Arducopter 2.9
I thought I would create a thread for the new version of Arducopter [2.9].
I'm planning on checking it out this weekend, but has anyone uploaded it yet, configured, have any issues or even just questions?
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Good stores for parts (online / bricks and mortar)
Hey all,
We all have our favourite places to buy bits and pieces and so I thought it would be a good idea to share them in the interests of the group. And who knows, we might be able to wangle some discounts 'supporting the local' places in Melbourne
Read more…Second meet and fly - 10 February 2013, 10:00am, Deakin University, Burwood
Summary
Date: 10 February 2013
Time: 10:00am
Location: Deakin University Melbourne Campus, Burwood Highway, Burwood (here)
Objective: Successful autonomous flight
Details
Hey all, Firstly, thanks to Tim for suggesting/offering Deakin University.
There are
Read more…Location
Hey all,
In order to assist with planning flying meets, it might be useful if we could just note where we are. If you're not comfortable putting the suburb, even just a vague location would be handy. E.g., South-east.
Cheers, David.
Read more…Very strange behaviour for Quad
I took my quad out this morning to try various flight modes. Alt hold was perfect (more or less without sonar), but when i swapped back to stablise I lost all throttle control and it went off on its own. I could still control the direction, but tha
Read more…GPS and ARM LEDs and the APM 2.5 case
Hey all,
I received my APM case last week, dismantled my quad, put the case in and rebuilt it and it works a treat. Makes everything just seem cleaner and safer - and considering what i'm trying to achieve, that's a very good thing.
However, the trou
Read more…Test flight in moderately gusty winds
Hey all,
My quad's been running pretty well so I took my quad out this evening for a spin to see how it would handle a moderately gusty day (20-30km/h winds). I have to say that it was almost perfect. Aside from me at the very of the video using mak
Read more…Antenna Tracking System
Hi all,
I'm familiar with RC and I'm familiar with the various types of antenna but i've never built/played with antenna tracking sytems before, so i'm practically starting from scratch [aside from what google has told me].
I was looking for something
Read more…Quad flights, some tests and some crashes - on video
Hey all,
I spent some time out this morning trying various configs and just getting to know the flight dynamics of the frame/quad that I built. It's the standard 3DR X form quad, with sonar mounts front and back. I also added some foam to the landin
Read more…Mission Planner 1.2.25 failure?
Hi all,
This morning I updated to 1.2.25 [from 1.2.20]. Since the update my APM board won't arm. When connecting to MP [via USB] the GPS and APM arming light illuminate but as soon as I try any config they turn off. I'm unable to perform the simple
Read more…Chris Anderson on Life Hacker - "I'm Chris Anderson, and This Is How I Work"
For those of you interested, Chris just appeared in Life Hacker - talking about how he works, the gadgets he uses, what his office/workshop environment is and of course mentiones 3DR. It also has pictures of his home workshop. Makes for some intere
Read more…GoPro Tilt & Roll Gimbal
Hey guys,
I've been looking into gimbals for a while for a number of my projects, but one fun project was just going to attach my GoPro 2 to my drone. I stumbled across these guys.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1601799
Does anyone hav
Read more…Telemetry DIYD 433 Radios
Hey guys,
So I just received my 433 Telemetry kit from DIYD and not having much luck getting in talking/config'd. I did see that there were some issues with them in the past, but I would have thought they would have been ironed out? The radios just
Read more…My project to build a locating device for my drone...
Hi all,
Following on from the GPS tracking thread, there is a good open source tracking project that will do essentially what we're after and more.
It can install on any smartphone and can be used to tell the objects location, bu
Read more…The flying quad and flying higher props...
So I trawled through the forums and there are a few posts about applying loctite to the prop screws, both for and against.
I was trying to avoid doing this just for ease. When going through my pre-flight checklist today both of the CW props came off.
Read more…Quadcopter - APM 2.5 LEDs
Hi guys,
After finally getting everything set up and working fine, I came back to it today and found that the ABC LEDs just don't want to play normally - and the motors won't spin up.
When I connect the battery I get the musical tone of the ESCs, then
Read more…Throttle and Channel 5 linked??
Hi guys,
When doing the radio calibration I noticed that the throttle and Radio 5 were, well, the same. I'm sure this can't right - as radio 5 was meant to be for flight mode. I'm using one of the solid cables from the input rail and have individual
Read more…Quad wiring - APM, Power and RX check please. RX connections?
Hi guys,
I connected the RX to the APM tonight, plugged in the battery and hoped to see life, but nothing.
Gear: APM 2.5, Spektrum DX8 with AR8000 receiver.
I read that the power in the AR8000 was distributed across the board so it wouldn't matter where
Read more…Connecting RX and APM - Quadcopter
Hi guys,
I've almost completed the build of my quad copter - after going through the existing forum topics I still have a couple of questions. Sorry if they are very simple.
1. Connecting the RX and APM to a power source. What is the best way to do t
Read more…Looking for a fellow drone enthusiast in Melbourne, Brisbane or Adelaide (Australia)
Hi all,
I'm new to DIYDrone.com and I was wondering if there were fellow Australians on the site that wouldn't mind meeting up, tweaking etc etc.
I'm in all three cities quite often, but my drone is in Melbourne.
I did a quick search on the forums and
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