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Drone flying to non visible point
Hi there,I encountered a problem, while flying in auto mode, with approching to point that was not set by trajectory and is not visible after downloading mission from flight controller by Mission Planner. Does anybody encountered similar problem. The situation is that in the middle flight I stopped the UAV and uploaded new mission and after changing to auto mode it starts to fly in some direction. It goes straight to some point, so I assume it's not mechanical problem. I attached the link to…
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@Essam As you are new to this technology, you may be overlooking the possibility of photo-stitching. In general terms this would allow you to take lower altitude, higher resolution images that could then be stitched together into a single flat image or into an actual 3D orthomosaic based on common points among the images or GPS tagging. It is still a pretty large area, but a fixed wing outfitted properly should be able to satisfy your requirements
I am a bit perplexed. I was helping to diagnose a problem on a friend's copter (quad) and found I could get nowhere without connecting to the APM through MP. I feel like I have a lot of experience with the APM but have not seen this. The yellow LED blinks as normal, but I get neither of the red or blue indicator leds. when I try to connect to MP i get a "No Heartbeats received" error message. I tried to connect through the CLI with no success. Would the yellow LED flash if the fuse was blown. Any suggestions are much appreciated.
@Gunnar Baardsen you have the right gimbal, that is the one I was talking about. I use mine with a Naza controller and the servos plug directly into the X channels and doesn't need an auxiliary gyro/IMU. he APM also permits this using any free channels for up to 3 axis control.(see http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/camera-mount/)
If you decide on the Alware, I suggest that you replace the all plastic servos with ones with metal gears and ball bearing shaft. I am noting some lash from wear appearing. Lately I have been flying a Nikon Coolpix LX810 and I think its weight is wearing out the inexpensive servos that came with the Swing.
Lovely scenery! Now time for a stabilized gimbal;-) Embedding your video so others can enjoy:
Using my APM 2.5 on a TBS Discovery w/ frsky 2.4 control, Immersion RC 600mw 5.8 and Fatshark Dominators, its taken a few months to get the bugs ironed out and flying (many crashes and about 3 vtx's), but it now flies nicely (though I'm a crappy pilot) thanks to this user group and many other fellow hobbyist. I am getting just over a klm of range with both video and control. Missions work great and loiter is finally stable.. see my quick video in Hawaii (apologies for the jello I have my gopro hardmounted in waterproof case for obvious reasons :) http://youtu.be/tdV1w0lNKU0 any questions feel free to ask, and again thanks to everyone who helped me :)
@tomgates They are correct your mileage will vary depending on terrain.
Hey everyone. Just got in a second quad power distribution board in today and want to turn my quad into quad-8 or Octoquad.
I purchsed a second pdb thinking I can use it to power the additional motors. As I look at the quad and octoquad motors setup I see that the quad motors 1,2 are diagnal for the quad but are clockwise on the Octoquad top motors and 5 trhu 8 for the bottom motors clockwise.
Long story short does anybody have advice on using 2 quad PDB's to make an Octoquad?
What advantage is there to installing sonar to the APM Copter. Is it a worthwhile option?
@Tom Gates,
You can check out Pelican Cases. I'm sure they have one that will fit the bill for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1KH1BG5lmw
APM 2.5 on TBS discovery,,, using gopro silver hero 3, sorry bout the jello but its hard mounted to the frame
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