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FRAME column on polygon fence - what is it?
When creating a polygon fence there is a column called “frame”. The default value is “absolute” - but the alternate values on the drop-down are “relative” and “terrain.” So this appears to be in...
View ArticlePackets rate from Joystick through Mavlink
Good evening to Everyone! I’m trying to investigate the operation of a Joystick commands over mavlink through mavproxy. The flight computer (pixracer) is connected to rpi3 (companion computer) via USB...
View Article1000Kv Motors on 500cm frame and 2kg's of Drone?
Hi guys. As I have calculated on ECalc(A drone performance calculator program) with 4 1000kv 28 series motors, 4S LiPo (1600mah 55/80c) and 2kg’s of drone I have like 2.5 TWR. I’m trying to build a...
View ArticleWhat are the .gpsbase files contained in the log folder?
Hi there, just wandering what the titles says? Also how do I read RTCM logs, if indeed they are logged? I have a client keen to see what the RTK corrections are. Merci buckets all. 1 post - 1...
View ArticleRTK Base Station and metal on the tripod itself question
I know metal and cabling (power) affect the compass on the rover itself and the compass should be isolated as much as it can on the rover. I am running rtk and I was wondering if the the rtk base...
View ArticleLua on ac4.1 trying to prohibit arming
I m trying to prohibit arming with lua scripting In Function of boolean variable I want to prohibit arming on multicopter. i found : include AP_Arming/AP_Arming.h singleton AP_Arming alias arming...
View ArticleRsc need lua feature to handle turbine heli
To manage turbine i made lua that input rsc out and manage turbine through another servo output. But its not good. I need to be able to manage rsc status through lua. Rsc up time is limited to 127s...
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Charging the Taranis X9D
Hi. I have a Taranis X9D with a NI-MH battery. I dont have the official charger and couldn’t find what charging output is safe for the battery. Is it safe to use this charger? The output is 12V 2A 6...
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openSAR.net's 3D printed sUAS
Hello fellow VTOL geeks! My name is Jeff H and I’m the Board President of Charity 1.0 and openSAR. net. Today we are excited to announce that we have a 3D printed airframe complete for our...
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How to differentiate enabling "tin can" from inclusion/exclusion fences
I’ve been working through the documentation on fences. As I understand it, the first type of fence supported by ArduCopter was the “tin can” fence around “home.” It’s enabled by checking the “enable”...
View ArticleMissing MNT parameters in MissionPlanner
In Copter 4.3 and 4.2 I have no MNT parameters. Does anyone have suggestions ? 6 posts - 4 participants Read full topic
View ArticleConnecting a Light sensor and getting a Signal through Pixhawk
Hello, Hopefully I can get some help here, most of the things I’m looking for on YouTube are bits and pieces of the bigger puzzle I’m trying to solve. I basically have a basic code on Arduino, that...
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Improving air-ground transition in position controlled modes
@Leonardthall I had a chance to perform takeoffs and landings in loiter mode while testing the z controller relax feature. I’m assuming here that the position controller in 4.2-dev is basically the...
View ArticleKakute f4 mini ardupilot4.1.3 GPS problem
good day, I bought a brand new kakute F4 mini and flashed ardupilot 4.1.3 firmware， everything is ok except GPS. I use BN 880 GPS and connect to uart6， set baudrate to 38400, gps type to nema，also...
View ArticleSkid-steer rover turn tuning
I am having problems tuning turn rate on small skid-steer rover with Pixhawk1 as controller. It keeps oscillating when stationary but when moving or turning on command in acro mode - it behaves...
View ArticleLaunching AeroGCS KEA
Hello All, It gives us immense pleasure to announce the Virtual Grand Launch of AeroGCS KEA! AeroGCS KEA. AeroGCS KEA is available in four different editions – Standard, Enterprise, OEM, Defence...
View ArticleI2C Sonar Matek H743 Wing
Hi everyone. I am trying to integrate 2X DF Robot Gravity Ultrasonic sensor into my rover project running a Matek H743. The sensors are I2C. I tried every conceivable resource on how to get it working...
View ArticleAvoid “byte”-banging with Lua and I2C?
@iampete, I’ve been talking with @geofrancis, @ktrussell, and @BenBBB regarding the development of several device drivers. It seems there’s a longstanding desire for ArduPilot to support discrete...
View ArticleMAVLINK Message sender for diagnostics
Hi, I was wondering if there is a tool or module for MAVProxy for sending Mav messages on demand. We are developing a MAV-Cam and it would be very helpful to just send camera commands to the Companion...
View ArticleCannot use SCLAN in MP to configure CAN devices cannot connect
the process given for using SCLAN doesnt work .At best it works sometimes . The screen descriptions are absolutely pointless in helping . I can see .com ports for both MAV and SCLAN . when I go into...
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