hi all,
its been a long time since ive posted anything here - real life has been keeping me busy.
since this summer ive had a TBS Discovery flying with APM 2.5 and generally things have gone very well. as things have developed and ive got more and mor
Read more…im having some problems with throttle in the latest version, there are two problems which might turn out to be two seperate issues, but could quite easily be related.
low-end throttle range just doesnt get low enough, flying in an updraught today (whe
Read more…ive just updated to AC2.6 and therefore started using APM planner MAV 1.0
ive been working recently with the DO_SET_ROI command (only Yaw_mode 3 currently supported by AC - i mean to get all the modes working), and have come across an error when tryin
Read more…having used LED strips, ive found theyre great in low light (or at night), but completely useless in bright sunlight.
now that im getting parts together for a new custom frame, im going to try some seriously big LEDs giving a single point of light at
Read more…its been very windy recently, but this is good because ive finally fot flight gear simulation running! regarding compiling for the simulator, i assume everything comes down to this line:
#define HIL_MODE HIL_MODE_DISABLED
which it seems should be set
Read more…im setting up HIL simulation and have only got as far as: "Copy the arducopter model from arducopter-fgmodel.zip (included with planner)"
does mission planner no longer contain this zip? i have several versions of MP here and not one arducopter-fgmode
Read more…this is an issue ive had since my first flights with v2.1, and has stuck with me through versions 2.2, 2.3, and is exactly(?) the same now in v2.5
on yawing, if i am very very careful to ease the stick back to centre i can make it pull smoothly out of
Read more…since installing AC 2.5 things are going frankly very well - im not affected by the magnetometer problems and i have been able to get a lot of really good flights in with only very minor problems.
i fly a fairly standard jDrones hexa with 880kv motor
Read more…i have searched a bit and find several threads related to this question, but none that really answer all of my questions on this theme.
currently i fly with the three position switch for flight mode, and generally have STABILISE, LOITER, AUTO on chan
Read more…i have been using RTL a lot recently when i realise that my PID tuning has failed and manual control is difficult. the thing is that im almost always flying in some wind and with a very small landing site surrounded by shrubs, rocks, or just plain u
Read more…i was flying today with the recently updated software 2.2 b2 (jDrones hexa frame) in a bit of wind and ran into a fairly serious problem with attitude control. i was flying stabilize (makiing time waiting for gps lock), and everything was fine for a
Read more…i have a standard jdrones hexa with the 30A motors and 12x4.5 props.
stabilized flight works well, as does altitude hold. but the two automatic modes i have tried so far have a stabilization problem: on entering LOITER, for example the hexa simply "s
Read more…hi all,
first post here and its with a problem, sorry :-/
i had tested funcionality with mission planner - all sensors and gps working fine. i had all ESCs powered and calibrated - all motors spinning correctly.
suddenly the apm stopped responding over
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