Hey all,I'm working on converting my traxxas rustler into an ardurover. I have the APM 2.6 that I pulled from my quadcopters as well as a fatshark fpv setup. I'm looking to get a range of a few miles with obstructions. What do you recommend in terms
Read more…So I'm thinking of doing a huge (I mean huge) quadcopter build. Think something like the picture above, but not an X8. Anyone have any ideas/cautions/suggestions? I'm probably going to custom build the frame. Once I have the frame done I'll post its
So I might of gotten a job doing flyovers of a solar farm to make an advertisement. Right now I have a stock 3DR quadcopter, with the APM. The client wants nice sweeping view of the farm, smooth and sub professional. The problem is, I'm not a pro! I
Read more…So my Quadcopter (apm 2.5) has been getting terrible battery life. It would always exceed 8 minutes, but recently its been getting more like 3-4. I thought something might be wrong with the copter, but I know its not now. I plugged my battery in to m
Read more…Today I was flying in a relatively large yard. There were light winds with gusts at the highest around 10-15 mph. I was flying around a little and my copter went too high and I couldn't control it, so I flipped the switch to RTL. The copter started g
Read more…So I've been have trouble with voltage on my quadcopter. I am still learning so I keep it low, but recently I've been going higher up. I'm a little nervous about the battery because my quad starts descending slowly, gaining speed in the process. I ge
Read more…I flew my quad into a tree and it fell to the ground smashing the stack up spacers ( these http://store.diydrones.com/M3x30mm_Black_Nylon_Spacer_p/hw-ac3dr-01.htm). Did anyone ever attemted to 3D print these spacers? If not can you try to design a fi
Read more…I have a 3DR quadcopter and a Nikon AW100. I want to mount the camera to the bottom of the quad, but don't need a gimbal. Just need a platform to aim it out, with minimal vibes. Any idea how I could make one, lightest possible because the camera is h
Read more…Im using the stock 3dr 20 amp escs on my arducopter. I programmed 3 escs manually because I coulden't figure out the automatic programming. The last esc won't program. It always turns on, gives the start up beeps, the lipo beeps, and every few second
Read more…I followed all of the steps for the accelerometer calibration, APM flat, Apm left side, etc and noticed, when its connected through USB the telemetry screen shows that it pointing down 10 degrees. Its also turning to the side a little. I tried the ca
Read more…I've finally narrowed my battery choices to one cost effective battery. Its a great planes battery found here. Do you think it will perform well, I know its not too powerful at 2200mah, but I plan to upgrade later on.
Also when I connect the power mo
Read more…I recived my APM yesterday. I had some trouble with the manual so i decided to ask here. Ok, so if I connected the power module the the PM port on the board, do I need to connect the red and black wire from the PDB into the APM? I don't think I do, b
Read more…I put aside the 6 channel radios from my selection. I narrowed it down to 2 (maybe 3) radios.
1) The Futuba 8J found here. I was reading another thread about the PPM problems with a Futuba 8 (or more) channel radios. If this will cause a problem is i
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I'm sure many of you have used these radios, so which one do you think is better? I'm leaning towards the Futuba because I have always used them. I took a look in my local hobby store at the Spektrum and it was nice (a little plasticy though
Read more…I just finished building my arducopter and am ready to buy a radio system. My budget it up to $150. I looked at the spektrum dx6i but its reviews on its build quality was bad. The radio I found was the Tactic TTX600. I like it due to its simplicity,
Read more…The assembly manual on 3DR's website (I think) has a mistake in it. On the power distribution board page, it says "Solder the thin gauge red & black wire to “GND” and “5V OUT.” In the photo it shows it soldered to the + and - on the m4 side. Mabye it
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