So with the last couple of versions (I just tried .36) my quad has been refusing to keep logs. Today there was at least data when I typed "dump 0", but I have no idea how to turn this into a meaningful .log and .kmz file.
What am I doing wrong? Whenev
Took my quad out today to try and fly my first mission, a simple takeoff, fly to here and land. I'm using a Mac laptop so I have to run Mission Planner in virtual box. At the best of times it's glacial.
Anyway, as I didn't know which part of the park
Read more…Just took my quad out this morning to test out 2.0.33. It was quite windy but loiter performed admirably. It was quite a thrill to see all the sensors working in concert, with the quad holding a steady altitude of around 1.5m and consistently returni
Read more…Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what are the motor mount LEDs for? I see references to these in the code, but no actual documentation.Chris
Read more…I'm still not a great pilot so to protect my props I've attached some aluminium extensions to the end of each arm. These have worked great so far but are starting to get a little bent. To save weight I was thinking of using prop savers instead, is th
Read more…I've been out of it for a few weeks on account of me damaging my quad. When I had 2.0.5 loaded I'd managed to tune the pitch/roll PIDs so that it was rock steady. I just loaded 2.0.17 on and it's completely unstable, flips over nearly right away. Did
Read more…Well I had my quad tied down to a well oiled tripod in order to try and tune the yaw PID values. I ramped up the motor power to try and get a better response and then, SNAP! Here's what happened:
I guess the motor mount isn't strong enough to hold do
Read more…In the CLI when I enter the altitude test mode I never seem to get a response from the sonar. I get values that look like this:B_alt: 3801088, S_alt: -805257695B_alt: 3801096, S_alt: -805257695B_alt: 3801122, S_alt: -805257695B_alt: 3801122, S_alt: -
Read more…I just got my telemetry kit set up. Using the Ardupirates code I can connect through the configurator. However when I connect with the CLI it never seems to load the entire menu pane. I get something like this:
Read more…CLI Menu - Type your command on command
I finally got all my Arducopter configuration parameters squared away so I decided to take it to the park yesterday to test it out. I took off and got my quad into a stable hover at about 10 to 15 metres. Everything was looking good so I decided to g
Read more…Hi all,
I've been taking my quad out for testing lately and I've run into a few issues when trying to fly it.
Firstly, I'm finding it very difficult to keep the quad in roughly the same spot. Whenever I get it in the air it always seems to be drifting
Read more…Hi all,I just received my Turnigy 9x and was in the process of calibrating it for my Arducopter when I noticed that channel 6 seems to be tied to the throttle channel for some reason. No matter what switch I allocate to channel 6 it still mirrors the
Read more…I'd just fitted my sonar sensor and had taken my quad to the local park to test it out (using the pirates code). I took off, engaged altitude hold and everything looked good, until it the quad fell out of the air.
I discovered later that the crash was
After receiving my replacement magnetometer I think I've finally got it working. However, when I try and calibrate the offsets in the CLI (by waving it every which way) only the x and y values change while the z stays at 4096. As a result my offsets
Read more…Does the Arducopter code and the ArduPirates codes reference the same libraries? Or do I need to get rid of the Arducopter library files before downloading and compiling the Ardupirates code?Cheers,Chris
Read more…Hi all,
Going through the logs from my Arducopter it appears that it's only logging radio channel PWM values and some limited sensor values. Is there a way to expand this so that it logs data from all the sensors (gyro, accel, baro, mag, gps) as well
Read more…Hi all,
I recently got my quad all set up (DIYdrones electronics, home made frame) and I've had a couple of very short, sometimes sucessful, flights.
One thin that's bothering me is there seems to be some yaw drift when in stable mode. When I apply thr
Read more…Sorry if this is a dumb question, but is it possible to tune the PID values through the CLI? I'm running a Mac, and while I can run the configurator in virtualisation, the connection seems to be pretty sketchy.
Cheers,
Chris
Read more…Hi Guys,
I just got my APM and IMU set up. Managed to get the code loaded and the CLI working. However I'm having a problem getting the magnetometer working. When I try to calibrate the compass offsets in the CLI (by typing -c) all I get is zeros:
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