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Copter-4.6.0-beta5 available for beta testing!

Copter-4.6.0-beta5 has been released for beta testing and should appear in the ground stations (MP, QGC) within an hour after which time it can be downloaded and installed using the GCS’s beta...

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Rover-4.6.0-beta5 available for beta testing!

Rover-4.6.0-beta5 has been released for beta testing and can be installed using MP or QGC’s beta firmwares links. Alternatively it can be manually downloaded from firmware.ardupilot.org The changes vs...

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Tracker-4.6.0-beta1 available for beta testing!

Tracker-4.6.0-beta5 has been released for beta testing and can be installed using MP or QGC’s beta firmwares links. Alternatively it can be manually downloaded from firmware.ardupilot.org The changes...

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Matek gps compass not detected

I ma using a pixhawk4 connected by CAN bus to matek m10q-3100. GPS is not detected despite following the instructions. Thanks for the help 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic

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Drone Drifting in Loiter Mode During Radio Failsafe

Dear ArduPilot Community, First of all, I apologize if my English is not perfect as I am not a native speaker. I am facing an issue where my drone starts moving slowly (about 1 m/s) instead of staying...

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QUAD with Hobbywing x11plus motor oscillating in Loiter mode

Hi guys I am building a quad with hobbywing x11 plus for lifting large payloads. The quad with no payload weighs about 25kg,with payload weighs 60kg, but up till now it flies with no payload. Its...

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Do you like wooden propellers or carbon fiber propellers?

Wood: When the rotation frequency is higher, there will be a slight deformation, so the work efficiency will be slightly reduced, but the price is more affordable and suitable for most work scenarios...

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ArduPilot EU Dev Call 2025-04-02

Attendees (unique): 16 github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot Prearm check to validate backend read rates against scheduler loop rate ArduPilot:master ← bugobliterator:pr-sched-rate-prearm-check opened...

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SIYI HM30. Entire Airpixl timestamp 0

Hello, I would like to tell you about the problem I am having. I am using SIYI HM30. I have it connected to TELEM1. I have a SONY ILX-LR1 camera connected with an AirPixl Entire for geotagging photos,...

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Pixhawk 6C ESC constantly beeping

First time builder, working with pix 6c holybro 4in1esc 50a set at dshot 600. As soon as battery is plugged in it continuously beeps. 2 posts - 2 participants Read full topic

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RTSP video link unreliable

HM30 with telemetry and video using ethernet connection. The telemetry link is very stable but I get dropouts very often when playing RTSP video using VLC. I have to reconnect constantly. Do you have...

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Bluetooth Telemetry radio. Trouble with HC-06 module

Use those modules now for years in my models and leave the modules installed, because it is for me very convention not to fiddle with a USB cable in case of. Have those 2 USB BT UARTs here for...

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ESC telemetry (RPM) dropout

Hello everyone, I am using Speedybee ESC 50 amp (BLheli32) running 32.9 BLHeli32 version. Motors are 2207 1700kv from Emax. FC is MatekH743 mini. I am getting this ESC telemetry RPM log drop outs...

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ZED-F9P GPS Integration to Pixhawk

I have a project that is utilizing the following pixhawk flight controller and GPS system which has been adapted to control the thrusters on a small boat: Amazon.com: Pixhawk PX4 PIX 2.4.8 Flight...

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Converting Electric Zero Turn Mower

I’m in the process of trying buying an electric zero turn mower. If everything goes through, I will be trying to convert it to autonomous. I have a pixhawk orange and purple cube loaded with the rover...

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Learning Lua Scripting for Copter

Lua script to execute "on demand" ArduPilot Lua Scripting Your check_gps_yaw() function is worthless. ChatGPT is notoriously bad at ArduPilot scripting. This might work, but it’s kind of rough. -- GPS...

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How to improve Alt-hold Performance

Hello Everyone. I am trying to tune my alt-hold performance and it seems that my drone is going up and down. Just to let you know my drone is a little underpowered and its size is about 4 inch drone....

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Sudden, Intermittent Oscillations During Flights

Hi all, we have been preparing to fly our hexacopter at a competition and during our testing, it flew great. However, today we had some severe intermittent oscillations that were present in all modes...

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Non gps stable drone

Hello everyone, I working in a project where i building a non gps autonomous drone and i want to perform a takeoff and hover and land without any drift it should hold it’s position My setup is Cube...

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LED's used to indicate Failsafe?

Currently messing around with LED lights and want to have them turn on when my aircraft is in failsafe. Has anyone had any experience in using LED lights for this purpose and is it even possible? I am...

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Looking for a 360-degree controllable servo for integrating an antenna...

Hello, everyone. I am using Pixhawk 2.4.8 with Mission Planner 1.3.82 to build an antenna tracker with two servos. I have gathered various online resources and conducted tests to integrate my setup...

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Battery Failsafe Hold Mode Issues Ardurover 4.5.7

Hey all, Long time ardupilot/mission planner user but having some issues with a ground vehicle that’s using Ardurover 4.5.7 A little background: Autopilot: CUAV X7+ PDB: CPBD Pro Battery: Automobile...

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Data link V2 of T-motors is not working

Hi, Recently I purchased a T-motors Alpha 60A ESC. The firmware that was required was not available on the ESCs, so I bought a data link. I have read the manual, and as per the manual, once the ESC...

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Tradheli do I need to re-tune PID to fix these problems?

Hello Arducopter memebers, after installing the new Pixhawk 6c mini, and flip the rotation of the main blades to CCW the values in the Rate and and the ATT are now way off, and this is may explain why...

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PWM brushless gimbal not centered in RC targeting mode

I am trying to use a gimbal with ardupilot on a pixhawk 2.4.8 and the gimbal is not centered in rc targeting mode even when the sbus input to the fc is centered. In neutral gimbal mode I can get the...

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Problem with requesting Protocol_Version message

Hello, I was having an issue with the mavlink command Request_Message (512). When I use it to request message 300 (protocol_version), I receive the message "Got COMMAND_ACK: REQUEST_MESSAGE:FAILED. Is...

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Antenna tracker based on pixhawk2.4.8

hi everyone, i am planning to build a antenna tracker from my old pixhawk board, but while calibrating accelerometer i am getting a message saying ‘Disarm first to allow calibration’ while in DATA tab...

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VTOL precision landing (Lidar or RTK GPS?)

Hello to the community! We are designing a classic 4+1 (pusher) fixed wing VTOL with a mass of 6.5kg. FC is the Cube Orange. I would like to ask which method is more accurate for a precision vertical...

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How "LIGHT" of a vehicle to use MOT_OPTIONS=1 for tuning?

I noticed this note today about using MOT_OPTIONS=1 to improve tuning for “light” vehicles. Is this still relevant today? And how light is “light”? And if “1” is used, then after tuning should this...

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Mission Planner Can't Connect Through UDP

I am trying to connect Win 11 / Mission Planner to my SpeedyBee 405 Wing /HappyModel EP2 via the ELRS built in wifi, but I am getting the above error. It connects fine using a com port over USB. I...

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