I am working on a project for surveying oyster beds for a local oyster company. I need to be able to have a flight plan using GPS to fly over the beds and take pictures. However, google maps GPS data doesn't match up perfectly with the actual locatio
Read more…Recently I have been talking with a guy from my home town who owns a local oyster company. Every couple weeks/month he has his workers boat out to the oyster beds during low tide and they are patches of 10 acres or so and they have to walk in the mud
Read more…I am consistently only breaking or cracking the propellers on the left and right side of my arducopter which are the ccw propellers. I have cracked 7 ccw vs. cracking 1 or 2 of the front and back cw propellers. I would like to be able to purchase pa
Read more…I've heard that engaging simple mode during a flight malfunction, such as the quad getting turned around in the wrong direction, can save the quad so that you can "bring it home" and get control of it again....But my question is, if the quad is facin
Read more…I have heard a lot about soldering the filter pads and covering the baro with foam for the arducopter, but where are the filter pads we need to solder?
Read more…The current code is setup so that channel 6 on the APM can control the tilt of a pan-tilt system correct? Because when I use my Futaba's channel 6 knob when the servo is plugged into the output channel 6 on the APM, and the input 6 is plugged into my
Read more…Yes, I have performed the Xbee tests and I get all the correct readouts on the serial window, so I know my Xbee's are setup up properly and that they are on the correct baud rate and they are indeed communicating with each other. However, when trying
Read more…I currently have a 2650mAH 20C 3 cell lipo battery back. If I want to get a bigger battery for more flight time, do I need to get a more mAH pack that is also 3 cell with 20C ? Or what?
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Read more…Just wondering if anyone is having a problem where on motor arming, the motors just spin up. I have my safety set to zero, so I wouldn't think the motors should be spinning upon arming. I know the code isn't official released or anything but I was ju
Read more…Does anyone have pics or info on their camera setup with a pan and tilt system connected to the undercarriage of the arducopter kit? Any pics, info, stores to buy pan and tilt systems would be very helpful. Also info on mounting pan and tilt to arduc
Read more…After I do all the calibrations and make sure my apm and shield are level and I start hovering, my arducopter always seems to want to drift backwards. If I move the battery forward some I can counter act the drift, but is anyone else having this prob
Read more…When I enable the GPS hold on my arducopter, if I try to ascend or descend using the throttle stick, the copter does not respond. I can manuever the copter like always, but the throttle stick has no command when GPS hold is on. In the wiki, it says w
Read more…In the arducopter NG code, there is a line for disabling or enabling the xbee serial communications. If it is enabled, the xbee works perfect for use with the configurator, but the usb cable won't work if that line in the code is enabled. If I disabl
Read more…I have a futaba 7c tx and the throttle has the different clicks as you raise or lower the throttle. When hovering my arducopter, one notch lower doesn't provide enough lift, and the next notch up makes the copter fly upwards. Is there a way to make i
Read more…Is it bad to charge batteries in the cold? I mean something like outside where it's like mid 30's. Or what is considered too low for charging temperature wise?
Read more…If I have my battery back dead center under the arducopter, the the copter tends to fly backwards a little bit on liftoff. If I slide the battery pack to the front of the arducopter, the hovering stability is greatly improved. My question is what val
Read more…Does that mediatek GPS that comes with the arducopter kit have the newest firmware? Or do we need to update it with this tutorial>>>>> http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot/wiki/MediaTek
Is there a ground station with working GPS location and stuff like that for arducopter? By Ground station, I mean a software version.
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