I just replaced my old cheap transmitter/receiver with a (less cheap) Turnigy 9X radio. I connected the receiver to my APM2.5 board, and calibrated the radio through Mission Planner. After some initial testing it seems like the throttle values are…
Are you still having this issue? As Sascha mentioned you can reprogram the radios if you have an FTDI programmer cable. If you dont have an FTDI programmer you can also use an Arduino Uno by doing the following:
I use my quadcopter to capture aerial video, purely for entertainment. I don't do surveying or structure scanning. I just like to film things and share the footage. Unfortunately winter time doesn't always yield the prettiest vistas in the southeast…
"What if the plane is following a variable speed target, and the target slows down below the plane's minimum speed? Will the plane loiter until the target speeds up again? For example.. Imagine following a dirt bike and the bike rider stops for a…"
"Found my answer - when i plugged in my Ardupilot, it was recognized as a serial device found under /dev/serial/by_id/usb-Arduino__www.arduino.cc__Arduino_Mega_2560_64033333430351709002-if00. I right clicked the file and looked at the properties. It…"
""You might first test if the APM is sending some binary output over USB. To do this use your favorite terminal program (like hyperterm.exe, minicom or Arduino IDE's Serial Console)."
Can you explain how to do this please? I'm using minicom in…"
"Hi Noah - were you ever able to exchange data between your BeagleBoard and the APM? I'm a student at Georgia Tech and our group is trying to do something similar. Do you have any suggestions? "