John L.'s Discussions (9)

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Motors cutout when testing

Hi

I thought I would give -rc4 a go, but while testing, I noticed a 'problem' when switching into either Alt hold or loiter when the throttle is less than 50%.

If I spin the motors up in stabilize mode then switch to either Alt hold or loiter, all 4 mo

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ArduCopter Mission Planner 1.0.68

Hi all

Am I the only one or is the Mission Planner interface now running really slow.

It seems to be working but the updates seem to be a couple of seconds apart making it sluggish moving around menus and trying to setup things.

Any help would be greatl

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Magnetometer orientation

My compass has East and West swapped which I suspect is because the AC2 code expects the compass to be component side down and soldered to the pins on the IMU

I have noticed the AC2 code and CLI doesn't seem to allow you to set the orientation of the

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Propeller size 10" / 12"

 

I did a dumb thing (not the first time)

I hurriedly ordered some spare props and obviously didn't look at the size too well when ordering.

Instead of 10" I must have ordered 12" because I now have 2 sets of them.

What would be the down side of trying t

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Artificial Horizon in Configurator

I have a standard setup ArduQuad which I have flown only a few times. I have had motor control problems on most flights where it has wandered off on it's own mission - no great damage. This is normally after minutes of quite stable flight (all solder

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Turnigy 9x setup

It seems that quite a few people are using the Turnigy 9x Tx/Rx with their ArduCopters.

I have bought one for future extra channels.

I have searched the various forum topics and can't find where anyone has documented setting up one of these.

Beside not

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Sonar PID setup

 

What a great project this has turned out to be. It has been really satisfying just getting to this stage and I haven't even flown more than a couple of meters in testing.

I have completed most of the fine turning of the Quadcopter and have wired in a

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Software/firmware anomolies - what does what?

Hi all enthusiasts

I must say that I am very happy and impressed with the supplied kit and am having fun assembling it.

Well done to the all the guys involved in the evolution of the hardware and software, I think in the months to come we will see a qu

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Availability of ArduCopter kit

Hi all
 I have been trying to order an ArduCopter kit.

Does anyone know when the kits will be available again?

I have been advised to get on the email list to be notified, but never receive anything.

The production status wiki does not seem to be updated

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