My APM 2.5 is behaving very strangely. When connecting it to power (battery or USB) the APM will flash between LED A(red) and C(blue) for a second or 2 and then LED A wil turn solid RED.
When connecting to Mission Planner it retrieves the MAVlink and
I have posted this discussion 3 days ago listed under the APM planner Category but received no feedback, maybe I will receive feedback if I list it as an unassigned category.
I have a developed a sensor network which detects gunshots for anti-poaching
I have a developed a sensor network which detects gunshots for anti-poaching purposes. When a gunshot is detected, the event data is sent to a sensor server for further analysis and triangulation of the gunshot location.
Yes, it is exactly what it looks like, a Quadcopter mixed with an airplane. Just a page out of my over-active brain. Take off in quad mode, hover, switch to plane mode, fly, switch back to quad, hover, land or land in plane mode. This would give you
I have installed Arduplane v2.63 on my APM 1280 via mission Planner 1.2.11 and do not get any GPS lock on the Planner or on the board. The GPS module have lock as per the solid blue LED. I have followed the steps as per the troubleshooting guide to n
I have an APM 1280 board, uploaded Arduplane v2.33. Since the upload an after radio setup I cannot get the APM to recognize any TX inputs. It will only recognize inputs when connected to my computer via USB but not when in normal setup. the ppm light
Can anyone please point me in the correct direction. I have an old E-sky Belt CP to which I wish to add my APM 1280 board. I have downloaded the new mission planner and see that only 2560 boards are supported for the traditional heli types.
I have enlarged my prop from the standard 6 x 4 to 8 x 6 on my skysurfer due to the lack of thrust received from the smaller prop. This included some cutting and changing to get the motor mounted to the correct height to accommodate the bigger prop.
My APM suddenly stopped working after trying to update the firmware to test settings on X plane sim. When plugging it in to the USB on my PC it does not get recognized and is shown as an unknown device. This is on Windows 7. Can this be fixed? any he
I am having strange startup issues with my Quadcopter. When connecting the battery, some motors might start with their beep sequence as normal while others might have kickback. It is not always the same motors that produce these issues. Sometimes th
What a painfull day!!, I went out to start my PID setup on my newly completed Quad today after finding it to be osciliting way too much.After connecting my flight battery for some unkown reason the motors spinned up abruptly and started lifting my qu
I am planning to build a Quadcopter for some time, I have all the required gear and an airframe completed. Before I start assembling the entire quad I would like to know what the lifting capability will be when complete.
After all the efforts and the wonderfull help from Chris and Alex we got the simulation and everything working last night. Today a new issue arised. When trying to read or write waypoints to the APM I get the following message in APM Mission Planner
Help please, I cant get my simulation going as per the manual
I am running Windows 7 and X-Plane 9.21rc2, set with all the settings as per the manual (see image) , APM Planner 0.4.19 Build 0.4.4125.34330 and my Ardupilot Mega 1.4 updated to Ardupilot