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Toronto, ON
About Me:
Twinstar
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
built my own airplane, want to do some tests on a model to build another airplane
Hometown:
Toronto, Canada
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"My glider is delta shape, ie elevons; so flaps are not an option. And that first part I want it to descend as fast as possible to get out of the cold.(Lithium Poly and energy consumption of heater). But I also want the GPS to always have signal.…"
"Ok - so I reset everything I could. Original HIL hex file. Reseting, erasing the board, back to the ArduPlane.param file in the auto test directory.
The key is the min-pitch value -- it makes it goes bonkers for anything larger than -50. There…"
The key is the min-pitch value -- it makes it goes bonkers for anything larger than -50. There…"
APM 2.5 hardwareAPM 2.65 softwareSteps:1) start FG on the ground via Mission Planner.2) Set plane to Auto3) I restart FG at same location but at 30,000 ft.Results: plane does a tight spiral dive to the waypoint altitude, then goes to the waypoint.…
"I'm just now trying to do this as well. Mine doesn't work yet either, however, some previous postings said that Arduino 1.0 is not supported; to use version 23 or 22 with patch.
Now I've tried those and can't get it to compile... but thought I'd…"
Now I've tried those and can't get it to compile... but thought I'd…"
"I saw another thread - http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/erratic-imu-in-apm-2?xg_source=ac... and he was seeing same thing as me. However, seems like his fix was simply factory reset and that is not working for me."
After few moments IMU goes crazy. However, prior to that IMU responds very slowly. Sadly reseting does not fix it for me.
"So after doing the CLI mode, reset, reflash, reset, redo setup a few times and getting my usb oscilliscope some workout here is what I think is going on.
1) after reset with apu steady it looks fine.
2) All inertial data is slowed down-- like the…"
1) after reset with apu steady it looks fine.
2) All inertial data is slowed down-- like the…"
"The log files, when it went crazy.2012-04-22 21-25-10.rlog2012-04-22 21-25-10.tlog"
"Ok. so I re-loaded the same 2.33 firware. I went through whole setup process. I re-wrote the settings. I restarted, then after GPS lock I hit reset.
NOW, the elevator will work, even in stabilize mode, however, the stabilizing it at a very slow…"
NOW, the elevator will work, even in stabilize mode, however, the stabilizing it at a very slow…"
"I also seem not to be able to get back to manual mode sometimes after being in stabilize.
Here is the order I am doing things:
1) turn on with transmitter on in the "manual" position. (am using channel 7, with the 3 divisions RTL, Stablilize,…"
Here is the order I am doing things:
1) turn on with transmitter on in the "manual" position. (am using channel 7, with the 3 divisions RTL, Stablilize,…"
Just uploaded latest firmware 2.33, and APM 1.1.73.Have an twinstar II with ardupilot mega and oilpan shield, gps, airspeed, magnatometer.Setup flew last fall perfectly. I added the battery monitor, the attopilot 90 and a power switch. Sadly, I…
