Graph mag field vs throttle better than compassmot ?
Hello,
Wondering if charting this graph is not way more simple and less dangerous that a compassmot...
Has it a comparable meaning ? And what is the mag scale please ? There are many zeros :-)
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Clap-activation of a servo on the plane with a directional microphone to the ground ?
Hi guys,
Is this possible to activate a servo from a clap on the ground, with a directional microphone orientated to the ground and sensor connected to the apm or to the receiver ?
Thank you.
Read more…Any apm without df13 plugs ?
I have found the df13 to be the only source of all my delays with the apm, which cost me maybe 20 times the cost of the apm and months of trials and failures.
Is there anywhere anyone to sell an apm with plugs like servo plugs ?
It would take to also
Read more…APM 2.5 - Height keep on increasing ?
Hi,
This is my third APM (1 multicopter / 2 planes)
On the multicopter one, height keeps on increasing, from the real height (0,50 meters) by about 1 meter per minute.
I have the little foam and a piece of tape on the plastic cover as usual. This is wor
Read more…How do you approach farmers and explain NDVI ?
Smiling :-) Farmers may or may not use advanced technology (GPS tractors, etc....).
Do you just explain what you do in a few words, give a biz card and let them think about it ?
Or do you have your drone in hand and make a free first session and hand i
Read more…What is the latest "bug less" version of Arduplane for the APM ?
I have 3 APMs now, and I want to have the latest bugless firmware for the APM
So I don't need all the Pixhawk fancy new stuff, wizards, etc...
All I want is a rock solid version for the APM 2.5. Is that v2.76 ?
Or do I need to go more backwards and use
Read more…Penguin - Manual is perfect, stabilize makes the plane go up and down like a dolphin ?
You know, that "tail heavy" typical up, stall, down, and again, and again behaviour ?
Well in manual mode I do not have it, it is perfectly stable. It Took me a full day to get there.
So I was expecting the stabilize mode to be a piece of cake.
But as s
Read more…Calibrate barometer's relative height ?
Does anyone know how to proceed to avoid those negative numbers ?
I am getting the following, and it messes up my georef (negative numbers in the pics geo data)
Is this plain barometer innacuracy ? Funny thing is that negative numbers are very stable w
Read more…Geotag pictures from tlog ?
Hi,
How do you proceed on andropilot for Geo Tagging pictures ?
Or do you use MP for that and are the tlogs from andropilot fully compatible with MP for geo-tagging ?
Thank you
Read more…Mission Planner GeoRef from Droidplanner Tlog
Hello guys,
Has anyone experienced it ?
Geo Ref from mission planner executes it well, file location.txt is produced..
... except altitude gets totally messed up while showing well when graphing it from tlog
Any idea why ?
Thank you
Read more…
What plane 2,5m max / 1.5kg max can fly slow and resist wind up to 20mph ?
I am doing AP and photogrammetry with Bixler + APM + GPS + telemetry.
It flies fine but as soon as going upwind when wind above 10mph, plane is wagging, fighting, and battery gets dead very quickly.
Bottom line I need something slow but wind resistant
Read more…Slow upwind and fast downwind making loiters oval. What to tune ?
I am flying on a 3 channel Bixler (no ailerons) as I want to open a plane drone school and 3 channels systems are so simple it could be flown by 10 years old kids within 2 days, especially if I limit the maximum roll.
When wind is over 5m/s, my Bixler
Read more…No more blue light on APM or GPS Ublox
Ublox 3DR
No more GPS fix, bad GPS health on MP, compass working OK.
Power on Ublox says 4,87v when connected to USB and 4,95v when connected to Lipo
I have the jumper off and a 5V bec on the outputs, everything worked fine until now.
I suspect some cabl
Read more…What does it take for a perfect waypoint #1 ?
All missions now go very well, except I have to make a few trials before correctly reaching waypoint #1 for each mission.
Is there anything special to know or to do between Home and Waypoint 1 ?
Today, I thought about throwing the plane in Auto heading
Read more…Proposal for a new APM mode : Twister
Greetings from Cannes, South of France.
May I suggest a new APM mode : "twister" ?
Now that we are entering the 3D world (video, printers, scanners), I can foresee many uses for that mode. Photogrammetry, inspection, even selfies... Could be used by p
Read more…Favouring upwind slow flight for taking pictures
Before doing that, I would like to have your opinion.
I have always tried as much as I can to take advantage of nature forces instead of fighting it.
So I am starting from a fact : upwind flights are way slower than flying downwind.
I want to take advan
Read more…Please watch this 1mn video while flying and advise needed PID
Hi,
I am flying my Bixler in stabilize mode and auto, everything works fine including RTL (I have to wait 5 good minutes after first GPS fix for proper home than it is ok).
I have just overloaded my Bixler with a Canon A2500 and a Mobius on the wings
Read more…Plannified Home vs first GPS fix Home ?
My first missions are all working great, including hand-launching in auto-mode which is a littke gem, RTL, loiter and mission auto-land process.
I am still having a problem though understanding the Home process.
I do not own a laptop or a tablet, there
Read more…First mission : plane keeps on climbing between waypoints and never stops...
First mission on a bixler + APM, I am ALMOST happy.
Problem : plane climbs above the pre-determined waypoints while doing the mission and keeps on climbing. I have no clue why.
It should have nothing to do with cruise speed right ?
Is my barometer not w
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