When I plug in my 915MHz 3DR ground module to my PC I am geting an erros:
"Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectl
Read more…I have been poking around, but cannot seem to find the info on this - which means that as soon as I psot this, I will stumble across it --- but...
When setting up a multiple waypoint mission, how do I make it so that the altitude of a waypoint must be
Read more…Having some weird behavior I hope someone will know about.I have an APM 2 on a quad that has been working fine. Took it out today and it won't initialize. Te board just sits with the amber LED flickering. If I plug in the USB cable from the PC, the b
Read more…I mistakenly ordered a 4S instead of a 3S battery. Given the time it took to come, I am inclined to just keep it.I have a couple of quads that I run on 3S and on which the motors are rated for 3S. Would I be buying trouble if I tried running one on t
Read more…I have two of teh 3DR MTK GPS V2 units and am trying to update them to version 1.9 of the firmware. I was able to do this successfully with one of the older units, but cannot get it to work with the new ones. Has anyone else had any luck?
I have the
Read more…I have four mototrs that I know are Exceed Optima motors, but since they have no labels or other outer markings, I have no idea what the specs are. Does anyone have any tips on how I could narrow down which they might be?
Second, I am looking for the
Read more…Have had no luck at all with sonar, but being an idiot, I am not giving up. I just bought one of the higher end Maxbotix sensors that I have been told handle noise much better and am trying to figure out how best to mount it on my quad. I know we are
Read more…I have been trying to get 2.9 to build so I can beta test and I cannot get it to compile. I have followed the Wiki and other instructions, but when I try to build I get a huge list of errors - most of which appear to be around variable declarations.
Read more…Putting together the new quad using an APM 2.5 and mostly it seems to be working, but the compass consistently reads about 60 degrees off in the Mission Planner display. If I alignit to the north, the readout MP shows Northwest. I have the dec set co
Read more…Anyone using a HobbyWing Quattro ESC setup with the APM and Arducopter? I like the form factor and the price - just wondering how well the HobbyWings would perform (this is essentially 4 20a HobbyWing SkyWalker ESCs in one).
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My lovely wife bought me a simple gimbal for my quad and surprised me with it and a GoPro (told you she was lovely). I know nothing about this stuff, so thought I would ask for help here. The gimbal only has one servo - for tilt. I am unclear
Read more…Is it possible to set the directory to be used to save logs? I have a small HDD in my netbook and the main partition is pretty full.
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My quad currently has cheap HobbyWing 20A ESCs on it. It seems to work pretty well, but I have been told by some folks that I should look at the various fast ESC options - like the ones with SimonK and the like.
I have 4 HobbyKing 20A ones tha
Read more…Anyone using the optical flow sensor? How well does it work? Looks like a mess to hook up, but if it works, it looks like it would be really handy.
Read more…I am using a FrSky receiver which has two wire antennas. What is the optimum way to place them to get the best range? Parallel to each other? At right angles?
Read more…Have been having a lot of trouble using the Sonar so decided to do a power filter and shielded cable. DId the cable with copper tape and shrink tube and have a ground plug going to the APM2 ground. Added a 100 micro-farad cap and a 100 ohm resistor t
Read more…Still having issues. I purchased a UBLOX LEA-6 from 3DR and when it came, could never get it to recognize any satellites. Did an RMA and they sent me a new unit. Getting the same result. In the meantime, I had received a JDrones Mediatek unit with ba
Read more…If I add substantial weight to my quad, what would I expect to have to do to the PIDs? Looking at sometimes flying with two batteries in parallel rather than my usual single one.
Read more…I am still really new to ArduCopter, but so far it is working well for me. I am flying an X525 frame with 1080KEV motors with 10x4.7 props. Flying pretty well in nromal mode.
However I suck at flying traditional RC (get confused on control direciton e
Read more…Hi all,Just got the new Lea-6 ublox unit from 3DR and cannot seem to get it to work properly. I have disable the on board GPS on my APM2, and when I plug in the new unit, the power light come son (red LED) but the fix light stays off - no blink, noth
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