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Melbourne, Victoria
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Interested in multi rotors and fixed wing. I have a functioning quadrotor running off an APM2. Currently trying to learn to fly fixed wing as well.
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Melbourne
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"I was having similar issues until I realised my APM was doing funny things to my airside Xbee by sending it data before it was ready. I don't think it was bricked, as I could still plug it in and connect to it using XCTU, but it certainly wasn't…"
Hi all,I've been out of the game for a few months and just got round to installing 3.0.1. Testing it out today in the back yard it seemed to work fine until I switched to Alt-Hold. In Alt-Hold mode the just kept wanting to climb until I switched it…
"Forgive my ignorance, but what is the difference between the "X" and "H" configuration? To my eyes it looks like the motors are in the same place, and the APM is oriented the same."
How do I connect a non 3dr (sparkfun) current sensor to the APM2.5? Same way as the 2.0?The manual appears to be missing most of its pictures (http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/common-using-a-current-sensor/). Apologies if this has been covered…
"Just a thought, do you have automatic trim enabled and assigned to channel 7?
The way I see it, if this were the case and channel 7 was always "high" this could lead to what you've described.
See here for auto trim:…"
The way I see it, if this were the case and channel 7 was always "high" this could lead to what you've described.
See here for auto trim:…"
"Cool! How did you do this? Is this in the latest version of er9x?"
"Good on these guys for trying to shine a light on this barbaric practice."
"Any ideas? Is there a better place to be posting this? Not sure if its arducopter or mission planner that's giving me problems."
"I accidentally shut off my motors in flights doing exactly what you described. I immediately showed the throttle up full and no harm was done (it was pretty high at the time).
Video of the flight (around 4:03 for motor shutoff):"
Video of the flight (around 4:03 for motor shutoff):"
"Is the optical flow supported on the APM 2.5?
On my APM2 I often get this error in conjunction with the dreaded data flash error. Reinserting and securing the flash card often makes it go away.
Also make sure the optical flow sensor isn't in it's…"
On my APM2 I often get this error in conjunction with the dreaded data flash error. Reinserting and securing the flash card often makes it go away.
Also make sure the optical flow sensor isn't in it's…"
"Well it's dead.
After launch It seemed to be responding appropriately to my control inputs, staying relatively level on its own. Then I flicked it into stabilise and it suddenly rolled over. Flicked it back into manual mode but it was too late to…"
After launch It seemed to be responding appropriately to my control inputs, staying relatively level on its own. Then I flicked it into stabilise and it suddenly rolled over. Flicked it back into manual mode but it was too late to…"
"I reflashed the firmware and reset the EEPROM before I went flying yesterday. Logs were even crazier this time. The log menu in the CLI gave me this:
12 logsLog -23659, start 1, end 1Log -23658, start 1, end 1
The only way to download the log was…"
12 logsLog -23659, start 1, end 1Log -23658, start 1, end 1
The only way to download the log was…"
"Apologies for bringing up this old thread but I thought I should update it with my latest findings.
I took the plunge and replaced the motors with the 850kv ones from the DIYdrones store. This didn't make much of a difference.
However, I then…"
I took the plunge and replaced the motors with the 850kv ones from the DIYdrones store. This didn't make much of a difference.
However, I then…"
At first I put it down to a few corrupted entries, but after a few flights all my logs have looked something like this:Some of those GPS points must be on another planet, they persist as far out as google earth will let me zoom!Also, all the NTUN…
"Public holiday in Melbourne today so I was able to head out this morning for another try. I had relocated to GoPro to the cockpit and adjusted the balance as necessary by adding weights to the tail. It was perfectly balancing at 65-70mm from the…"
Went for my first APM fixed wing flight this morning. It wasn't a great success, though through no fault of the APM.I had the APM, RX and GPS sitting in the Bixler electronics chasis. I had a Gopro gaffer taped to the spine just in front of the…
