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Setting time on Pixhawk

Hello everyone,

Is there a way to set the time on Pixhawk when using telemetry? I know that once Pixhawk acquires a solid GPS lock the time is set based on the given location. But if I want to see the actual time of Pixhawk for me to either change it

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Extracting telemetry log

Hello everyone,I am trying to extract the Telemetry log from pixhawk. But when I go to the HUD of mission planner and clicked on telemetry log, I am not able to see any telemetry log to open.Any help is appreciated.

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Pixhawk and bad health compass

Hello everyone,

I am using ArduCopter v3.2.1. As I looked at the Flight Plan HUD screen on MP, I see the picture of the quad not in the location it should be. It might be a few feet away from where it should be, and the orientation of the quad, that i

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Pixhawk and RTL

Hello everyone,

 

I am using Pixhawk on a quadcopter. I had gone over all the wiki's about how to set up RTL. Flying in stabilize mode the other day to test RTL, I toggled the switch to RTL, and the quad just started to descend as if all motors had sto

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FrSky Radio and D8R-II plus receiver

Hello everyone,

I have a Frsky Radio and a D8R-II plus receiver installed on my APM 2.6. From what I have been reading, the D-series receivers, in this case the model I am using,  don't support the D16 mode, which has the failsafe feature. The D8 mode

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What motor brand to use

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a high performance frame that is able to lift around 4-5 lbs. I have looked at the Tarot 650 and Tarot 680. But other than these two carbon fiber frames are there another type of frame someone may be able to recommend

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What frame and motor (ESC) brand to use

Hello everyone,

I am looking for a high performance frame that is able to lift around 4-5 lbs. I have looked at the Tarot 650 and Tarot 680. But other than these two carbon fiber frames are there another type of frame someone may be able to recommend

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PIWHAWK and AERO SKY QUADCOPTER

Hello everyone,

I am trying to fly an  AeroSky C6 RC 6 Channel Carbon Quadcopter Almost Ready to Fly that I modified by installing a PIxhawk flight controller, switch, buzzer, and compass. As the Radio, I am using an FR Sky Taranis. I did the whole se

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FLYSKY FS-I6 radio and APM 2.6

Hello everyone,

I got the FLYSKY FS-I6 radio and using an APM 2.6. I have tried to do the configuration between the radio and the receiver. Any help as far how to do it is appreciated. Also, I tried to set up the different flight modes, but I have com

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Obtaining GPS coordinates and time

Hello everyone,

I want to get get the GPS coordinates and time travel of set waypoints. I was reading about accessing the data log to view this info, but I don't get to see any time.

What I am trying to do is to set waypoints and at each waypoint to ge

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PIXHAWK and Telemetry

Hello everyone,

Using telemetry (3dr radios), is it possible to change to a new mission (different waypoints) in the air once a set of waypoints had been issued on the ground?

I asked because I have been reading the forums, but I have not found much in

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Communicating MP through MAvlink using SSH

Hello everyone,

I am using a wifi pineapple to capture wifi signal strengths on a quadcopter using Pixhawk. I have no way to connect Wifi Pineapple to Pixhawk for Pixhawk to be able to receive data from Wifi Pineapple and the quad to navigate to the l

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Qgroundcontrol-Mavlink-Pixhawk

Hello everyone,

I am working on a project about an autonomous quadcopter that is able to track the strongest wifi signals and find location. I am using an arduino to get the wifi signals(or maybe a wifi pineapple), but I don't know if there is a way f

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Pixhawk and wifi pineapple

Hello everyone,

Has anyone done any work on connecting wifi pineapple to Pixhawk flight controller? I have been doing a search, and I have not found out any info so far.

Thanks for any info provided.

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