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PixHawk/APM :: Thinking new ideas

Ok, so the pixhawk has been out for a little while and i have been away doing some other computer web geek chit.... What i am wondering is what the community is doing with this new power and capacity of the pixhawk. Is anyone using it to talk to netw

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I heard a rumor ... hope it was false.

Through the grapevine i heard that 3dr will discontinue continue support for APM 2.5.2/ 2.6  after the release of ArduCopter v3.2 in favor of the PixHawk.

Is this true? If this is what does this mean for ones who have invested in 2.6?

-curious george

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uBlox new 6m and APM 2.5.2

I am trying to finish setting up a quad in which i have ordered many different parts. At present, i am having a bit of trouble setting up the GPS, attempting to flash the ublox using the ublox center. Unfortunately i have not been able to so this suc

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southern california to portland via ArduCopter.

Just finished a trip up from southern california to portland and brought my copter with me.

 

Shot all with a heavily customized quad i put together using ArduCopter... So much fun! This is just a few spots cut into a sample video. Cheers to all and ho

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ArudCopter 3.1 straight up rules!!!

Been using ArduCopter 3.1 and i must say that i love the precision of altitude hold mode, the new drift mode and the ROCK solid loiter. So I just wanted to send a personal thanks to all the developers who made this possible.

I shot this entire video t

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MavLink + OSD connections

Hi Everyone,

i have apm2.5.2 with MinimOSD working great but since my recent addition of an Android Nexus tablet I am very interested in using both at the same time. So I recently bought a "Telemetry/OSD Y-cable adapter cable for APM 2.5"

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from 3DR and

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Merry Christmas to all Ardupilots!

Thanks for the great Christmas present ArduCopter 3.1!

I believe 2014 is going to be a great year!

Merry Christmas the new friends I have met being a part of this wonderful community. Peace and  love to all!

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Protecting Orangutans from Above

 

Yep, that is Mission Planner/ ArduPlane they are using for their missions. Great stuff is happening because of this project. Thanks to all who make it possible from those without the ability to speak the words.

 

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AC3.1-rc7 Sonar Test

Sorry for all the posts but this is just getting better and better!  I have been waiting to see sonar get to this level! Time to put this to use!

Awesome work Randy and all of those who contribute to ArduPilot! This is really great work.

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Now this is Kool!

It's a bird! It's a Plane..... It's....Stingray???????

Somebody tell the heli  guys they can take the shape of a quadcopter!!!

freggin' genius!!

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Biggest culprit of ~~interference~~

So I just had 2 wrecks in a row from what could only be described and cronic interference... one messed up an APM board and damaged other parts. It is ok, but I think it happened when the failsafe kicked in on a low throttle input... anyway I had spa

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APM 2.5+ power module

I am trying to get the APM power module to work but I think I am a bit confused as to how this is meant to work. According to this page:

"You should normally remove the APM’s JP1 jumper when using the Power Module so that only your APM board and your

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