Andrew Bailey's Discussions (9)

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Pixhawk vs APM 2.6 for Photogrammetry

Some advice please. I need to take an informed decision on whether to purchase a Pixhawk or an APM 2.6.

I intend to fly fixed wing photogrammetry missions. As such I need full functionality on the Mission Planner and to be able to log GPS position and

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Clarification on RTL function

I am probably being stupid on this, but am I right in thinking that the way RTL works is that when invoked it will return to Home as defined in the Mission Planner?If this is the case then would it not be more useful for RTL to return to the GPS loca

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First Arducopter video

I managed to shoot a short video today in the mist and murk that is the UK's weather right now. You can hear a single bad motor making a noise and glitching occasionally. In fact, at the end of the flight it glitches enough to flip the quad right ove

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Help please - GPS and X - +

I have finished building my pre-soldered ArduCopter. I loaded RC2 as 1.4 (which was pre-installed) seems to be out of date now.

 

Could someone please help me with the following issues?

1. I set everything up before plugging in my Mtek GPS 3329. Once I

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OK, dumb question #1

I have the pre-soldered kit. I cannot find anything to tell me how I power the APM and receiver. Each of the ESC's connect to the PCB, I think all but one should have the power wire cut? From the PCB I have what must be a two wire power supply, but w

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