Does anybody know of a decent way to waterproof an X copter? There must be a decent way to protect the apm / pixhawk etc and the receiver from water. I live by the great lakes [ Michigan ] and do a lot of boating. I'd love to get some good video but
Read more…Building my first quad but having problem with not enough power. 5000 mah 3s 11.1 v 30c discharge rate battery passes through 3Dr power module to distribution board to 4 35amp esc's to 4 1000kv A2212 motors spinning 10x4.8 props. Takes off okay but a
Read more…I have apm 2.5 with a fixed wing aircraft. I am running the arduplane 2.72 and like how my plane flies with this version so I have not bothered to update mission planner OR the latest firmware for arduplane.
I just got my son a amp 2.6, power module,
Read more…Is there any way to change the reading to Mph and feet instead of metric??
Read more…I see two sets of numbers. Is one the receive strength of the ground station and the other is the received strength of the air? What would be the equivalent of say %50? Thanks
Read more…I am wondering if the RFD900 hooked up via usb / OTG cable does anybody have concerns that in full power setting it will be under powered from the droid? I'm by no means an electronic wiz so could be I'm worrying about nothing but as I recall on max
Read more…Would this WP set up work to have the plane fly a repeating pattern until I tell it to stop? See pic below.
I see a lot of discussion regarding antenna tracking and wonder why this is so common if you can buy a radio like the RDF 900 with a range of 20-30 miles? Seems like I'm missing a significant factor here?
Read more…I must be an idiot but I can't tell what version I'm running / is loaded on the APM. I look in the firmware page in MP and it says 2.74 but I don't remember updating to that.
Read more…Can someone point me in the right direction for hooking up a RFD 900 to the APM? Is this the cable I'd use? Or do I need to connect manually with individual wires i.e. it's not plug and play? I would prefer not to guess. A picture would be great. Tha
Read more…Can 1.2.74 MP work okay without the latest arduplane 2.74b update?
Thanks
Rick
Read more…I am hoping someone can shed some light on when or if the apm would increase throttle without an airspeed sensor? For instance say during a flight in auto it starts heading to the next waypoint and the next waypoint is a higher altitude than it's cur
Read more…I was thinking today what would happen during a flight mission if my airplane with a nitro engine quit. It would seem the APM would just keep giving it full up elevator leading to a nasty stall thus leading to a not so nice ending. So wouldn't it be
Read more…If I set the dist unit to feet is this shown in the HUD ONLY and all else in every single setting is in Metric? For instance when creating a mission there is 'default alt' setting. Is that number always in meters regardless of me selecting feet @ Con
Read more…What would be a middle of the road antennal upgrade for the 915 mhz 3D robotics telemetry? I ordered a 21 cm [ larger ] pole antenna for the plane. If I got this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ramsey-LPY9-Logi-Log-Periodic-PCB-Antenna-915-MHz-/360283780191?
Read more…Tried all the obvious things. Any ideas how to reduce or eliminate the digital servo jittering from the telemetry??
Read more…Just got my first APM and have it all set to test but one setting I'm not sure about is the min, max, and cruise throttle settings. Unfortunately my Futaba radio does not show what percentage of throttle is being applied [ it figures my kids cheap Ch
Read more…Greetings. New on the forum I just ordered the APM can't wait to get set up. I did search the forum briefly and did not readily see and answer to this question but if I missed it my apologies. The plane I will be using is an older balsa nitro engine
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