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Pixhawk on Manned Fixed Wing

I'm trying to determine feasability fo making a decent reliable camera rig for a small single engine fixed wing like a Cessna 172

I would like to use a full frame high quality camera, gimbal wouldn't be necessary.

I'm thinking there could be a way to u

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Pixhawk - Storm32 - Alexmos

Dear all,

We actually working on a mapping project, but after an unsuccessfull week of working we experimenting Yaw Drifting when Alexmos (SBGC) Gimbal Controller is connected to Pixhawk through Serial.

We'd really appreciated if any could advise how t

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Pixhawk and CHDK

Hi all,

I'm trying for the first time to use the Pixhawk to trigger a CHDK canon camera.

On internet I found several guides, some using servo outs and some using relay.

The need is to shut on while reaching a WP and (if possibile) set some camera parame

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ArduPLANE Pixhawk Cable

Hello Group,

I am trying to venture into my first mapping platform, but I am reading many mixed things!

I am using this on a aircraft platform, so my RC rails are powered by the ESC's BEC (I will also be using the power block to power the Pixhawk too)

I

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Pixhawk survey

Hi everyone, My pixhawk configured for hexacopter gets lost at waypoint 5 in survey missions. It will stop traveling and start changing altitude down and then up again before i take over the controls. It has happened twice now and has not completed a

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pixhawk auxiliary switches

I am currently working to reorganize my radio channels, functions, and switches to use all 12 channels on my Taranis.  I have run into some unexpected details.

In the Wiki channels 7/8 are referred to as auxiliary switches, however the full parameters

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Radio system choice

Dear all,

I have a hexacopter with a Pixhawk flight controller. I have decided to use an old Hitec 35Hz radio I had to control it with a PPM encoder and it does hits job, the problem is that it is too much disturbed by interference and I have risked t

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