Now that my loiter performance is rock solid using AC 2.8.1, I’ve moved onto flying missions. So far, only about 40% of mission sorties are a success. My basic mission is 1) takeoff, 2) Delay, 3) Time Loiter at new location for 5 seconds, 4) Land.
Read more…My compass decreases its reading as much as 90 degress with take-off motor power (high current). It does this both on an APM 2.5 and an APM1 board. I've moved the APM board to the secnd deck in the stack and the deviation is only 10 degress, but st
Read more…I'm running 2.7.1 (Mavlink 1.0) on an APM1.4. Just turned on the MinimOSD with the 3DR (900mhz) radio at the same time. The OSD comes up, but with no data (e.g. 0 degrees on the heading). 3DR radio works fine. I left the TX line off the MinimOSD
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Not being an accomplished RC pilot, I only fly in Simple mode. My quad now has a camera. Moving around in Simple mode and manually yaw'ing to point the camera is a pain.
Is there a way that I can configure a "user definable flight mode" to create
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I have attached a string to the center of the top plate and hung the string from a high point. But I am afraid the plate will break. Is there a better trick for balancing the AC?
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Hi All.
I built a 3dr frame + motor kit last week, and started testing. After passing all the standard tests, I tried a launch. The copter is not even close to being flyable due to some very strange behavior. It wants to take off to the aft left. W
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I've got the new quad nearly set up but have noticed two, maybe related problems.
First, the roll axis on the HUD is reversed. When I tilts the quad to the right (right motor down), it shows a left turn on the HUD. Its acting like the APM
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Attempted to update firmware last night via the current version of the Mission Planner, but repeatedly received the following error:
"Failed to download new firmware: Exception of type ‘System.Exception’ was thrown"
Turned off the Windows 7 firewall
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