commercial advertisment post

Hi dear moderators, 

Recently I notice there are some " pure " advertising post from Skywalker / TopXgun ect. Where some of the post being deleted some make it to the blog post. I'm not really sure if this type of " blog " have a place here or we shou

Receiver freeze up after a few minutes

I have a strange situation where the whole system work fine when I first connect the power. But after a few minutes, the receiver suddenly stop working, do not react to transmitter input and the LCD also blinking red which means no binding with the t

Crash analysis needed. No nav_pitch input

Can not send command via GCS

I re post my question here hoping someone will lend me a hand.

I am running APM 2.73 with RDF900 with default radio setting. I can not send any command from flight data tab, eg : change altitude, change mode ect... Each time I try a error massage come

upload fail

I am having problem with upload command from flight data. Eg Change altitude, restart mission ect. I do not have this type of problem with the previous Mission Planner. When I try to change altitude, a fail massage window appear. I also can not write

Off line configuration

Currently we can only do radio configuration without connecting the Mission Planner with APM. There must be some reason MP prevent us from doing other configuration or at least can view other tab without connecting.

Now I have a problem. My UAV is 500

Power module voltage fluctuation

I'm setting up my new Skywalker with APM2.5 and power module. All work fine but I notice the voltage reading in the HUD is fluctuating within about 0.5 volt. It will not stay in one reading even though I didn't move anythings. The current also show 1

Autoland work around

I have been working with the autoland feature with my Newskywalker with no success. I'm using APM 2.0 with 2.69 firmware and the latest MP

My problem is the plane will maintain the second last way point altitude until it reach the last way point (Auto

Up date fail, operation time out

Hi

I try to update My MP 1.2.35 to the latest 1.2.36 but half way through the process it fail and said operation time out. What does it means or what can I do to overcome it ?

Aduplane PID tuning

Is there any information about how to properly tune those PID in arduplane? P tuning is easy, but how about I and D. under what circumstances we need to increase or decrease the I or D value? A detail illustration will help a lot. Thanks 

firmware update procedure

Sorry if this is a simple question. What is the correct way to update APM to latest firmware? Do I need to erase/flash the old code or just install the latest firmware from Mission Planner? Thanks you

Back up battery at output PWM

I read an article from RC helicopter world that recommend to add an additional NIMH 4.8 v battery pack to the receiver to act as insurance against a falling Lipo pack when use BEC from ESC.

Is it a good idea to plug in the 4.8 v battery pack to the AP

Update info

The mission Planner had a few up date but there is no info about what's new or bugs had fixed. Isn't it good to let user like us know more detail of every update so we can enjoy this wonderful program to the best it can offer?

AttoPilot current reading

This is a re post from category but no respond. I hope someone will help here.

I've connect attoPilot to APM 2.0 as per the manual. I also do the calibration. The voltage reading for my 4 s battery is correct but the current reading is either 0 A, 1 A

AttoPilot current reading

I've connect attoPilot to APM 2.0 as per the manual. I also do the calibration. The voltage reading for my 4 s battery is correct but the current reading is either 0 A, 1 A or 2A. That's all it show. Anything went wrong ? 

Thanks for your help.

Altitude reading

Under flight planner, when we mouse over a location the Lat/Long reading will be shown at the RHS mouse location column. But for my note book the altitude reading remain 0 regardless where I point the mouse. In another desk top computer with the same

Auto way point beyond range by disable fail safe function

I plan to fly a mission beyond radio range. Can I just disable both fail safe function ( RC and data link ), after lunching the airplane and set it to auto, then I switch off the radio and let the APM fly the way point. After It had completed the way

Do_Jump command problem on Latest update

When I set Do_Jump command in a way point, say way point 8, the way point will disappear and the grid line will now connect from way point 7 direct to way point 9, then the plane will jump FROM way point 7, instead of way point 8, to the new way poin