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Balancing propellors and motors

Hi All,

I'm not sure if this is the forum to place this, but it just might be interesting to some of us..

A while ago I was waiting for having my car-tires balanced when I thought that must be possible with my motor-prop combination as well.
So what I d

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Suspicous trajectory

Hi,
I'm trying a auto mission to fly over a powerline pole.If I approach it from one side it flies correctly, but if I try to fly over from a point that is farther from home point (avoidance_trajectory_2) it starts to fly in straight line to unspecifi

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Drone flying to non visible point

Hi there,

I encountered a problem, while flying in auto mode, with approching to point that was not set by trajectory and is not visible after downloading mission from flight controller by Mission Planner. Does anybody encountered similar problem. The

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Holybro S500 Kit Information

Hi all. I’m new to the site and I’ve spent the last few months doing a lot of research on drones. During the pandemic, I purchased a DJI Phantom 4 and had fun learning to fly.

I have a background in cyber security and Linux/software development.  I wa

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Registration for Teachers?

We got a grant and bought a Solo for the classroom.  I need to get this thing registered with the FAA so that students can fly it.  After visiting several websites I'm unsure about how to do this.

Does the drone need registered and anyone can fly it?

D

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ArduPhantom 2 Vision+

A coworker gave me an old phantom 2 vision+ that wasn't working anymore and I couldn't help myself.  It's made almost entirely from my spare parts bin and I can say it flies well and doesn't look too bad.

  • Pixracer
  • Mro SAM GPS
  • Mro Telemetry
  • Lidar Lite V3
  • A

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Hexa with Hobbywing X8 motors

Hi
i am building a hexacopter with
1.) hobbywing x8 motors
2.) flight controller pixhawk PX5
3.) battery 12s 22Ah
4.) wheel base of around 1800mm
5.) estimated weight around 17kg without payload

i am looking if anyone has already tuned this type so i can ge

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Hexa with Hobbywing X8 motors

Hi
i am building a hexacopter with
1.) hobbywing x8 motors
2.) flight controller pixhawk PX5
3.) battery 12s 22Ah
4.) wheel base of around 1800mm
5.) estimated weight around 17kg without payload

i am looking if anyone has already tuned this type so i can ge

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TAKEOFF WITHOUT USING GPS

Hi,
Im working on a autonomous drones and im using JETSON NANO and flight controller PIXHAWK .Im able to control my drone by giving rc commands on the MAVLINK terminal itself by connecting it with PIXHAWK but now i want a python code from which i can

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Hexa with Hobbywing X8 motors

Hi
i am building a hexacopter with
1.) hobbywing x8 motors
2.) flight controller pixhawk PX5
3.) battery 12s 22Ah
4.) wheel base of around 1800mm
5.) estimated weight around 17kg without payload

i am looking if anyone has already tuned this type so i can ge

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Six Degree of Freedom Flight

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The birth of an idea

This is a description of my idea for a new type of aircraft. All aircraft fly in 3D space, but must fly within an envelope determined by their construction. Airplanes (generally) can only fly forward into a conical volume. Helicop

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