UAE Application for public service drones award starts:The UAE government on Saturday announced that it has started accepting entries for the ‘UAE Drones for Good Award’ that gives prizes worth around Dh4 million. The award aims to explore how…
"In my current build I’m using external RESET switch and UART0 from the right side of APM2 board, the new APM2 case does not have window for those connections ! I will have to modify the case before using it."
"You will need gyroscope to detect rotation and accelerometer to detect acceleration; with the two sensors working together you will be able to track your vehicle movement.
APM2 has the following sensors built in it:
"Yes I did the auto trim, but from your question about expo throttle I guess you set your radio on “Helicopter” mode which might do preconfigured mix between channels. You can try monitoring your radio raw signal using APM Planner “Raw sensor view”…"
American researchers took control of a flying drone by hacking into its GPS system - acting on a $1,000 (£640) dare from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Fox news video: http://video.foxnews.com/v/1706007795001/
Hello everyone, just to share a hovering test video I have done today on my 3DR-B frame ArduCopter List of items used in this build: Software:•ArduCopter Firmware 2.6•APM Planner 1.1.93 Mav 1.0 Flight Controller:•ArduPilot Mega 2.0 (APM…
"In one of my recent Quadcopter crashes, the prop hit the ground while spinning at full speed, this smashed the prop and bent the shaft of “AC2830-358 850Kv”. This is one of the disadvantages of having a thin shaft. I’m planning to replace it with…"