Can I safely fly arduplane without a compass? If yes, what won't work as well without a compass? I have an APM 2.0 with a bad internal compass and it won't accept an external compass (even after cutting the trace). I read a few post that talked ab
The wiki said to cut the trace which turns out to be no easy feat. I did that and verified that the internal no longer working but I'm getting some odd random problems that make me think it's not a clean cut and it's popping in and out causing the A
Robert has generously offered to give an overview of the code and what modules do what via Skype or some form of easy to use conference system. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is interested in digging deeper into the code, but I've personally had
I just had my first stable loiter yesterday after running compasmot and it was very impressive. Tuning wasn't very difficult for the most part and the biggest barrier we have with getting more helis setup is the more complex cabling for the RX to th
Quick stupid question, but is the X accel the pitch or roll? I'm trying to tune out some vibration and have great X accel, and Z accel, but my Y accel is bad. I did a bit of search on google and the DIY forms and didn't see an answer.
I did some searching and saw a few notes about people doing this, but I wanted to verify that it's OK to add the normal flat pitch curve for a "dead" stick area for hovering.
I was in the air yesterday and wasn't quite used to having such a small are
So I forget exactly who said it, but in one of the many vibration threads someone made a note about how "maybe a little more mass helped stable out the APM". Now I know there are some neat rigs out there but I want things simple, so for a simple tes
I see that Anthony Sive was working on the wiki, and since I closed the other thread when I thought we weren't going to be updating the current wiki, I'm re-opening this one.
Getting started, should we remove the Setting up the CLI part from: http://
So I've been mostly playing with quads and small planes, so I haven't dealt with servos that much so I've got a few power questions for helicopter setups, but it's always better to look like a fool and ask then burn up electronics.
It's edited to just the good part (and 1080p and 60 FPS hero3 black footage!)
You might notice the vibes, which is odd seeing that just put on fresh fully balanced props. I was flying in acro mode and as soon as it started to fall back, I went stab
OK, in summary I have a TBS discovery and I want to do a better job of setting up its odd angle arms to work with the APM. I feel like understand this would also be great for testing and adding new platforms like a spider Octa, hexa V, etc.
So I've read and tuned and tried a number of things, but I can't seem to remove this problem. I'll try my best to describe what's happening. Running quad in X for
Could someone please link me to some reading, or help me better understand how the kV/per RPM can equate to a brush less motor's power output. How does RPM and torque factor in? Should I care?
For example, I have some stock DJI 2218 motors that are
So I've got an odd one. I'm trying to setup a known good working quad on an older 72 mhz hitech optic 6 radio and Berg 7p RX. The quad works and fly greats on an 8fg futaba, but when I power the quad with the hitech, I just get the constant unhappy
So recently my Futaba 7c was stolen and I'm considering switching to a DX8. Does anyone who's made this switch have any feedback? How's the menu, ease of making changes? Any Pro/cons between the two?
So forgive me, I come from flying traditional helis (and it's been years since I had to fly a fixed pitched one). I'm curious about descending with a quad, and if my problem is to do the fixed pitched nature of most quads, or if I need to tune somet
I'm getting ready to test my TREX 500, and I was thinking the safest way start testing and tuning auto-pilot modes was to fly the helicopter normally, get some altitude for recovery, then go from there.