I have finished building up my x quad up to an x8 coax configuration. I found the diagram for wiring the motors as per the Wiki for APM 2, and have double checked the actual motor wiring by listening for the esc beep as I disconnected the motors 1 b
Read more…OK so I have had tons of issues w xbee telemetry... I just updated via usb, disconnected the battery, reconnected and now I get mavlink no connection via xbees.
Nothing changed with regards to hardware at all. Actually had 4 great flights earlier.
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I followed the wiki instructions exacly, but I think I have a warning if you are not bulding an ardu copter specifically!
The wikis are absolutely fantastic, but I have been frustrated by the lack of whole actual
Read more…Your chance to pick a newbs wiring apart! I blew the power in diode on the motor side, so I had to get even more creative.
My RTF quads in past have been wired very differently than the j drones arducopter. Usually all the escs were connected on a
Read more…Xbees are configured, talking fine via x-ctu. Re did my wiring again taking out osd and connecting directly. I get the following SEE SCREENSHOT. FTDI cable direct to xbee and usb to xbee rx -nothing, fine when connected x bee via usb. WTF?
I keep
Read more…Once again everything was working great, I woke up this morning and tried to connect via xbee, unlike normal "no heartbeats error, I am getting a "get param list Retry 3 sys1 comp 1".
It is connecting and mavlink is showing up just fine on OSD. Anyon
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Anyone have an easy way to reinforce GPS on apm 2.0? I ask because when I was flying my quad at the local golf course (nice soft grasss to crash on:), I did a hard bank and the velco star gave and my battery popped loose ( new strapping coming now)..
Read more…Group...So I am still having xbee issue on the drone side, I remembered I connected the usb while connected to the xbee to check the firmware update and load a pid setup file, it wouldn't load through xbee. Is this normal? flight planner disconnecte
Read more…XBee Issues with DIY adaptor problems. I am using a "roll my own version" using the same 900mhz parts as listed in the telemetry kit on DIY drones. I would have bought the kit is it was available, but well... I went ahead and ordered my xbees from d
Read more…I have had 2 issues now when my battery runs low. Anyone else had issue?
I have no xbee yet, so I am still old school back and forth into the house to the usb cable...
for first time night before last, I ran the battery down and got no notification a
Read more…I can't get this quad tuned if my life depended on it and need help. I know I am not the only one. Apparently there are several books written on PID tuning, thats great, but I am so busy replacing props trtyng to tune that I can't do this anymore. I
Read more…I have a witespy x4 550mm with 1020 Kda outrunners running 10" x 4.5 3 blade props. She flew perfectly using a Naza controller out of the box. I pulled the NAZA after 5 almost perfect flights and have installed my APM 2, and I definately need to t
Read more…I am recieving my APM 2.0 sometime this week I think, so I went to look for an xbee kit. I am new to using xbee, and I wanted to get the turn key kit from DIY drones from here-->
http://store.diydrones.com/Xbee_Telemetry_kit_p/kt-telemetry-xbee.htm
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Read more…Hey guys, newb question, I am wondering what you would recomend for a Tx and minimum # of channels?.
I am too impatient to wait for a turnigy, as they ore out of stock, and will probably buy a Tx from a local hobby shop. I of course want some flexibi
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