Hi everyone,
I've been flying with a Pixhawk for a little while and probably getting away with the minimum amount of knowledge required to make it work.#
After a recent crash (which involved the Pixhawk) due to a lack of elevator authority (see the DIY
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I'm attempting to use the Serial 4/5 Port of Pixhawk to connect to it a device that outputs NMEA sentences, but is not a GPS, is a Garmin Sonar.
I want to know if there is a way to read these sentences in Mission Planner in real time.
I
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By changing to any mode the Pixhawk turn the engine off even in flight.
help solve this issue! I'm getting crazy trying to change parameter
Last Log Link
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxkUT5XQv9OzRndPN3luLWtCX0E
Thanks
Read more…Ok I'm testing the learn mode by sitting in my house and using mission planner to readback the waypoints. Switching to learn mode and toggling the learn switch (ch 6) doesn't appear to do anything. I use Read WP to load the way points from the PixHaw
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Can you guys help with any refernce to pixhawk and pixraptor datasheet??
We need it to modify them for our planes. Thanks in advance!!
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Is there a way to set the time on Pixhawk when using telemetry? I know that once Pixhawk acquires a solid GPS lock the time is set based on the given location. But if I want to see the actual time of Pixhawk for me to either change it
Read more…I found an old MediaTek MT3329 GPS (v13?, v1.3?) that i had laying around. I am curious to know if anyone knows if this will work with a Pixhawk before I start cutting apart wiring harnesses and soldering bits to things. Im sure its not as good as th
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Built a quad frame and it was flying well on the test flights. I then completed a few missions with mission planner. On the last one I came into land flipped from Auto to Loiter to take over and land. I got 3 feet off the ground and it start
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I am trying to flight DJI S900 with PIXHAWK, but I have serious problem. RC controller is Futaba T18SZ. When I tried to take the drone off, it did not take off straightly, it leaned to the right side. However, once it took off (
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I have recently set up a Pixhawk on a quad and the second time around a waypoint mission wanted to bring it down early in case the battery was close to being low. Just as I was switching to STABILISE mode it lost altitude and despite giving a full
Read more…Most quadcopters have motors where the propeller is situated on top and the motors pull air down and through. I am interested in building a quadcopter with the motors above the propellers. Is this simply a matter of building a frame with appropriate
Read more…Hi, I'm a bit confused by the options to run servos at 7.4V on a Pixhawk.
This warning appears on the page http://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/common-powering-the-pixhawk.html#powering-backup-off-the-servo-rail
and confirms you can do it, but doesn't offer
Read more…I'm building a 300 gram drone with a mini pixhawk.
We are ristricted to use 2.4 Ghz in our region
Ground control from mobile device needs to be in the spectrum of 2.4
Video transmitter should be also in the spectrum of 2.4
Naturally the video will disr
Read more…I have been working with my MinimOSD recently, and when I hooked this up to my monitor, I receive the data but no video. I have checked the video wire from the OSD to the camera, but this had no effect. I have gone through my configurations on the Mi
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This is my first build with a Pixhawk.
I have my Frsky receiver bound with telemetry and chans 9 to 16 available.
My question is can I get access to these higher chans in mission planner, if so how?
I have noticed if I set say RTL in extende
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I'm a relatively new Pixhawk pilot and have been flying this flight controller for about a year and a half. Last night (flying at night to try and record bats as part of a project), I set up a test auto route for a new area and flipped the pla
Read more…Is there a best way, (secret way?) to remove the switch, buzzer and other plugs from their sockets in a Pixhawk? Pulling on the skinny little wires seems like a bad idea. I've tried leveraging a knife blade beneath the plug and then twisting...this w
Read more…Hello everybody, need help with. I have pixhawk with kit 433mhz 3DR telemetry. After my attempts to change TX Power from 11(default) to max. 20. I have weird problem with connection. Now behavior is follow: timeout goes from 28 to around 20 sec and t
Read more…I have a pixhawk board, I could upload AC3.2 firmware but then I can't connect the board to the mission planner. I tried different things: connect/disconnect GPS/compass module, tried on different USB port, even tried with separate power module but i
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I have issue with my new build Quadrocopter - at the end of "time" test - it has crashed.
The Multirotor was in Loiter mode since the begining of the test. While flying the copter was keeping position wery well - even while 360 rotation.
Suddenly (@
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