In an attempt to increase horizontal position accuracy, I have been researching inexpensive GPS modules. In my initial research, i was looking at my current module, the uBlox LEA-6H and noticed a discrepancy in the data at hand.
According to 3DR, thei
Read more…Can someone tell me if the cli compass test should work the same with an external compass?
Also, if Bad Compass Health comes from a discrepnecy between the compass and GPS heading, what happens when the copter is not moving? does the GPS a) have a hea
Read more…I thought i would try autotune, but that uncovered deeper issues. now my copter takes off ok, flies around ok (with non-tuned stock PIDS), but then drops its motor number 4. Not a complete motor stop, but definitely a loss of power. (still a failure
Read more…I got an external compass to hopefully drive the interference down, but the documentation is not very straight forward.
1) what is the i2c pinout? I cant find this information anywhere with some precision, and the eagle files dont detail the pinout o
Read more…Hi guys,
It looks like my mag field is ~550, and I am reading that it should be ~330. My board is well above any power dist - it is about 65mm above the harness. Whats more - when the tuning option is on in the flight data screen, it looks like the ma
Read more…I have had a hell of a time getting my copter to fly right. It finally flies only ok in stabilize, but wouldnt even think about flying any auto mode. the last RTL attempt rocketed the copter toward a tree.
...while diagnosing, i found that the flight
Read more…I have a deteriorating problem. This started with my first copter crashing. The second frame crashed due to the bug that cuts power upon switching to an auto mode with throttle at zero. now, with new motors and a rebuilt frame, my copter has a twitch
Read more…...so after a bad crash (http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/arducopter-disarms-motors-upon-switching-flight-mode-to-land)
I finally got my copter rebuilt, and am trying to get it to fly but it just wont act right any more. here is what has changed from
Read more…Hi DIYdrones,
I have been trying to nail down a problem with my arducopter. It seems like when I switch my flight mode to land, the motors simply disarm and the copter falls out of the air. I have now critically destroyed 2 air frames because of this.
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