So my custom built hexacopter crashed during an autopilot flight. This was after two successful autopilot missions on the same day. Everything seemed to be working fine. I am running a pixhawk with 3.3? firmware I think (I updated it about 2 weeks ag
I am running the Auto Analysis of my DataFlash logs in Mission Planner. I keep failing the PM Test. The line reads something like "Test: PM = FAIL - 18 slow loop lines found, max 10.4% on line 20084". Can someone tell me what the PM test is measuring
I have a PWM switch hooked up to AUXOUT 1. It is activated like a camera servo from CH8. But because of the CAM_DURATION parameter, I can only keep the PWM switch on for a maximum of 5 seconds. Is there a way to keep the PWM signal high with the came
I usually fly survey missions using Tower on a Nexus 7 tablet but I always have to change the altitude and sidelap settings to get the flight that I want. Is there a way to make a custom camera profile and add it to the drop down menu in Tower?
I was flying my custom hexacopter with Pixhawk running Arducopter 3.2. This was my first flight after a previous crash took out a few speed controllers (I made repairs, updated firmware, and ran through the initial setup again). At first the hex flew
My custom hexacopter is flying just fine. I am running a pixhawk with 3.1.5. However, when I run the auto analysis of the datalog, I get a VCC warning (see pic). When check the "Power Issues" graph (see pic), the board voltage is between 825 mA and 1
I recently flew a few autonomous missions with my hex (APM 2.6) and Droidplanner. The missions went great but the hex is flying low. I set the altitude to 5 meters and it looks like it was flying at about 2 meters high. Here is a graph of the sonar a
I have the 3DR hexacopter PDB. Recently my hex went down when one of my motors stopped in flight. I thought it was a failure of the ESC. Turns out, the PDB must have shorted out because I am not getting any voltage to that ESC. Power to the other ESC
My GPS stopped working after a hard landing. Didn't seem hard enough to break anything though. The red light on the GPS module is lit, but I never get the blue "GPS fix" light.
I checked the GPS in the MP terminal and all the lat/long values are zeros
Not sure why, but I discovered that the optical sensor was wiping out my eeprom every time I powered up my APM 2.6. I had to erase my eeprom and reprogram the APM every time it happened. I'm just going to remove it rather than troubleshoot it as th
Seems I am corrupting the eeprom on my APM 2.6 almost every time I connect my batteries. I am using 6S 10Ah packs with XT60 connectors. Every time I connect them, I get a large spark. I am guessing this is what is corrupting the eeprom. Should I
So I set up and programmed my APM and sensors according to the directions. I ran a pre-flight test indoors without props and everything seemed perfect; motors spinning as expected, good GPS lock, sonar working, telemetry working, etc. I take it outsi
One of my motors is getting extremely hot. I was checking the motor direction after calibrating the ESC's and I noticed one of the motors got too hot to touch. All of the others were ok. It only does it when the motor is moving. I tested the temp
I am trying to calibrate my radio in APMSetup. I move the sitck and the red bars move. I go through the calibration and everything seems ok. But when I go back to the radio input screen, the green bars don't move the full range on screen and are n
How do I change PWM values in MP? When I calibrate my radio, the lows seem a little high (>1200). Because of that I can't get to mode 1 with the F Mode switch and I think it might also be the reason I am having trouble arming the motors. TIA, Greg
Hello all! I'm new to UAVs and thought I'd post my plans. I am working with a university to try to develop a UAV platform for research purposes. We are looking to carry a decent payload (~1kg or better) for research instruments. We are very close