A big thank you to all the Devs for the new release.
I just took my 550 hex for its first flights after the upgrade, 2 to complete the autotune indoors with no wind and 2 regular outdoor flights in 12km/h winds.
Alt hold and loiter were great, In loi
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I just updated my Mission planner to the latest version on an elderly win XP laptop. version 34 of MP had been working fine until the update.
After completing the update, when I try to open MP either from the shortcut or the program list I get a wa
Read more…In Aviation E Brief today it is reported that The FAA have received more than 325,000 UAV registrations making more drones than piloted aircraft at 320,000 in the USA!
2 points from this.
1) Time for a rename of FAA to FDA Federal Drone Agency? or I w
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Just adding a Mobius action cam C2 to various UAVs. fixed wing and multi-copters.
My question is which is the best video format to select for the file type to get the best quantity video recording? I know I need to set the quality to 720p to reduc
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I have several Ver. 1.1/1.3 3DR radios (not clones) with the USB connector. ie. ground modules, I broke one of my air modules and would like to know if it is possible to simply take a female USB cable and connect the 5v,0v,Tx,Rx to th
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Does anyone know of a suitable "ready made" cable to link the 6 pin DF13 on the pixhawk to the 6 pin ??? connector on the HK king 915mhz telemetry ??
Thank you
Read more…I have a windows XP laptop with mission planner 1.3.6.installed and find that the PC has French and English keyboards but when mission planner starts most of the headers and pop up menus are in French , I prefer English and when I go to the mission p
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Does anyone have a link for the build instructions for a new Skywalker X6 flying wing? I tried all the usual places Th position of the CG would be really useful, the rest of it I can work out.
Thanks
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I decided to build a 450 size quad as a first build while I wait for the snow to melt!. I am an experienced RC (and fixed wing UAV) flyer but have never built a quad before. I nkow APM very well.
Which is the most stable configuration for the Quad?
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I am having issues with losing GPS lock on a flying wing during banked turns with APM2.0 with the onboard Mediatek GPS.
How can I disable the onboard GPS and replace it with one that is going to work better in the turns, Which version should I purc
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I have an APM2.0 with the GPS/Compass on board on a X5 flying wing , Is it preferable to use the compass or the GPS for heading information? ie COMPASS_USE = 0 or 1
What advantages / disadvantages exist.
Thanks guys.
Read more…Hi. I have a apm2.0 with arduplane 2.73.I have made a lot of flights with this setup. Do I need to empty any files from the memory card or do the new files overwrite to old ones? If I do need to empty it how do I do that. Thanks
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A few weeks ago Brett Binnekade put a catapult launch system http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/skwalker-x8-catapult on here for his X8 that worked pretty well. I value my fingers and arms and decided to make something along the same lines. I
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I am having problems with an Xbee900 system where the Tx is interfering with the servos, HK 12G Digital.
The interference is constant and stops if I unplug the Xbee from the APM or if I touch the Tx antenna.
This is on a small plane (X5 ) and so I wo
Read more…I have a little problem. I`m probably missing something, heres the issue
2 laptops 1=win xp 1=win7
win XP updated to mission planner 2.40 but win7 updated to 2.41. I go to find the file in the download section but it only goes to 2.40 so how did the w
Read more…Hi guys, after a few false starts and 5second flights I have to say thank you to this forum, why. Because today it finally all came together for me . 3 good flights,all with a mix of manual, stabilize and auto control. Good logs, a bit of tuning and
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This is for Arduplane and mission planner latest version
I see in MP that I can generate a grid of waypoints, great, now how do I use each waypoint to trigger the camera servo or relay, Which channel is best or configured for this and how do I use
Read more…Newbie question, I have a APM2 on a flying wing but I want to move it to a normal 4channel high wing plane, I see the connection for the rudder but would like to know if the rudder takes a active part in the auto control scheme or is it just used in
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I want to launch my flying wing equiped with an APM2 , gps and xbee using a bungee launch catapult and a short ramp.
I expect to launch this either in Manual or FBW-A Is the instant acceration going to cause problems or damage the AMP2 unit?
Anyone t
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I have a new flying wing with Elevons, APM2 AP2.50 and MP 1.2.1 mav 1.0 installed last night.
Everything seems OK except when I look at the raw sensor data I see Accel Z at -1000. Is this correct ? If not how do I fix it? I know accel Z measures gr
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