During pre-flight testing I discovered the the rear motor wasn't functioning correctly.
The rear motor would power up with the other motors, but when forward cyclic command was sent, the rear motor should increase but it didn't. On disarming the mo
I've got a serious problem with my rear motor.
Firstly I'm running ArduPirates code v1.0 I'm running telemetry with Configurator 1.22 to monitor the pre-flight. I'm using the ESC and motor 850KV motors from the kit.
Front, left and right motors fun
Read more…I received my motors and ESCs today. I found that some of bullet connectors don't really connect firmly. This could be hazardous, if just one connector fails, I can image the quad falling to a horrible death.
So I cut the bullet connectors and put
Read more…I ordered 2 Xtreambee boards that arrived today.
I soldered the sockets onto the board that the Xbee connects to. After finishing I tried to insert the Xbee and it wouldn't go it.
On checking, it appears that on a few holes the solder used to join t
Read more…My AR Drone is very good at holding its position < 5m altitude using its downward facing camera.
From what I've read ArduCopter is doesn't do a good job at holding position at low altitude.
Wouldn't it be cool to use AR Drone's system for low altitud
Read more…Ok I understand that ArduPirates SuperStable is a branch if ArduCopteNG but I just noticed ArduCopterMega in the SVN repo
Can some one please outline the diff between NG and Mega, and the roadmap ahead.
It looks to me that the Mega is similar to the
Read more…I'm still waiting for my ArduCopter Quad and I've already got a ArduCopter Hexa in mind. I was thinking about power distribution and spent most of the evening trying to find designs for Hexa distribution.
I think came up with an idea. I use Anderso
Read more…Is it possible to do simulating in X-Plane of the ArduCopter code, I've done it on ArduPilot with the Mission Planner software, but I haven't seen any instructions on how to do so for ArduCopter.
Read more…Does anyone know if I can connect the magnetometer to this I2C Cable to Pin converter http://store.diydrones.com/I2C_Splitter_p/br-0009-03.htm and connect it to the oilpan with the GPS cable http://store.diydrones.com/EM_406_uBlox_Adaptor_Cable_10_cm
Read more…I have a question in relation to connecting the rc receiver to the APMI noticed the it appears on the photos that only the signal pin between the receiver and the APM are connected is that right? The other two pins on the three pin servo leads are no
Read more…Is it possible to use the traditional heli mode without CCPM? ie. standard RC Heli like a Raptor 50/90?
Read more…Is it possible to increase the flight time to between 30 - 60 minutes with a 600gm useful payload?
Is it recommended to wire up some battery packs in parallel using a Y cable to increase the battery capacity?
Read more…OK so I have assembled the APM and oilpan, purchased the MediaTek GPS board from DIYDrones.
Everything seems to work find in test using HappyKillmore GCS except there is no GPS data.
My config has GPS enable and I monitoring the data via the USB con
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