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About Me:
Relative RC newbie. Been flying RC a couple of years. I enjoy the "trinkering" as much as flying.
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I figure the FC can do a better job flying than I can...
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St. Petersburg, FL
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"Thanks Michael.
Can you confirm that it would work just to put a final waypoint as a land command rather than the way I have been doing it (a final fly to with a land waypoint below it)?"
Can you confirm that it would work just to put a final waypoint as a land command rather than the way I have been doing it (a final fly to with a land waypoint below it)?"
"Thanks Edgar,
So is it best NOT to use the "add below" button to add my "land" waypoint? Did this change? I have done this numerous times before with success. I just updated to Mission Planner 1.3.24 build 1.1.5574.33902 and Arducopter V3.2.1…"
So is it best NOT to use the "add below" button to add my "land" waypoint? Did this change? I have done this numerous times before with success. I just updated to Mission Planner 1.3.24 build 1.1.5574.33902 and Arducopter V3.2.1…"
"Thanks Erik,
I wasn't at the mission area when I planned the mission. I planned and loaded the mission (which I haven't yet flown) last night. I was planning on going to the field to fly it today, but didn't want to take my laptop. Won't it set home…"
I wasn't at the mission area when I planned the mission. I planned and loaded the mission (which I haven't yet flown) last night. I was planning on going to the field to fly it today, but didn't want to take my laptop. Won't it set home…"
"How do I switch between the two modes?
Also, If I want to set a landing wp, do I first need to set a wp above it as I did in my example, or can I just enter a "land" wp (would have been #17 in my example)? I have always done it using a standard…"
Also, If I want to set a landing wp, do I first need to set a wp above it as I did in my example, or can I just enter a "land" wp (would have been #17 in my example)? I have always done it using a standard…"
I had a weird experience setting up one of my APM 2.6 controlled quads using Mission Planner 1.3.24 build 1.1.5574.33902 and Arducopter V3.2.1 )36b405fb). I set up wp1 as an ROI and added a total of 18 waypoints to circle the ROI, return to my…
"Thanks Randy. I'd have never known what that indicated or what to look for. Maybe someday if I keep pluggging along I'll get logs figured out.
I've got the quad back together and am going to swap out props (see Gustav reply) I was using 10x4.7…"
I've got the quad back together and am going to swap out props (see Gustav reply) I was using 10x4.7…"
"HOW TRUE!
There is no "easy way". Couple that with the fact that I'm a slow learner and old, shortcuts sound tempting. I'm just going to havr to back up a few steps on not be in such a hurry.
I am going to look into ways of reducing the interference…"
There is no "easy way". Couple that with the fact that I'm a slow learner and old, shortcuts sound tempting. I'm just going to havr to back up a few steps on not be in such a hurry.
I am going to look into ways of reducing the interference…"
"Thanks for all of the input and the link to RCGroups Mobius forum. I AM going to get this worked out. I guess the greatest fun is overcoming the frustration.
Jim"
Jim"
First, let me say that I am a novice. I have been flying APM quads for a little over a year starting with a 3DR quad. I am now on my 5th APM based quad and keep having a similar situation cause me to crash. I don't know whether it is an equipment…
I have tried to update Mission Planner 1.2.97 build 1.1.5167.24804 and get the following error message:"Update Failed File downloaded does not match hash: it-IT/MissionPlanner.resources.dll"What does this mean and what should I do to correct it?
I have been flying a 3DR Quadcopter for about 8 months and made a huge mistake by touching my battery leads to the power cable in reverse polarity - I didn't plug it in, the connectors just touched. That was enough to do something to my APM 2.5.…
"I posed a couple aof weeks ago a very similar situation which resulted in the crash and destruction of my 3DR quad. I notice since then that this is about the fifth or sixth post on the same basic issue - the quad going nuts when switching mode. For…"
First let me say that I will always be a "newbie". I've been flying my 3DR quad for about 6 months and just when I think I get it figured out and seemingly flying well something weird happens and it falls out of the sky. Today I did a simple flight…
First let me say that I will always be a "newbie". I've been flying my 3DR quad for about 6 months and just when I think I get it figured out and seemingly flying well something weird happens and it falls out of the sky. Today I did a simple flight…
"HEY, I GUESS ANYONE WHO WOULD CONNECT A BATTERY BACKWARDS MUST BE A LITTLE SLOW... :-)
I finally figured it out and it was just as simple. I had calibrated my radio, but not my compass and accelerometer.
SUCCESS!
Jim"
I finally figured it out and it was just as simple. I had calibrated my radio, but not my compass and accelerometer.
SUCCESS!
Jim"
I did a royal screw up and inadvertantly touched my battery connector plug together in reverse polarity. Smoke came out of the power module. After cooling, I tried to connect properly and got my usual "beep, bee, beep" tone from the esc's and then…
