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Going to try putting an ArduPilot on an Align 500 and 700.


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BlackNova replied to criro1999's discussion Quad APM2.5 / 2.9.1b it Disarmed (reset?) itfself at 80m alt when it was in Auto mode, hovering position
"I went back to 2.9.1 firmware, which is where I was originally having the resets, and I am NOT able to reproduce the problem.
Here's a summery of my testing, all on the test rig:
Firmware 2.9.1:
1) In stabilize mode, 11 minute flights, 2 flights…"
Apr 28, 2013
BlackNova replied to criro1999's discussion Quad APM2.5 / 2.9.1b it Disarmed (reset?) itfself at 80m alt when it was in Auto mode, hovering position
"Removing the external LEDs from the APM had no effect; it still reset during AltHold. 
I also attached an oscilloscope to the +5V and ground rails of the input connections.  It never deviated from the attached screenshot.  The software doesn't…"
Apr 27, 2013
BlackNova replied to criro1999's discussion Quad APM2.5 / 2.9.1b it Disarmed (reset?) itfself at 80m alt when it was in Auto mode, hovering position
"I've been able replicate the problem while having a video camera watching it in close range.  You can see the LEDs go out with the motors continuing their last command for a few seconds before they shut down.

In the video, it shuts down at 0:47.…"
Apr 26, 2013
BlackNova replied to criro1999's discussion Quad APM2.5 / 2.9.1b it Disarmed (reset?) itfself at 80m alt when it was in Auto mode, hovering position
"Add my issues to the list that are similar to this discussion. I've heard the ground station say 'disarmed' after the drop began and didn't think anything of it at the time.

http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/hexicopter-rolls-90-degrees-and-d..."
Apr 24, 2013
BlackNova posted a discussion
I've a strange situation where my Hexicopter will roll 90 degrees left or right and drop to the ground.  It seems to constantly occur after about 3.5 minutes of good flight time.  The flights only consist of stabilization, Alt Hold, and Loiter…
Apr 21, 2013
BlackNova replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"Had a new strangeness today.   Seems that loiter won't hold when I changed the yaw (possibly coincidence).  The telemetry shows the loiter 0-1 meters from the loiter beginning point but you can see that it's moving quickly north.
It was doing well…"
Mar 15, 2013
BlackNova replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"I've just begun trying to tune my HexCopter using the How to Tune 2.8.1 thread.  First I'm attempting to tune is the Rate parameters, setting the RATE_K parameters to the Channel 6 knob.  I reduced the Rate P to 0.12 from 0.15 to begin with as it…"
Mar 14, 2013
BlackNova replied to Gary McCray's discussion Vibration Isolation and Dampening of APM / PX4 for version 2.9
"I'm looking at trying to reduce the vibrations caused by my motors and props.  I've balanced the APC 10x4.7 props using a Dubro balancer and balanced the motors with a seismic app on my android phone and separately, everything is pretty clean.  When…"
Feb 14, 2013
BlackNova posted a discussion
APM 1.2.34 mav 1.0When trying to graph the Accel Z of RAW, I get a single line as shown in the following image:I've attached the log file.2013-02-08 17-34 1.log
Feb 10, 2013
BlackNova replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"Did a run with about 8 WPs and the copter finished successfully.  When it completed the waypoints, we attempted to use the RTL from the Actions tab in Mission Planner.  At that point, all motors shut off.  About 5 meters above ground they started…"
Feb 2, 2013
BlackNova posted a discussion
I have a 3DR HexaCopter with the 880kV motors.  With the default settings across all PIDs, the copter lands without bouncing.  When I set the Rate D for Pitch/Roll just a hair higher ( .007 where the default is .005 ), the copter has a hard time…
Nov 21, 2012
BlackNova posted a discussion
I'm going to be placing an Ardupilot 2 (currently on order) on a traditional 700 gasser and wanted to know if the ArduPilot 2 could handle controlling the helicopter and camera stabilization at the same time.I'm looking at using something like…
Jul 19, 2012