I did the same thing to my Futaba receiver, carefuly removed the resistor and added the wire as in the manual.
It never worked. I just don't have an oscilloscope to confirm that it is working fine.
So I bought a couple of these ones:…"
I am trying to install my new Pixhawk and I have a couple of RS617FS receivers.I decided to modify one of the receivers according to: https://pixhawk.ethz.ch/tutorials/receiver_sum_signalAt first I tried adding a servo cable and try not to mess…
Hi,I bought my new Pixhawk and I just received today, but I placed this order a long time ago and I bought the one with the power module instead of the GPS/Mag combo from the link below needed in order to have navigation…
"I built mine from scratch. Bought some CF sheets from HK and used some aluminium square tubes I had lying around.
I think it's better if you build the frame from scratch because if you plan to do acro stuff... you are going to crash it hard. This…"
Hi,I have been using my quad for FPV for a while now, using mostly Stabilize and Acro modes.I removed the GPS, 3DR radio and sonar to avoid losing more stuff in case of a crash. :)Also, I have been using the 2.9.1b firmware, until now that I decided…
Hi,Had a crash the other day while testing the 3.0.1-rc1 firmware.The quad suddenly went down while in the air... well, it just dropped dead.I couldn't arm the APM anymore and the LED's were blinking weirdSo I decided to go back to 2.9.1b and it…
Hi All,I have been using this APM2.5 board for some time now and it has been working flawlessly until yesterday.I was just flying the quad around for a bit, taking some video and then, it just dropped dead.The only modification I have done recently…
Hi,I just got 4 new SimonK flashed ESC'shttp://www.rctimer.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&goodsid=780&productname=I just replaced the older turnigy plush 30A for these new ESC's.When the quad had the non-SimonK ESC's it was working fine.Now, I…
Hello,I have seen videos of this guy Juz on youtube, he has the OpenPilot Revolution and awesomely flips the quad all over the place.Can the APM do the same thing?I haven't tried to flip the quad because I'm a noob and I'm not ready to crash it…
"In the Mission Planner, check the flight modes.
You need to arm the copter while on Stabilize mode.
Also, could be the trim in the radio? that has happened to me."
Hi,I was reading the arducopter manual information about the sonar and I saw this:"You are also advised to use shielded cable with the shield grounded at the APM side."http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/AC2_SonarI am using the Maxbotix…