I included my Maiden flight video, you can see stabilization works great, Autopilot flight is stable. RC input appears that I need to reduce the throws. If I bank hard and let go the sticks the aircraft will recover and stabilized. If I enage the
Read more…I would like to build a Plimp, similar to what Egan labs built. Has anyone attempted to build something similar ? I'd like to build something like it. I've got a spare pixhawk controller to use for the project.
It's been a while since i've post
Read more…Hi guys.. I wonder of any of you have any ideas on how to reduce a wobble. I went through all the steps as I did when I built the quad and installed firmware 2.7.3. I'm attaching my flight logs hopefully someone can give me advice. The wobble is l
Read more…One thing about Chinese motors. They are cheap and you can build a prototype quickly, but the Chinese can't make ball bearings to save themselves! After 13 flights I had a motor fail. I ordered two replacement motors from hobbyking since there's
Read more…I decided to purchase the Xpro Heli Camera Mount 2 to add to my SK-450 quadcopter platform.
When I opened the box I was impressed with the craftsmanship, but skeptical about the tinsel strenght of the 1/8" aluminum landing gear. I figured it MUST b
Read more…I just mounted my SK450 frame on a XproHeli landing gear platform with camera mount. I'm going to make a wight that weighs as much as a gopro, mount it and test. I figured I should see if I crash first with some dead weight.
The landing gear costs
Read more…I did it! I've got a perfect rock solid loiter even in 13mph gust winds! My 2200 lipo apparently only gets me 3 minute stable flights. Sure the motors will spin and I can fly for the next 2 minutes, but yaw, pitch and roll would drift. The first
Read more…If you buy the stock Mode 2 Turnigy 9Ch failsafe will not work with your copter! I don't know about you but I know old man Murphy is alive and well and his law does apply here. If anything can go wrong it will. You need to be protected by loss of s
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Should I update my arducopter firmware on the APM 2.0 controller ? I am presently running arducopter 2.6 FW 118. My goal is a stable loiter.
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I was wondering if any of you have the Turnigy 9ch ? Are you running the stock throttle curve parameters or did you make any custom changes ? Also I've been following the directions on how to configure the stock version 2 firmware for 6 flig
Read more…Hi All!
I got some decent flight time this afternoon! I'm uploading the log file from my APM 2.0 controller.
I had a blast today. thanks to all who've made this platform possible. I really like it. I just ordered a Turnigy 6000ma LiPo and my landi
Read more…MAX_ALTITUDE will come in handy. it would protect you from pilot error or if there is a communication glitch.
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When I started Mission Planner today I was notified an update was available.I updated and now every time I start Mission Planner there's an update available.
Is something wrong with update check ?
Hi,
I have a 450mm frame, with motors,reciever,apm 2.0, power distribution board, esc, props and prop mounts, and 2200ma LiPo it weighs 996g. I will be buying a 5000ma Lipo once I get the copter flying well, and then even more weight.. camera and
Read more…First off.. I want to say this is an awesome application! I plan on adding
full telemetry and FPV to my drone. I have a few questions. I am running the latest arducopter firmware, mavlink 1.0 and mission planner 1.92. When I load a log file to graph I
As a newbie pilot I noticed one of my mistakes that lead me to overcompensation is accidently going full throttle blasting my quad 500ft in the air. My new recovery is to go into land mode, but once I crashed badly but proved to myself how durable m
Read more…I had a great flight today! The quad soared to over 500ft high. I select land flight mode and she came down with not problem. My radio is limited, I've only got a 2 position toggle on channel 5 I figured land was safer than RTL while I am getting
Read more…APM 2.0, NTM 26-28A batteries, 10.5" props, 540mm frame from hobbyking, 30A ESC!
I have all my props with the size and type print facing up. I verfied the direction of the props.
I'll verify each motor again but it looked fine.
I'm using a APM 2.0 controller, the GPS is on the back end right ? so if I want the quad facing away
Hi!,
I almost have my 540mm Qaud finished. I've got the ESC all calibrated, I've got APM 2.5 loaded.
I'm configured, all the motors are turning right but there's something oddd. I calibrated my radio
but throttle is messed up. All the way up on th
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