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PIDs for the Talon - Are they all the same?

HI, 

Is there a standard PID parameters for the Talon with the wing extension which work on every Talon? 

Will the weight affect the PID parameters? Example a 3kg Talon or 4Kg or 5Kg, more batteries of course. 

Using the Pixhawk and Ardupilot 3.5.0

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Target Tracking via the gimbal with Pixhawk

HI,

I am searching for a solution where we select a moving target and the Gimbal will follow it regardless the copter/plane movement. 

Till now, we need 2 operators, one for the copter and the other one for the gimbal to follow the moving target, but i

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Mapping Camera

HI,


I am building a new mapping solution, I am a searching for the right camera, I have been advised to select full frame camera like those below and also some users told me about those following inexpensive cameras:



The Sony NEX5

Canon S100 and SX260

Ca

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Building a Heavy-load Payload Copter

HI, 

I have a request to build a copter which can handle 8Kg extra payload for a flight duration of 40 minutes. 

The project is for the Local Search & Rescue Team to find the missing and lost people in the snow and mountains. The payload will be 2 ways

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Pixhawk or APM 2.6 on a Fixed Wings Plane

HI,

I have a fixed plane and APM 2.6, and I have a mission plan that should go for few km, do few circles then coming back to home. (Maximum 10 waypoints). 

Do I have to upgrade to pixhawk to ensure a safe flight or the APM 2.6 will be able to do it ea

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Plane Speed without airspeed and Wind Speed

HI, I am using the APM 2.6.

I have some questions regarding the plane speed and the air speed

I have a plane without an airspeed: 

If the plane is defined to fly from a waypoint to another at speed 45km/h and if the wind speed is at 30km/h, at what spee

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Elevation Graph for more than 70KM

HI,

We are doing a test flight for more than 30mi, (15mi both ways). But we wanted to check the Elevation graph in the mission planner but we were getting the message that the distance is too big or too low waypoints.

We have added multiple waypoints t

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Follow the Google Terrain Topology?

HI, 

Is there a way that we can configure the ardupilot to follow the terrain topology, example:

I am at 0 altitude, and I have created a waypoint 1 at 30 meters and a second waypoint 2 at 30 meters also, but between them there is a high hill at 50 met

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