Spent several days building a new quad with brushless gopro gimbal, APM 2.6
Finally got to the stage where I could use autotune, all was going well as with previous multi, it got to the forward backward twitching, it had wandered off a little so I fle
Read more…I need some advice on where to start twaeking the PID's to get rid of the toilet bowl effect I'm experiencing
Arduflyer 2.5, flies lovely and smooth just how I like it, spider style quadcopter frame 3.01 firmware
In both LOITER and RTH In a mild wind
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Decided to abandon and sell my APM 2.0 mega purple on the Xaircraft X650 frame with gimbal
I had it all tweaked so RTL and position hold were acceptable but after a couple of updates I never got round to tweaking it again and now I decided to t
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I'm currently in the process of installing my 2.5 into my Super Skysurfer
I'm finding the ground tests a little confusing...
In stabilised mode if I apply right roll/aileron I also get right rudder
This seems odd to me as it would seem likely t
Read more…Sorry but I can't seem to find an answer to thisI'm thinking of transferring my APM2 from my quad over to one of my FPV planes and using a Minim OSD but I can't see if it's possible to hook up a battery module to give me the MAH used in the OSD ?I se
Read more…Well I haven't used my APM2 Mega purple for a while, it always flew OK but I could never quite get the position and rtl to work right after upgrading the firmware
I decided to get it out of the shed and make sure it's ready to fly as I was going to se
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Had enough now
It was bad enough not being able to get any answers to getting the old firmware tuned for loiter etc
Upgraded to 2.6 and mav 1.0 and find that I have to re do all the PID stuff
Don't have Xbee or telemetry so it's a very slow
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I have my APM2 set up OK(ish) it will hold position fine in a mild breeze of up to 6mph, beyond that it starts to get all over the place and cannot cope
If I wanted it to hold better in a stronger wind (say up to 15mph) like I've seen others d
Read more…Hi folks I need some help with the PID settings on my APM2
I have it mounted on a 650 quad and at the moment it returns home and loiters OK in a breeze up to around 7mph max, beyond that it has no hope at all of holding position
What setting would I ne
Read more…APM2 and separate GPS unit ?
I'm not certain but I suspect that sometimes my quad is losing GPS lock and maybe that could be due to the GPS receiver being too close to all the other electronics ?
If that may be so then is it possible to either move the
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My APM2 is at the depot ready for collection (wooo hooo :) )
I intend to install it onto my Xaircraft X650 (original) frame
The question is:
Can I set up the APM2 to use the Xaircraft 4 in 1 esc ?
I have managed to do so with a Copter Control boa
Read more…Well I took the plunge and purchased and APM2 to replace the flight controller on my Xaircraft
Looking forward to getting it and obviously now have a lot of reading to do
Any pointers would be great
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