When I switch into RTL mode APM immediately cuts my throttle to zero. My Sky Fun Jet does a beautiful job of gliding back to launch and circling, but the throttle never comes back on. I am guessing that APM cuts the throttle to descend, but shouldn
Read more…After a month of struggling with trying to figure out why I had no GPS data, I discovered the following tip in the APM manual. I tried this and it solved my problem. As they say, RTFM. Thanks again to everyone who has tried to help me figure out m
Read more…I am having problems with my MediaTek GPS receiver and I am wondering if the firmware upgrade that is linked to the Ardupilot (not APM) Manual is current? I updated my MediaTek firmware several weeks ago using this code, and I am wondering if it is
Read more…I found this tidbit of information in the APM Manual under "LED Behavior". Does this bug still exist in current versions of the Beta code? If so, perhaps hitting the reset button after my MediaTek LED goes solid will fix my GPS problem?
Note: in th
Read more…When I run the GPS test in CLI mode, I always get 0 back as the number of satellites despite obtaining good position fixes. Am I the only one that is experiencing this, or is this a bug in the code? I am using a MediaTek GPS receiver that I had to r
Read more…Has anyone out there in APM land been able to successfully log GPS data? I am logging several messages succesfully, but the GPS message always comes back with zeros in all its fields.
Read more…Should the GPS data show up in the logged data file as well as the telemetry stream even when flying in non guided modes (e.g. manual, stabilize, and fly by wire A)? My logged GPS data is always just zeros, and the GPS data does not appear at all in
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The mission planning page in the APM manual says "In your ArduPilot Mega code folder you will find a folder called Waypoint_writer_Mega". I will? I don't believe that this folder is part of the Beta download. It is also not clear to me why I need to