RTL, land etc. if the battery voltage drops below predefined thresholds.

I am wondering if there is an external battery cut of a system th

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Flashing Pixhawk 2.4.8

I have a Pixhawk 2.4.8 which is acting weird. When I simply plug into any USB port to power it up, it just beeps non stop.

I believe the firmware is corrupted.

Mission Planner will not connect to it so I can flash the firmware.

Is there any other progra

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GPS Module malfunction

I had purchased the PIX and discovered on maiden flight there were issues with the gps. I did not trust the module , so I removed the PIX and replaced with other , That was about 3 years ago. My question, is there anyone out there that repairs/troubl

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Iris + and Pixhawk

I have just acquired an Iris 2, and was wondering what's the latest firmware I can use on this platform, or, can it use all the latest firmware updates? Also what mods are now available for it or should I look into?

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Flying with KP-Index above 5

Hi all,

Do you have any experience flying with dangerous Kp index (above 5 I would say) WITHOUT using GPS, so in Alt Hold or Stabilize?

Is it safe to fly with strong solar storms if I exclude GPS and possibly magnetometer?

I both use APM or PX4.

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Home altitude issues

Hello - I'm currently testing my first Pixhawk hexacopter build. I attempted to fly a waypoint mission yesterday that was a huge fail. When I initiated auto takeoff the unit lifted about 3 feet, flew 6 feet forward and nosedived int the ground. I hav

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Pixhawk Parameters

Hey Guys 

I'm just starting out, so bear with me. 

I am trying to find a complete parameter list for the data Pixhawk puts into it's tlog files, specifically what each of the variable names is. I've found plenty of Pixhawk parameter lists, but none tha

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Pixhawk Stability

Hay Guys...
I am using Pixhawk with 3.3.3 quad. We use factory PID values. The first flight was in POS HOLD mode at an altitude of 7 meters. There was a slight wobble and jerk in the quad. We flew for about 4 mins. The next flight was the same POSHOL

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