Guys,
I am having an issue with Loiiter mode on my Arducopter.
Here is what happened. I was hovering at about 2Meter ( eye level ) altitude with 16 Sats in Loiter mode. All was calm and stable.
After a few minutes, the Quad seems to automatically go fu
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I have a strange issue with my Hexacopter running an original 3DR Pixhawk.
The hexa was configured about 3 months back and was perofmrning well, but from last couple of days Motor 4&6 turn on intermittently ie when in stabilize mode and i power u
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I am having some trouble figuring out if the sounds from my Pixhawk running the latest APM:Plane on it , indicate a problem. Everythign otherwise seems to work great on ground - though havent flown in air.
Heres the video :
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I configured the camera trigger on CH6. I can get this to work using the "Trigger Camera NOW" on the MIssion Planner. I am sure it would work with the Camera distance trigger.
But what if I wanted to manually trigger a picture using my RC ? I do
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On a couple of my flights I had this weird error verify_nav: Invalid or no current Nav cmd
The plane after launch, when put in Auto mode did not accept and started flying circles and totally ignored the waypoints. There were around 130 waypoints
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I am puzzled by a very strange behaviour of APM on my SKywalker. The setup was perfectly tuned and I had done several photomapping grids. All settings were fine tuned and the turns were all smooth sharp and with no weaving.
The same setup, one da
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Was installing the new Pixhawk on a plane and was using the 3DR power module to power the Pixhawk. I also have an ESC (w/BEC) and 4 servos to drive around. Now i noted that without the ESC connected the Servo rails were powered with the 3DR Powe
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In the older versions of MIssion planner, when I made a grid, starting with a polygon, it used to create several waypoints within the straight sections of the grid, and I had control over how many of these, equally spaced waypoints were made.
In t
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I seem to be having a problem with the airspeed indicator. I have read through ALL the pages related to this and just cant get it right. Here is the problem :
On my Skywalker, I have the airspeed indicator installed in front of the nose. THe pit
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I wanted to dabble into setting up an antenna tracker. Got myself the ServoCity Tube servos, for Pan and Tilt. Assembled it all with a Polulu Maestro and got the interface working. Followed the article here :
http://vps.oborne.me/gcs/Tracker.html
Read more…I wanted to order an extension for the GPS unit on the APM2.5 and was needing help on which cable should i order .
Would it be the DF13 5 Position connector ?
https://store.3drobotics.com/products/df13-5-position-connector-25-cm
Thanks !
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I have got my Skywalker, with the following :
APM2.5 w/Airspeed and 3DR Power Module / MinimOSD
RFD900 Telemetry modem
4x Servos ( for control surfaces )
1 TSLRS LR Rx
1 APM-CHDK Cable ( built from a light switch )
1 Castle Creations 10A BEC
Turnigy
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Just started to experiment with some photmapping. Got two options to trigger my Canon Camera.
Either by APM ( I have a CHDK cable ) or by Intervalometer script. Was wondering which would be better to use.
I have been using the intervalometer, but
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I just set up my MinimOSD with the latest firmware 1.9 and char set and installed it on my airplane with APM 2 running the latest version of ArduPlane.
However on the screen, I get the video overlaid with "Waiting for MAVlink Hearbeats"
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I have the latest revision of the APM code installed, and use a Futaba radio set.
I got the Throttle Failsafe value set up propelry so the APM goes into Failsafe when i switch off the Tx.
However the modes do not change as I want them to.
Wha
Read more…I have been reading on several threads and the installation instructions, and mounted my setup on Dynaflite Daydream, but had a few questions :I mounted the ArduPilotMega using 3 wood screws. Used Futaba's rubber grommets and brass eyelets to reduce
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THough I have tried to read through all documentation, I have a question on the measurement units being used throughtout the code and hardware.
1. For example, the documentation says that airspeed is in m/sec but in the EEPROM it seems to b
Read more…Last week I had a touch time trying to set the proper throttle failsafe PWM value. The default is 975 and i wanted to set it to 1030 . I put
#define THROTTLE_FS_VALUE 1030
in the APM_config.h and uploaded the code, but in the Setup>Show i still saw the
Read more…I must have read the manual, and the APM_Config.h file a hundred times trying to understand this myself before posting here. But I am confused on what is the best way to setup the FLight modes on the ArduPilot Mega.There are 2 ways I see of doing it
Read more…On my ArduPilot Mega, that I use with a Futaba 10C and a R600HS RX, i have the throttle failsafe enabled and configured the PWM value for it. I checked with a USB connection that it does go into FS when I switch off the TX. There are 3 modes I have s
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