Moved to Arducopter 3.x forum for a chance at getting a response.
Morning all,
On a whim I decided to build a tricopter and outfit it with my APM1 I had lying around collecting dust. I built the custom frame with a custom gimbal for the tail etc, rat
Read more…As I have started using the UHF 433 systems for range, I have been experimenting with various TX and RX Antennae.
I came across this link http://www.fpvmanuals.com/category/manuals/equipment-manauls/antennas/ which explains how to build what they cal
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This is the first miss behaviour I have had from my Quad in almost a year. I was tuning the quad though ch6. Rate P was what I was interested in.
I landed the quad and heard the motors fire then stop. I was just about to take off again when
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I have been using the camera gimbal for a while now. I noticed the addition of the new camera tab in APM so decided to play with it. As soon as I changed the roll trim, roll stopped working. If i change the roll trim, the servo moves, however
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I get a voltage reading that makes sense, but even a fully charged battery only shows at 23%, also a flat battery shows at 23% when I first connect xbee.
It doesn't make a difference if I plug in a 3s 3000mah battery or a 4s 6000mah battery. Same
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I have not posted for a while as I have had alot of success with my Quad of late. I request assistance with regards to my Loiter. I currently have my quad sitting in a loiter box of around 7-10m in a very light breeze, but it stays within t
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Just a thought that I had. It seems like the only real motivation that I have at this point for upgrading to APM2 is the new barometer with its 10cm resolution. I know APM2 has more processing power etc etc more space and so on, but it
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Perhaps somone can assist, please see tuning below. My telemetry signal, only when active, interfers with my barometer accuracy.
Why should it interfere at all? If I put metal between the antenae and the apm, it helps a little. If i supre
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Does the below tuning image seem ok for a barometer covered with foam on an APM1. I want to try loiter, but this tuning graph seems too inaccurate to to bother trying.... The copter is currently just sitting on my bench....
Initial feedback and troubleshooting guides on the forum and wiki suggested that interference could be causing spikes on the sonars test (LV and MB1200) versions which in turn provided rough output to the APM.
Scoping the power supply lines, the sug
Read more…My quad weighs 1450g, is currently running the standard 880kv motors on a 3S lipo pack. With 10x4.5 props I can get the quad to be completely stable, no oscillations at all, however motocalc and manual tests suggest that at hover throttle 12x4.5 pro
Read more…APM Planner 1.0.82
Firmware 2.0.48
Cannot tune PID's.
Error Set TATE_PIT_P Failed (its does this for all the PIDS I try and change. In addition it doesnt load the PID's stored until you click refresh params.
Any help would be appriciated.
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Perhaps one of you could shed some light. I feel like I have tackeled this problem correctly. Setup 2 x 3000mah 35C batteries. Each battery runs 2 motors. So both batteries ends up powering 2 X 2 sets of motors. Hope that is clear. Bat
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I have been an RC heli pilot for ever, well it feels like it anyway. When I got
my first electric, think it was an Ikarus Eco 8, which at the time was a marvel
in its own right. The battery connector standard back then was the good ol
deans plu
Morning,
I know one can see sonar in CLI -> test -> Sonar. Is this information available whilst flying? The only thing I see move is alt_error when i move objects closer to the sonar, but -0.42 is not too interesting for me.
I just purchased at MB1
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So I had a thought, if a bunch of ppl followed this particular thread and Michael just dropped an entry letting us know when the firmware became available, we would not have to check daily. An email would just appear in our mailboxes saying
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So I went to my local HS yesterday to look for a prop balancer. They had a DU-Bro version with magnets for R380.00 or around $54 if you like. I decided for what it was, it was a bit of a rip so decided to purchase the much cheaper thumb pr
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If i go to CLI i get GPS account and coords. Running 2.0.42. Connecting through APM 1.0.68, no GPS data besides Altitude is displayed.
Ok, figured it out whilst I was typing this...
Changed Mode from 0 to 1 in planner config. Not sure wha
Read more…Hi Michael,
Request a change or have an idea if you like.
In APM under the Status tab, please will you make the information displayed here as selectable. In other words I would like the ability to tick the status information I want to see. So if I
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Would like to know who has tested the firmware update through APM Planner and if there were any problems doing the firmware update and how the flight tests went. Anything special to look out for?
Regards,
Solo.
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