This is the third quad I have scratch built with the apm board,I am very familiar with how this board works and what is needed to help make this a perfect machine,But this newest copter I am building is being nothing but trouble,It still has compass
Read more…Does anyone know why i would be having this problem?
these escs and motors are brand new out the packet,
when i throttle up quickly 2 out of the 4 esc's die and reset on me
is there any way how to remedy this?
Read more…hello all i have a HKPilot Mega V2.5 setup with an external compas mounted away from everything like you should.
it has the latest 3.1.5 version of arducopter.
when i set up a waypoint mission today, i would set it to fly about 30 waypoints in a small
Read more…i am just wondering if it is possible to use auto tune with my turnigy 9x?
i cant seem to change the PWM for channel 7 with it?
can anyone please point me in the right direction?
probably a simple and obvious question but I am getting occelations when i have the settings up too high and its way too sluggish down low, and there is no in between, im thinking that my motors are too low kv and my copter is too heavy?
does this mea
after soldering all my Afro brand 20A escs to my QAV400 frame and hard soldering the motors to the esc's, doing the esc calibration and everything my motors wont spin after they are armed,
they make a high pitched noise and try and spin but nothing h
unfortunately i just went for a fly then and one of my 20A afro (simonk firmware) ESC's stopped working for some reason?
i flew the copter los to the park while i was behind it, got to a nice spot to setup fpv,
plugged a new battery in, armed the copte
I am using arducopter 3.0.1 and the newest mission planner and have noticed that the "verify height" check box doesnt change the altitudes as you add way points any more,
how do I go about my copter following changes in height on the ground e.g. star
Read more…I am using arducopter 3.0.1 and the newest mission planner and have noticed that the "verify height" check box doesnt change the altitudes as you add way points any more,
how do I go about my copter following changes in height on the ground e.g. star
Read more…Now that i have purchased an external compass/mag, it is running 1% on compassmot, and loiters very well!
flies missions perfectly and is amazing with the turnigy 9x rc controller
here is a video!
today after installing my external compass/gps I decided to test my copter out and i armed it and it took off full throttle with my cord still connected, it decided to break my usb connection on the board!
now i have no way to connect and program any
my copter wont connect wirelessly with 3dr air and ground usb modules,
it keeps saying getting params... ssyid 1 and stays on that for a while and then fails,
can someone help me fix this?
thank you!
I haven't received my external compass yet (as you can see) but i just thought i would share a mounting
idea, it is made of metal and im just wondering if it would continue the magnetic interference?
It is quite light and i think its a good substitute
As you can see only 3 of my motors work at half throttle, and the other day i broke a frame arm due to me descending and reducing the throttle it flipped over and crashed,
it cant be the motor as in the video it is a brand new one,
could it be the ES
Read more…I have been using my Arducopter fine for a while now, it worked amazingly with the 2.0 Firmware but ever since i have upgraded to the 3.0 firmware i have had problems
Today i went out to the field to work on some mapping for vineyards
(in which i hav
I think thats it for me with ArduCopter and APM
after all day of testing and adjusting things like PID's etc and all day failing
(5 serious crashes)
i think its time to hang up the boots,
my copter flew brilliantly in manual mode but as soon as i trie
See the video and please let me know what you think is happening?
its quite strange and as you can see very noticeable,
cheers
Read more…Hello all!
I was just wondering if any of you had any tips on mapping vineyards and other crops using the Arducopter?
I have been using the mission planner and setting the copter to loiter for the first few waypoints hoping that my copter could get up
