So, the more I research this idea the more I want to do. This avenue means me buying a "personal" CnC machine with a minimum of 3 axis.
This is one feasable machine: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-3020-DESKTOP-ROUTER-ENGRAVER-DRILLING-MILLING-ENGRAVING-
Read more…I have spent 7 years messing with drones. I've used them from a 500lb UAV down to 55g of weight. I know how to design them and conduct operations from mapping to SAR. I'm more than knee deep in this stuff. In all this time I've yet to see a camer
Read more…I am unable to identify what these sounds mean.
What is disturbing is that at the end of these sounds it reboots and then ARMS ITSELF with Mission Planner reporting that it is DISARMED.
The kill switch will NOT disarm the aircraft.
I can not make this
Read more…For sale:
A completed Phantom FX61 with three full auto flights. I am selling because I no longer have time to keep up with a personal drone. She needs a new servo (Hitec HS-5065MG). The camera she comes with (for weight and balance purposes) is a
Read more…This is another post on this problem, this will be the most thorough. I am not the only one with this issue as it dates back to at least one year ago as far as I could tell from scanning these forums. Here is a link to a previous post I did that is
Read more…I am selling our company demo drone as we have moved on to a different platform. The airframe is new and the bird is configured.
Short Description: This is a one man portable fixed wing system with about 45minutes to an hour of flight time. She is
Read more…I've crashed 3 birds in a row, I need someone else's opinion on what caused this crash. I have all of the logs posted below minus the .log file as there is a 7mb limit.
I have people depending on me to fly these things, any help would greatly be appr
Read more…About the release time of ArduPlane 3.5 I noticed that the Preflight Reboot Shutdown started to work. I also noticed that the Preflight Calibration no longer works. It had a nice "command received" message when it calibrated.
I've tried everything I
Read more…Download the logs here (27megs) and help yourself to the pics that were recovered, you are looking for the body of a missing woman named Cristina Morris.
All information needed is in the logs. There are two flights, one very short and one that lasts
Read more…One is a RC Timer the other is from 3DR, both come with GPS module and connecting wire. $80 each. Pulled from working drones, I need to downsize my fleet!!
Please PM me on this site, Paypal is preferred, I can mail these if you are inside USA for fr
Read more…Symptom:
In manual mode (stabilize when manual inputs are used) I get flutter on all channels, as in all servos move when I touch the stick.
It appears that in automatic modes (RTL) the flutter appears again as my video (servos pointing the camera) jer
Read more…I can not solve this: I have a grey screen for video.
Please keep in mind, this setup WAS WORKING. I had video but no OSD, so I started to mess with it, now I have only OSD and grey background (see pic).
I have a minimOSD v1.1 board.
I have tried ALL
Read more…I have a proven X8. By proven I mean I've gotten 50 minutes of controlled flight out of it in multiple modes on multiple occasions. Something has changed and I don't know what it is.
Today I almost lost it. I had it in stabilize mode at 350ft. I s
Read more…I have:
OS MAX ESC, OCA-170HV
3825-750 OS MAX motor (specifically recommended by OS MAX)
APM 2.5 with full updates as of 2/16/2013
JP1 is REMOVED so I can power the servos separately
There is NO BEC with my ESC, power comes from a 5v BEC that can carry 5A
Read more…As you can see I get everything BUT none of it works! All the numbers never change.
MP is version 1.2.1 with MAV 1.0, MinimOSD flashed with the Jun 1st release of the MCM and HEX files (multiple times with the FTDI cable from DIY drones).
2 stage powe
Read more…I've built it (YAY ME!).
The Parts:
I used this as a guide and I followed right down to the decimal on the setup EXCEPT instead of 360deg from center to left and 360deg from center to right I put in only 180deg of travel in each direction. That means
Read more…I have an APM2. Right now it is fully functioning. To be clear:
1. It has 4 servos hooked up, 2 aileron (Y split cable to one channel), 1 elevator 1 rudder.
2. It is powered by exactly 5.1V coming from a 35A ESC with a 5V/2A BEC that is connected t
Read more…The current configuration for the Ardustation is for the Xbee. I THINK it can be converted for use with the 3DR USB port, would someone please show me the parts and I'll do the rest?
Read more…The time has come to start looking into picking a tracking antenna, these are the ones I have found so far and any comments on them or any others you guys have used or WISHED you had used would be very helpful!
1) EagleEyes
Read more…If I plug in the ground station module my laptop chokes and asks me to load a driver for it. Where is this driver?
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