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  • Can someone tell me the procedure to enable channels 5-8 out of the APM? I am not up on codeing as I should be, but am willing to figure it out. My transmitter is sending channels 5-8 to the APM, but no output to the servos from the AOM. I would like to use these channels for flaps and camera control.

    Thanks

  • I could also help with translation to Spanish, as well as Nosepo.
  • Hello. 

     

    I will contribute with a translation in Spanish.

    Please any Dec Team can guide me for make this??

     

    Thanks.

  • I am currently flying an APM that is carved open, beaten, twisted, crushed and has as many add-ons as I can fit. While I continue to develop my parts, sensors and such I am also attempting to get a quad built (for faster testing really) and a custom airframe that will hold not just the normal home UAV things but something a lot more special.

    I'm enthusiastic builder and programmer but my flying sucks which is why I like APM :D

  • Developer

    I have integrated Remzibi OSD, Camera Stabilization & Tracking, and added uBlox DIFF_GPS and DOP to library, I have flown original AP with ArduIMU 1.5 (My 1.0 unit upgraded to 2.0 with AirSpeed Sensor & Mag Compass  in a StevensAero SportStick and a Stryker II.  

    I have several platforms in progress for APM 2.

    SkyWalker stretched to 100", The New HK AS-21 with popup motor, 2, Piper L-4 Grasshoppers a 1830mm with Monster Power 32 motor  and 2300mm version with Tacon 160 motor  (both are very big inside the 2300 version is really huge, could carry a WiFi repeater with ease.

    I update each official; release with all my changes, now current with APM 2.12 

    I think it is ready for flight test as I have run it many hours on the bench, last test was 200.000 data points for 48 hrs with no issues. 

  • Developer
    I am the guy primarily responsible for taking the code from ArduPilot 2.7 to ArduPilotMega 2.2, and beyond hopefully.   I am currently flying APM in a SkyFun, a SkyWalker, and a Senior Telemaster.  I have also flown it in a NexStar MiniEP, so I have some experience with different platforms.  I am using QGroundControl and HK-GCS and starting to look at the GCS functionality in the new APMPlanner.
  • Admin

    I have yet to actually fly my APM in one of my TSIIs and in my Maja. I have several Ardupilots that I plan to fly in my EZ*s also. The weather here in North TX has not be cooperating with me, at least when I am at home and not at work. However, I have learned a lot about what to do and what not to do by visiting the Forum every day and taking note of useful informantion.

    Regards,

    TCIII

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Cruise speed

Hi,I want to adjust cruise speed.At default settings I have a ground speed of about 42km/h (without airspeed sensor), and I think the optimal speed should be lower. In the mission planner I have value "Cruise speed", default 12m/s. I updated it to 9.5, but don't see any change in actual cruise speed.How to set cruise speed?Are these different settings with RTL speed? For RTL I prefer keep it as is - less efficient, but more reliable.Is it possible to adjust cruise speed during flight, providing…

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Long distance LiPo

I'm currently building a Talon (v3), mainly waiting for parts.While looking for high capacity batteries I found out two things; There are a lot of brands, and prices are still steep in the high-cap regions.I've also seen a few people on the Tube using 18650 cells, but none of those explain why.Does anyone here have experience with these custom 18650 packs?And which 'cheap' brands of standard 5~12A 4S seem to work best?I'm going to use an Emax GT3526 710KV swinging a 13x6.5 prop, which should…

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Quad plane pitch problem

Hi I have been setting up 2 quad planes, pretty standard setups...flying wing with 4 vtol motors and a rear mounted pusher motor. Both builds wich are on different firmware versions have reversed pitch in quad mode but correct pitch and pitch stabilisation in plane mode. I cannot for the life of me find a parameter related solely to quad pitch reversal. Is there anyone out there that can help with this? Thanks.

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PreArm Check Error : Gyros inconsistent

Hi guys, I have a Pixhawk from Radiolink and always in every first attempt of armed I get the error "PreArm: Gyro Inconsistent".The most strange thing is that i'm using only the external gyro+compass. i disabled the internal to avoid this issue. Also- I tried to recalibrate the gyros at least 5 times.- I changed the firmware version from the latest to the 3.8.53 because i have a friend with the same board and he does not have issues.But i have the same behaviorIf i disconnect the battery and…

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