Hi all,
Since moving to high-end motors and props I have had very low vibes in all my craft, so I was surprised to run into vibration issues in a recent build, my first X8. I did all the usual things of (re)checking all my motors and props for balanc
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Does anyone know what senseFly have done to allow for more control over the Canon P+S cameras they use?
You can see here that they have made some sort of hardware hack with a plug that connects to the flight controller, but not via the USB por
Read more…Anyone else having this problem?
I have a dataflash log (5mb+) which seems valid, I can graph it and see all the values and the track on the map, but the KML files it generates are empty other than the waypoints, empty GPX files too. No error messages
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Has anyone looked into cutting the throttle ahead of camera trigger?
Some of the commercial mapping UAVs do this to reduce vibration while taking the photos. You can hear them ramp down for a second or two at the trigger waypoints then throttle
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I've been trying to increase my video link range on my multirotors for a while without much luck (at most a few hundred metres). But recently I got a fixed wing (Skywalker) in the air, and with exactly the same setup I can get 3.5km+ range us
Read more…Hey all, does anyone have experience tuning a quad with large, powerful but slow props?
I'm putting together a new copter with 16" props running on 380 kv motors, 4S. It will have a lot of power, but I imagine it will be slow to respond to inputs so I
Read more…Does anyone have a good suggestion for a low cost thermal camera available in Canada?
I have found various suppliers for FLIR products, but they're export controlled from the US and the prices are insane.
I'm hoping for something sub $1000.
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I slipped when tightening the prop bolt on one of my nice shiny (expensive!) T-Motors and the hex driver went into the windings. You can see from the image below that at least one of the wires is definitely severed, and others could have
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I was testing RTL failsafe today using 2.9.1b and my hex flew away, losing altitude and crashing before it got too far.
I had successfully tested LOITER, RTL and a quick AUTO prior to nervously switching off my transmitter to test the fail
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Can anyone clarify this for me? I'm setting up a new Hex in X orientation, I have the motors connected in the layout specified here:
https://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/APM2_Motor_order
...but when I run the CLI 'motors' command it runs i
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What are people doing to get video transmission from cameras that have HDMI output but no analog video connector?
I've seen HDMI-VGA converters, which I think in theory could be hacked to just get the analog pin connected to the video tx, but
Read more…I've been jumping through some hoops to get things powered on my multi-rotor rigs lately and it occurred to me that a slightly more advanced version of the 3DR Power Module could solve it really neatly.
My suggestions for 2.0 is in addition to the pow
Read more…Hi all, can someone confirm what acceptable compass offsets and mag_field are?
I've been trying to improve my compass accuracy lately (3DR Quad C), and had a bit of a win today by raising the APM platform higher to get away from the battery wires conn
Read more…Hi everyone,I'm submitting an application to present a session on the dramatic growth in the small civilian commercial and amateur end of the industry (using the diydrones community as an example) and the need to overhaul the current SFOC regulations
Read more…http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-01/drones-set-for-large-scale-commercial-take-off/4546556
"Operators of the smallest Group A, weighing 2kg or less, will simply be able to fill out an online authorisation form, receive electronic approval, and start
Read more…Can anyone suggest what's going wrong with the attached waypoints file?
It looks like it loads fine into MP but when I upload to my APM2.5 I get "There was an unexpected error" dialog when it hits command 124 (of 130). I've combed over that area of th
Read more…http://www.unmannedsystems.ca/content.php?doc=102
The annual Unmanned Systems Canada Conference and Exhibition has been held every year since the initial one 2003. As a National Conference the location moves around the country in an attempt to expose
Read more…Anyone successfully using the new 2.9.1 camera trigger functionality?
I believe I have all my config correct, you can see channel 7's low and high values from the radio calibration screen, Ch7 is set to trigger, the shutter values are what I would exp
Read more…We need to fight hard to win the public over about civilian use of drones. Chris does a great job advocating this, and is widely quoted in the press with links back to this site.And what do people find when they get here? A Predator drone logo!We're
Read more…Sorry if the answer is buried in the monster 2.9 release thread (there's no search within a thread function here is there?).
After upgrading from 2.8.1 to 2.9.1 my quad now reports a very jittery artificial horizon when connected to the Mission Planne
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