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Interested hobbyist
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Just started with UAV's. Have previous experience with RC planes boats, Helis and Pyrotechnics. Confident amateur with electronics. Coding is my weak point so would like to learn a little more about that.
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"Hi Kristan
No I am just at the beginning of all of this and with a one year old I don;t get much time to indulge my hobbies perhaps one day!
Alastair"
No I am just at the beginning of all of this and with a one year old I don;t get much time to indulge my hobbies perhaps one day!
Alastair"
"Hi Kristan
the Floorink site is great what a fantastic Idea some times I am just amazed just how creative some people are.
Alastair"
the Floorink site is great what a fantastic Idea some times I am just amazed just how creative some people are.
Alastair"
Has anyone else seen this? http://www.e-volo.com/Home.html It was in the Elektor newsletter. The Multicopter has 16 motors which to be frank look like larger RC brushless motors. I want one!
"Cheers Jason for all you have done! I ve got a beautiful ten month old boy myself and I know what you mean. Great to know a little more about you.
Seems SF is the place to be my brother has just migrated out there to try rub solders with others in…"
Seems SF is the place to be my brother has just migrated out there to try rub solders with others in…"
"Pieter Awesome! Now I see the spider I am just starting in CNC And I wanted to do similar things with CF, I have just got a Roland engraver that should do me for now. Just tryng to get my head around the Proprietary Roland software. What machine are…"
"Hi
I replied last night but it seems to have been lost when I edited it.
To cut a long story short I would like to see more mode positions in the SW. currently we have 6 starting at 1165us to 1815us with a separation of 130us.
I was setting up…"
I replied last night but it seems to have been lost when I edited it.
To cut a long story short I would like to see more mode positions in the SW. currently we have 6 starting at 1165us to 1815us with a separation of 130us.
I was setting up…"
Hi All This was a real head scratcher for me, so hopefully this will help others. I have had this radio for 4 years now but never used it as it was so complicated. I decided to RTFM which honestly just confused me the futaba manuals have never been…
"Hi Chris
Thanks for you answer, I have tried uploading various bootloaders including the only one that says 2560 in the stk500v2 folder. Below is a snip from my screen of the bootloaders in the Atmega folder which one do you use.
Normally I…"
Thanks for you answer, I have tried uploading various bootloaders including the only one that says 2560 in the stk500v2 folder. Below is a snip from my screen of the bootloaders in the Atmega folder which one do you use.
Normally I…"
Hi AllWhat bootloader should I be using for a 2560, I just changed the processor chip on my APM from a 1280 to a 2560.Alastair
"Hi All
I changed out the 1280 chop for a 2560 last night, but it wont load the code using the Mission Planner. I think it needs a bootloader. I have tried using Aurduino but get errors. I then moved on to AVRISP II but I am unsure of which…"
I changed out the 1280 chop for a 2560 last night, but it wont load the code using the Mission Planner. I think it needs a bootloader. I have tried using Aurduino but get errors. I then moved on to AVRISP II but I am unsure of which…"
"Philip
Ive just tried it on my APM 2560 board and it loaded, are you on a 1280 (that was the board I was having issues with). I am wondering if this is a memory overflow (not sure if that is the right terminology but it sounds good) Issue?
I am…"
Ive just tried it on my APM 2560 board and it loaded, are you on a 1280 (that was the board I was having issues with). I am wondering if this is a memory overflow (not sure if that is the right terminology but it sounds good) Issue?
I am…"
Hi I am having a few issues uploading the firmware using the APM mission planner for some reason something is not working right. I am have tried various code AC 2.0.35 and APM 2.2.1And now the code that was working fine seems to be corrupted. If…
"Thanks! Great Article, Nice to see the more experienced giving tips that noobs like me can use. I have a question for everyone can you book mark the postings you like or would like to have access to for a later date. There are so many good posts I…"
Hi AllFirstly is this the correct place for discussing traditional Helicopters? I only ask as I seem to remember when I joined DIYD there was a Topic called "Traditional Helis"A little about my self. I am a RC Heli pilot and love everything about…
"Ive been using it for a few days now and i am getting to know my way around it but it is always nice to have a manual explaining things when you are not quite sure.
Alastair."
Alastair."
Hi MichaelIs there an APM Mission Planner WIKI or a manual explaining the various screens and the functionality, syntax etc. of the myriad of things that can be done with this very impressive piece of software.Alastair
