About Me:
Newbie to UAVs
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Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Would like to make a UAV for recreation, but eventually develop a cheap drone for use in humanitarian emergencies
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On 20 April 2017, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Stony Brook University will host a one day meeting in Washington DC tentatively titled “Cross-learning to Accelerate the Humanitarian Use of Drones”. In advance of that…
"win 8 mobile and win 8 RT (in the new Microsoft Surface) are not compatible with all x86 programs, so they presumably will NOT run APM mission planner. The new Microsoft Surface Pro (due to release in January) should since it will run a full version…"
"Don't get the 4S batteries. The extra voltage won't help you. Get 3S and consider 4000-5000 mah. I have a 5800 mah which is good but a little heavier than I wanted. If you're going to run additional electronics, such as telemetry or a pan/tilt…"
"I'm interested in using four digital (vs analog) led strips to do a sort of animation along the arms of my quad. The LEDs would light sequentially from outside to in when the quad was descending and inside to out when it was ascending, with the…"
"Are you using the stock (yellow) ESCs that come in an Arducopter kit? I used those and was unable to get them to calibrate either automatically or individually. It turns out that some of the ESCs shipped by 3DRobotics have a firmware that doesn't…"
"I found a post in one of the forums with a similar problem. According to that kind gentlemen, DIYDrones shipped two different types of plain yellow ESCs, one of which is not programmable (despite what the instructions say). That would certainly…"
"I'm having the same exact problem. Did you ever figure this out?"
"Happy to skype with anyone who want to inspect my setup. This is ridiculous since I can't get the basic 3dr kit to work..."
"I've been trying to do this with the ESC directly connected to channel 3 (Throttle) on the receiver. the APM2 isn't in the loop at all.
I'm doing this indoors. Probably 70 degrees F, 21C"
I'm doing this indoors. Probably 70 degrees F, 21C"
"certainly didn't intentionally set to NiMh. No matter what I do, I seem to only be able to get the musical "123" tone (self test) and a long beep when it arms (with throttle low). I don't get three beeps or two beeps or the musical programming…"
"Ramesh -
Thanks for your willingness to help. I'm using the plain yellow ESCs that come with the 3DR arducopter kits. https://store.diydrones.com/ArduCopter_ESC_20_Amp_p/ac-0004-08.htm
Datasheet is at…"
Thanks for your willingness to help. I'm using the plain yellow ESCs that come with the 3DR arducopter kits. https://store.diydrones.com/ArduCopter_ESC_20_Amp_p/ac-0004-08.htm
Datasheet is at…"
"More ESC trouble. I rechecked everything, and I'm still having trouble getting the ESCs to calibrate. When I connect the ESC directly to the receiver, I get the "123" tone indicating the self test process, but I don't get 3 beeps indicating it…"
"Props were correct. I think the ESC calibration may not have been working because my LiPo was seriously low. Recharging now to see if that makes any difference"
"Prop rotation was correct using the HobbyKing ESCs (it flew, but was never anything near stable). The numbering is also correct. Mistakes on those would explain the initial instability, but wouldn't explain why I can't calibrate the ESCs or get…"
"Desperately need ESC help. I've been trying to get my quad flying for two weeks with no success, and I'm fairly certain the problem is an inability to calibrate the ESCs. I've followed all instructions to the letter, tried both automatic and…"
