As of the more recent versions of ArduPlane, the firmware no longer does an automatic level on startup. Instead, that has become one of the initial startup steps when installing it in a new plane.
In the past, I have glued a bubble sight onto the rea
Read more…I took my antenna tracker hardware out to the field today with the goal of flying around and confirming that it would follow the airplane around.
The tracker is Maestro-based and is responding correctly to both the Pololu config program and to the tri
Read more…This 3G modem has caught my attention as a real possibility to become a "component" replacement for the "XBee" and "3DR" class telemetry radios most of us are using.
It comes from Cooking-Hacks.com, you can see the catalog page here -
Read more…I've been working with the Auto Takeoff macro and have experienced the problem where the throttle goes to "max" as soon as AUTO mode is selected.
The documentation and other posts tell me that I should close the throttle and put the APM in AUTO mode.
Read more…I just tried the update from 1.1.83 to 1.1.87 and now an unable to connect to the airplane. No changes to the hardware, but the connect window keeps getting params and says "Already got ..." for a while, then aborts. I'm using a Dell laptop with i7
Read more…My Az-El mount is sitting on the bench, almost ready to go to the field. But, it doesn't seem ready yet. The hardware was set up and ranges configured with the Maestro Control Center. Azimuth is on channel zero and elevation on channel one. I set
Read more…I'm using an APM2 from the first batch and am, having some trouble with the compass/magnetometer enable setting. The board set has been flying and I'm just investigating the compass as prep to moving it to a quad.
I can check Planner's enable box for
Read more…I'm working with an APM2 after months of experience with an APM1 in an EasyStar. The new APM2 has an airspeed sensor and typically shows 8-10 mph when sitting on the bench. On its last flights, we tested Manual and got the plane trimmed and flying
Read more…Yesterday, I had a "smashing" good time with my new APM2 and would like to find out why. Here's the story.
The EasyStar has run well for several months now with an APM1. The airplane was upgraded with a larger rudder, ailerons and a 2815/3000kv inru
I've been testing my purple board through the USB and it works good enough to replace an ArduPilot Mega 1 on an EasyStar. Everything is connected and the power jumper is in so the ESC is supplying system power.
But, the APM2 will not start up on eith
Read more…I've tried to use Mission Planner's self update from the Help screen with two different older versions of Planner on two different computers. They both hang up at the same point with a 404 error.
A screen shot of the error is attached.
Has anyone els
Read more…I'm using Planner 1.1.14 with a new APM2 purple board, Win XPpro and the Atmega2560 inf driver file from the repository.
Planner loads and verifies version 2.27 firmware but it does not connect to the APM2. I have used Putty and it does reset the APM
I'm using Planner 1.1.14 with a new APM2 board. Win XPpro and the Atmega2560 inf driver file from the repository.
Planner loads and verifies the 2.27 firmware but it does not connect to the APM2. I have used Putty and it does reset the APM2 on connec
Read more…I've been working with APMs in both an EZ* and a ParkZone T-28. The EZ* is flying very well and I'm tuning the T-28.
Both airplanes have the same behavior when crossing a waypoint. The Mission Planner track display shows the track going right to th
Read more…Michael,
I've attached two logs and two flight plans from this morning's flying that show a few things I do not understand. Would you please take a look and comment on them?
The flight plans are a short loop around a local flying field. The first it
Read more…I'm trying to get APM Planner to work with this joystick-
http://www.chproducts.com/retail/j_combat.html
The CH Combatstick label appears in the drop-down list but I am unable to find any axis/input that causes the position indicators to move. They
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