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
Read more…Setting up my jdrones hex copter and the motors on number 7 and 8 channel make a constant beeping at 4 beeps per second. The ECS guide advises throttle is not in lowest position even though it was. I then put throttle in top position and plugged the
Read more…I would be interested to share what others are using and how they have their power systems set up and what they find does and doesn't work. .
I am using a 3300mAh 4S 35-75C Turnigy battery and I'm in the dark about what to expect from this considerin
Read more…Im trying to get sim and Flight gear working, but all the settings Ive tried apart from Acro, the quad swings/yaws from side to side constantly.
Ive tried stabilize, stabilize simple, all the set modes with and without simple, autopilot and yet all
Read more…I'm having trouble powering off the motors after landing. I tried to disarm by holding the stick to the left, but nothing happens until I disconnect the battery. I know its not the RC transmitter signal, because in play back on MP I can see the thro
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