What should the rover do when I switch to Auto mode? Should the motor start immediately?
In my case, I have to manually move the throttle stick to control speed all the way to the first WP.
The only param that seems applicable is AUTO_KICKSTART whi
Read more…All LEDs solid, all voltages nominal. Manual and learning modes work fine. With hundreds of meters to WP, rover goes fwd and rev erratically with no steering in auto mode.
Please have a look at my 52 sec. video showing MP screen.
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I suspected a bad output on one of my APM 2.5 boards and wrote an arduino sketch to check out the ports. They were all working OK. Here is the correlation between APM pin numbers and Arduino pin numbers:
APM output pin number Arduino 2560 p
Read more…1. I have an issue with MP 1.2.97 and have screen shots, do I post it here or Ardupilot/APM forum?
2. Using APM 2.6 on rover. Which forum should I use?
Assume DIY drones is for legacy controllers and APM is for Pixhawk. Is this correct?
Read more…This is my first time setup on rover. I am using APM 2.5 with power module, latest rover firmware, latest MP, radio has been calibrated, all flight modes set to manual, APM red 'a' LED is on, blue 'c' LED is on, 'b' LED is off.
MP screen responds to
Read more…I realize that it may take some work, but can I use my existing Mega, GPS, 3DR radio and load it with ArduRover software and have something that works like an APM2.5 and uses Mission Planner?
I have an APM 2.5 on my quadcopter and I am pleased with t
Read more…I am trying to update. Here is screen shot of error. Any help appreciated.
When I try to "pick previous firmware" on the firmware screen, I get the following:
Using Win 8, MP 1.2.35, connected to APM 2.5 via USB.
I am a newbie, so how do I upload firmware versions prior to 2.9.1 ?
Thanks
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Update: Newbie pilot error. Accelerometers were not calibrated correctly. Leveled frame and APM, recalibrated accelerometers and can now hover stably in stable mode. Reloaded FW 2.9 and hover shows no remarkable differences. Conclusion: In my ca
Read more…I am just starting to hover a + quad in stability mode. I can hover steadily for periods ranging from 15 to 30 seconds( hands off, 2-3 ft. altitude ) then copter starts to nose down, recover slightly, nose down, etc. until it hits the ground or unti
Read more…I am new to ArduCopter APM 2.5 and I am struggling to get it stable enough to fly. I have issues with spontaneous flipping and losing ESC calibration. What I discuss below may (or may NOT) be an issue, but at least I can reproduce the issue and meas
Read more…Has anyone tried to use the KKMulticontroller v. 5.5 on a quadcopter as described here: seeedstudio
Are the Murata gyros as good as claimed?
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Hello to everyone,
This is my first post on this forum and I would like to share some data that I determined experimentally. The test was originally set up to determine if two overlapping rotor disks performed any differently than two non-overlappin
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