Recently I've been having an issue with Mission Planner 1.2.80 and now with 1.281. Whenever I try to connect via USB or radio to the APM a dialogue box pops up that steals focus. The problem is that it's a large vertical transparent box over the midd
Read more…Today I did a maiden flight of a Droidworx SkyJib that I built with an APM. It's an octocopter in coax configuration using Tiger 4014 motors and 14 inch props. With batteries it weighs 5.8Kg.
Upon take off it swung back and forth in what I think peopl
Read more…I've asked this same question over at multirotorforums.com given everyone there seem to be flying high end commercial gear, but I'd like to hear from the DIY side as well.
Any opinions on using APM2.5 or the PX4 as a flight controller for a commercial
Read more…I'm considering purchasing a Droidworx copter to do aerial photography. I love my 3DR quad and hex but I think it's time to move up to something purpose built for photography.
So now I have to make a decision about flight controllers and the only expe
Read more…I thought I'd sex up my new 3DR Hex with some LED strips. I connected a JDrones IO board to a Y cable coming off the telemetry port of the APM and after hooking it up as per this diagram it seems to be working as expected.
However, when it's connected
Read more…I've never been able to get geofencing to work. I was hoping that in ver 1.29 just released it might work but I've just tested at the field and I can't get it to work. I'm using a stock 3DR quad with APM 2.51 board.
Also, I seem to remember a dedicate
Read more…I decided to go for an early morning flight with my 3DR quad this morning to try for a few shots of kangaroos. Well, on the first attempt I got a bit too close and crashed. But the footage after it crashed is just fantastic. I couldn't have scripted
Read more…I've been searching through the forum looking for information on insurance, specifically public liability, and have found some interesting information but nothing specific. I hate to bring up the topic but I'd like to do some aerial video of building
Read more…I've been searching around for information on how to work with logs to generate all the sexy graphs I see people producing of their flights etc. I'm sure there would be some tutorials here somewhere but I haven't had much luck. Otherwise, if someone
Read more…Is it possible to configure failsafe with a Specktrum DX6i?
I did the binding process with the transmitter set as it would be for RTL mode but when I turn the transmitter off as a test Mission Planner tells me the mode has switched to 'loiter'. I actu
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