The Hexa flies well with all default setting except rate roll which had to be reduced to 0.110 to stop it oscillating.
When I switch on altitude hold the hexa climbs and keeps climbing.
I have reduced rate roll in 0.01 stages from 0.11 to 0.06 while
Read more…This morning I downloaded Mission Planner 1.2.5. Under the Com and Baud boxes is a hidden drop down box for Arduplane, Arducopter2, and Ardurover. When I clicked on it came up as Arduplane. Would having Arduplane set in the box effect what Arducopter
Read more…According to the "Arducopter 2.7 Released!" thread the 1280 is "out of program space".
Is it possible for the development team to produce a final cut down version of 2.7 firmware that would fit the 1280 board?
Perhaps cutting out some of the less pop
Read more…There are a lot of videos of well build and tuned quads out there.
There are a lot of videos of quads failing to take off or crashing.
Has anyone seen a video that shows the process of tuning a quad from start to finish?
The reason I ask is that I can
Read more…Can someone tell me what the 1.x means in the title of this forum?
Is it firmware or frame related or something else?
I assumed it was firmware related and that this forum would have died by now.
The reason I ask is that there are 6 question in the firs
Read more…When I try to connect using mission planner versions 1.1.51 & 1.1.52 I get a "No Heartbeat Packets Received" box after the time out.
I don't have this problem with 1.1.50, have I missed something.
I am using Windows Xp if that makes a difference.
Read more…I loaded Ardupirates r627 (with default settings) on my Hexa with a XL-EZ4 sonar and the Alt Hold was rock solid. No tuning was required and it didn't seem to matter what size battery was slung underneath it.
I have now load AC2.4.1 with a XL-EZ0 son
Read more…I have loaded FW 2.3 and my quad is flying ok.
My next step is to connect channels 6 & 7 and try tuning it for the first time.
While looking at what options were available I found that there are two RTL settings.
What is the difference between the flig
Read more…I have an XL-Maxsonar EZ4 that was the recommended sonar for Ardupirates.
Arducopters recommended sonar is the XL-Maxsonar EZ0.
I know the beam pattern is different between the EZ0 & EZ4 but is that all?
If I pick " XL-Maxsonar EZ0 " in the mission p
Read more…At the moment I am using Ardupirates r627 firmware and wondered if AC 2.0.55 Alt_hold is now a reliable alternative?
I know that 2.0.55 has more flight modes etc than r627 but after reading some of the threads in this forum I would like some reassura
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