Hello people, I've been away from Ardupilot for some time having had some bad experiences previously (probably my fault), but i'm back to give it another go.
I've noticed talk of APM Planner now which seems to be a multi-platform planner virtually ide
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I was having some problems with my quadcopter (running the APM 2.5) shooting off in random directions when I put it in Loiter or RTL modes.
After doing some reading I came to the conclusion that this was probably due to interference having an effec
Read more…Hi Guys, I finally got my newly built quad out for a test flight yesterday, set up is as follows:
X650 Carbon quad
APM 2.5 (currently no GPS fitted as it stopped working)
Tiger MN series 700Kv motors
13x6.5 props
3S 6000 mAh Lipo
I was pleasantly surpr
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My uBlox GPS has been working very well for the past few days since installing it into my quad connected to the APM 2.5. However, I noticed it starting to get very hot yesterday, and now it doesn't seem to work.
The red power LED is on on the uBlox
Read more…I've been testing my new setup all day trying to sort out some problems, but now by uBlox GPS seems to have stopped working.
I noticed it seemed to be getting very warm, and wasn't sure if this was in any way usual. Now i've noticed that the blue ligh
Read more…Hi guys, i've just been running through some initial tests before heading out for my new quadcopter's first flight and i seem to have a channel mix up problem.
In the radio calibration page of MP everything is as it should be .... the left stick contr
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I posted on here some time ago saying that my APM 2.5 wouldn't arm my ESCs (red light continues to blink). At the time i was using DJI Opto ESCs and I kind of put the problem down to them. So i recently purchased some nice new HobbyKing ESCs with
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Not sure if anybody can help. I've downloaded the Mission Planner code to have a look over. I've followed all the instructions (i'm fairly proficient with Visual Studio) but i'm getting 2 errors when i try to build/compile the code (both erro
Read more…I'm interested to know if anybody has used the Ardupilot/Arducopter on larger type frames over 650 mm? And if so does it perform ok?
I know that DJI say that for over 650mm frame size then it's necessary to go with their Wookong M flight controller to
Read more…I was hopiong to get some input from the forums members on the subject of 'sense and avoid' capabilities of small UAVs, and how close we are to perhaps overcoming this [huge] hurdle.
It's clearly a big step and one which, once solved, will enable laws
Read more…I have just purchased a APM2.5 and have installed the Arducopter firmware. Everything is calibrated correctly in the Mission Planner including my Spektrum DX8 which i have calibrated at least 10 times. However, i still can't get the ESCs to arm when
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