Hi,
I like using the ROI feature and so far have used it with the camera in a fixed position.
Now I want the Pixhawk to control the tilt angle as described here:
http://planner.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-tarot-gimbal/
All of that working to calculate the
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Tried searching and came up with nothing
I have a 3dr radio on telemetry 1, and I have a OSD on telemetry 2.
I just brought a Taranis, and I would like to be able to pump telemetry down the FrSky protocol.
Is there any way to re purpose another
Read more…CyPhy is developing a hexacopter with tilted rotors, tilted but in a fixed position:
http://www.cyphyworks.com/robots/lvl1/
This enables the LVL1 to move without tilting, so it's always level.
My question is, does a Pixhawk care about the orientation of
Read more…In a week time I more or less ruined my pixhawk by unpluggin some plugs from it (see photo). First I tried to unplug the buzzer because it really makes a deafening noise. I ended up with two loose wires. Well, the result is the same (no noise) but I
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I'm running a DFI-550 Flamewheel style hexacopter with a Pixhawk controller. I have just started running missions by arming the unit, flippimg to Auto on the TX, then raising the throttle stilck to take off. Works great!
Well the other day I
Hi, has anyone been able to solve the problem related to the loss of altitude while flying forward?.
I tried setting EKF ( enabling it) and it did not help.
It is also a problem only when it flies forward.
I have not tried autotune; could this be a p
Read more…My Pixhawk telemetry shows a lot of things, but not voltage, current and % of battery used as it does in my Ardupilot piloted quad. I did the following to check this:
- it happens in mission planner, APM planner 2, tower and droidplanner (both version
Read more…Hi, I have a quad with 4008 Tiger Motors. Have tried both 14.8 and now 22.2 v batteries. It flies really good, except I noticed in some Auto Missions it losses a lot of alttitude ( in one occasion in lost all altitude, bounced in the ground, and reco
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The same as topic... Do You do compass calibration before every flight in new place? Is necessary or only if You change configuration/soft in Your drones?
Greetings,
Kamil
Read more…It takes about 4 minutes to download 1 minute's worth of flight logs over MAVlink. Actually it should take 2 minutes per minute, but for some reason it takes twice as long. So maybe if I could get data over the USB port, it would be 1 minute per minu
Read more…Hoping someone can advise me on this: I have an Immersion RC VTX and trying to rig it up with my Minim OSD. The attached diagram (first one) shows how to do this but the difference is that Immersion RC VTX has a separate power supply input (see secon
Read more…Just my two cents.
To see what sort of power is given to the pixhawk when using the "provided" switching supply I place an oscilloscope to actually see what was going in.
Here it is:
Well I rather use a linear LDO than this. (But that is just me :-) )
Read more…GoodLuckBuy has a PX4-FLOW unit without sonar for around $52, which seems like a good buy. But what would that get me? I mean, if I hook it up to my Pixhawk, how will it improve my life?
Read more…Hoping someone can help me here. I am trying to get OSD onto the video stream from my X-5 wing. I have done some searches but can’t seem to find a wiring diagram for my specific components. I have the following:
Fatshark video camera
Immersion RC Vide
Read more…Is anyone aware of a research study conducted from off the shelf UAV (multicopters) for SAR and if a survey was conducted afterwards? (SAR Search and Rescue)
Read more…There is talk out there on the Airwaves of Jamming Signals to Drones to knock them out of Sky, I for one can't see this.
If you have a Failsafe programmed into Pixhawk to come home RTL if signal is lost or jammed from RC Radio to Copter.
Again I can't
Read more…I am planning to extend my drone with a raspberry pi for additional sensoring. The pi will have a wifi dongle on it and will be positioned near the pixhawk. Would the wifi dongle cause the pixhawk to malfunction because of the wifi signal interferenc
Read more…Hoping someone can help me here – I’m pretty sure it’s something quite simple and I tried some searches but to no avail.
I’ve already had a few successful flights with Pixhawk/Skywalker X-5 flying wing – in a park right next to my house. I decided to
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Is it or is it not possible to set a waypoint that is represented in the local frame? (for use with missions in auto mode)
I need to have them represented in the local frame as i will not have GPS position.
I am using a Pixhawk with the current PX
Read more…Hey guys,A quick question about the pixhawk. Before I buy one, I want to know if there is a way to record a guided fligh and have the pixhawk simply repeat the control inputs? For example, could I set a "record" style command and fly a route, land, t
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