Just been out to maiden my new fx-61 Phantom wing build. First plane I have ever used Ardupilot on (I am experienced with Copter but new to Plane). I have 3.5.2 running on a Pixhawk Lite FC, M8N GPS unit, no airspeed sensor fitted. I hand launched in
Read more…Just setting up my first plane with Pixhawk Lite/plane 3.5 and I am witnessing some rather strange failsafe behaviour whilst the plane is on the bench and disarmed, with no available GPS signal.
I am using FrSky Taranis X9D+, so have radio failsafe co
Read more…I was testing my f330 build today (actually went out to run autotune) with 3.3.2rc2 running on an AUAV-X2. In AltHold I am getting considerable altitude loss in forward motion, even walking pace motion (more than 6 metres drop), then on slowing the c
Read more…OK, so I have some PID tuning to do to resolve an issue I have which is demonstrated in the video (link below). Its a twitch on the roll axis. Just not sure which PID settings to look at. The video is shot from both the air from a 3axis gimbal, where
Read more…I have spent this evening tuning PIDs (well actually, just P's and D's, and not I's)on my 4s Tarot 680Pro build and have noted some strange results which I hoped I could get some info on whether this is normal for a hexa build such as mine. I did all
Read more…I am using the latest beta (1.3.20.2), but have noted this issue with previous releases also. I think the issue is down to the fact that params under IMU and IMU2 have the same names. So say you have AccZ from IMU checked and displaying its trace, th
Read more…Here is a scenario I have been wondering about: I plan to shoot some friends mountain biking down a hillside. So, I arm and take off at the top of the hill, follow them close behind at about 15m alt above them, but of course, although the altitude ab
Read more…Just carried out my first autotune on my Extended F550 (680mm motor-motor) hexacopter. Completed in just over 10mins and I must say the copter feels a lot more dialiled in now. Just got home to hook it upto MP, and to my surprise, the Stab P values a
Read more…In 1.3.28.4 we had the Landing Gear option (29) detailed in the Full Parameters list and also in the Full Parameter Tree screen against the CHn_OPT variables, but this is gone in 1.3.29. The Option 29 was never detailed against the RCn_FUNCTION varia
Read more…I was seeing poor GPS performance - taking several minutes to detect satellites. I then spotted the Ardupilot manual page here:
Read more…I have the RSSI (PWM) port of my FrSky X8R Rx connected with a servo cable to the SBUS input of the Pixhawk. I have Pixhawk configured for RSSI input to that port (RSSI_PIN set to 103 in Mission Planner, plus RSSI_RANGE set to 3.3) I have read that i
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