I wonder what the general consensus is for what people now use and prefer for the throttle stick and whether to have it spring loaded so that it sits in the middle (hover position) compared to having it un-sprung as we always used in the past.
I can
Read more…We see a lot of assumptions out there about props etc, but very hard to find hard evidence and factual data. The data I have been searching for over the last 6 months is to find proof whether Carbon Fiber props are really so much better than plastic,
Read more…I am looking for any information if a brush-less gimbal can be controlled via the APM boards gimbal controller and how to set this up.
Currently my Brush-less gimbal has its own stand alone gimbal controller, but I would prefer to reduce the hardware
Read more…These following were the steps I did to set up the FrSky TFR8 RX to initiate the fail safe on APM and in case this can help others . I suggest add yours here as well if you have a different TX/RX FS setup.
I suspect other TXs other than the Futaba wi
Read more…I originally posted this on the "ArduPlane 2.71 released" discussion but no response yet so here is my issue.
( I posted some files on that discussion here http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/arduplane-2-71-released?id=705844%3ATopic%3A1198629&page=9#co
Read more…Mike ok I apologist and I might have been wrong to assume it didn't get out of Malaysia which in most case lots of news doesn't, but it still doesn't warrant a reply "It is the mission of DIY Drones to only promote the positive side of hobby drones"
Read more…What difference would be noted between using a 800Kv to 900Kv motor (Tiger T-Motor MT2216-12 vs T-Motor MT2216-11 ) on the exact same frame and using the same 12.45 props? I mistakenly bought the 900s but thought to try them anyway.
I currently use th
Read more…Just my view but I feel in the Configuration page in Mission Planner for the PID config selection now in this latest version to get the the PIDs is to many click and all the drop down menus are unnecessary.
When we are doing the the PID tweaking and
Read more…Can anyone point me to where to find a decent battery review for battery selection for multi copters or otherwise and online stores to buy them?. I am looking to buy 4 batteries between 5000 to 6500mAh 3S and between 25 to 40C and want to make sure I
Read more…In a crash a few weeks ago the diode on the mag fitted to the AMP 1 board got damaged and to the point it ripped off some PCB traces so I cant solder it back on. I have ordered a new one but though in the mean time it still might work. , I see there
Read more…My main concern as repeated a number of time in a number of other posts is the safety aspect needs to be a primary focus on this APM project.
So far many suggestions have been ignored to date. We really must all demand a better fail-safe functions and
Read more…I have just bought the new APM2.5 board and see there are quite a few changes made to this compered to the APM2.0 board.
When will the APM2.5 wiki be available? I see the APM2.5 doesn't come with the SD card bay. So why was this dropped and how can th
Read more…I had a crash today and the xbee came off the board and then I mistakenly plunged it back into the board in revers so the power pins were feeding the two signal wires. Now it wont communicate with the the gcs xbee. I swapped over the Xbee 900 to anot
Read more…I cant figure out why the sonars on both my copters don't seem to give a proper readings when I run sonar test on CLI. Ive done a full reset and installed the firmware a few times on both. Im running 2.5.3 on APM1 .
When I run CLI it starts off readi
Read more…Barometer Issues!?.
Ok, here is another problem Ive spotted in the mind field of hardware issues and for people who continually bang their heads trying to fix them through PID tuning. .
If you have a housing that is covering over all of your electronic
Read more…Some how what I think is a diode on the right side from the power jumper ( bottom left on the board just below the multiplexor) is missing. It must have gotten knocked of somehow. Can you please advise what the specs are of this component and what I
Read more…I had a major crash on my GCS laptop and for what every reason I can no longer install Win7. Ive now managed to get Win XP and Ubuntu installed and have installed Net framework 4 and done the XP 3 service pack etc and all updated.
Now what am I missin
Read more…What would be the noticeable difference having 1100kv motors compared to 880kv motors on a quad?
What are the pros and cons for higher or lower Kv motors?
Would I be correct to assume if I put one different Kv motor on one arm from the other three moto
Read more…I have had a problem with Mission Planner for a while now that the main window doesn't open up but it opens in minimize to the tool bar. The terminal window opens ok, but not the main window. Even if I click on it, it wont open . I have to hold the c
Read more…This started out as a basic check sheet for myself and its still a work in progress, but I felt this could also be benefit a lot of new people starting of flying multirotor aircraft's.
The first few pages is a field check sheet to go through before y
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