Hi guys I have just finished building a Tri for a change (custom) and have put my APM 2 on it. I connected to mission planner and updated firmware with the correct Tri firmware.I also installed the props as per the wiki so I shouldn't need to change…

I currently run my Mission Planner on my netbook with no real issues, but have managed to repair my . laptop that has a much bigger screen and faster processor . I have been trying to install Mission Planner on it but keep getting the same error. It…

I purchased a set of the 433 radios from 3d robotic about 2 weeks ago and they were working well out of the box (see my blog http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/list?user=3q2z7n31t93eq) but after changing nothing on them I now cannot get the remote…

Quick backgroundBeen running the 3dr 433mhz radios for a week now with no problems at all. Run a few missions and all was great until last night when I started having alt holt problems. If I put the quad into loiter or RTL it would start dropping in…

Hi thereGot my APM loitering fine but was hoping to get the radius a bit smaller. At the moment I havent changed a thing on the loiter PIDs so havent a clue where to start. It flys perfectly balanced as I have adjusted the PIDs for that side of…

Looking at adding still photography to my Multirotor but dont know what camera to go for. I have seen that some of the canon cameras have the software hack option,but how will this allow me to oparate the shutter ?I have also seen…

Hi guys I was looking at getting some telemetry for my APM2 but havent a clue what ones to go for. RS components have loads of Xbee gear and this is where I would be getting it so wondered if anyone could point out what one to get please. There is…

I am trying to view flight logs and when i go into terminal it disconnects from mission planner each time. This happens before i can hit enter 3 times to put it into cli mode. everything else functions ok but not this. I must be doing something…

Just got my board back as was faulty from new and now it does install via USB so I have it connected to my computer. The problem now is when I try and load the arducopter firmware as instructed in the manual, it says can't detect firmware and to…

Having a problem with my new APM 2 board. I have installed mission planner as per instructions and that went fine. I then plug in my APM 2 vie a usb cable and it says cant find driver,so i manually look for the driver in the device…

Hi thereI have been flying quad copters for about 6 months now with a Free Flight stabilised controller board and am planing on stepping up to the ardumega v2 board.What I really wanted to know was if it would be helpfully to learn the code and if…