I just had a completely lousy crash yesterday in the middle of a very successful flight... My setup has an externally powered 1W Xbee Xtend, so the range on the GCS is farther than the Spektrum DX8/AR8000 combo. While coming around to my last waypoin
Read more…I recently added the Xbee Xtend 900 to the APM. Prior to that with the Xbee Pro 900, everything was OK aside from poor range with the unit.
I believe that two recent crashes involved a brownout on the APM sometime after sending commands via the Xtend
Read more…I've been flying with the APM for months, and until a week ago, didn't have any troubles.
Last week I had a plane go down in the woods after issuing a guided mode command "fly to here". I wasn't able to determine the cause of the crash, but the APM w
Read more…When uploading the firmware via APM mission planner, how do I change the telemetry from USB to PORT3 (xbee?)
I can't seem to do it via CLI and nothing is changed...
Read more…I'm flying a Skywalker that can easily handle 15mph winds... and yet this morning with ~2-3mph winds, the plane makes it out to waypoint one and turns back only to sit there in the air hovering.Airspeed Cruise is 16 m/sThrottle Cruise 55Throttle Min
Read more…I'm looking for help in getting the Dronecell integrated with APM 2.12 so that I can use it for two-way telemetry. I assume the biggest issue is getting the IP address and then setting up a virtual COM port to connect to it... If possible, I'd like t
Read more…This is really a two part question since I've been unable to find a definitive answer.1- What is the difference between v1.02 and the current v2.12 of APM? My impression is that v2.12 offers newer features, just recently came out of beta, etc.2- My r
Read more…I ordered an APM on SparkFun a few weeks back... and was wondering if anyone would be interested in selling & overnighting a unit for a project. I've tried the standard ArduPilot and have had a number of problems, so I'm hoping the APM will be an imp
Read more…I loaded the ArduIMU+ v2 with 1.8 and the plane is perfectly balanced. When I switch to stabilize, it holds for a few seconds, then nose dives. Ditto for fly by wire A. Am I missing a setting, or can anyone provide a few pointers as to where I should
Read more…I'm looking for some ideas as to why my system isn't quite working.
I have an Electrifly SS-25 ESC with a built in "Safe Start Program."
I loaded version 1.7 of the ArduIMU code on a v2 board. When testing in the ArduIMU Test 1.1.17 program, I can see GPS but no ArduIMU values. Am I missing something? Do I need to hook it up to the ArduPilot Shield?
Read more…Has anyone used the HobbyZone Super Cub as an UAV platform, and do you have a configuration file that has worked well with it? I haven't seen this anywhere else so far... but it is a very stable plane that can carry some payload with an upgraded moto
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