Quad Firmware with Octocopter setup
@camow7 wrote: Hey, I was wondering if anyone has experimented running quad copter firmware on an octocopter style frame? What I mean is instead of a traditional octo where every second motor spins...
View ArticleAPM hardware improvements, but no software improvements
@bisenberger wrote: The APM is up to version 2.8 and many of the hardware issues have been resolved. It is a shame that firmware support for the APM has ended. ArduCaopter V3.2.1 is very good, but...
View ArticleCrash on autotune copter 3.3.2, 12 kg quad with U8 on 28" props
@Blade wrote: Hello! I have a quad with U8 motors and 28" props, ESC's are T60 as recommended by the motor manufacturer, PX4 and Copter 3.3.2 are in use. TOW is 12 kg. I have read about the...
View ArticleAPM and Autotune configuration
@Collin01 wrote: I use APM with r3.2.1 In the onlinemanual, I found the parameter GCS_PID_MASK: GCS PID tuning mask. But I don't found it in the parameterlist in mission-planner. How can I configure...
View ArticleHow fast can I charge 4S 10000mAh 10C Battery and what is the recommended...
@Vusal_Jalilov wrote: Hello everybody! It takes forever to charge 4S 10000 mAh 10C Lipo Battery at 3A (the charger supplied by 3DR).I believe it can be safely charged at 5C which is 50A. However, I am...
View ArticleAutomatically trigger lights when flaps deploy
@Autonomost wrote: I would like to have a landing light that is on relay 2 trigger when the flaps deploy...is there any way to do this? Thanks Posts: 1 Participants: 1 Read full topic
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Autotune failed / Pixracer / overpowered
@Thorsten wrote: Hi Leonard and all, I am building a new quad based on the PixRacer. The copter is a little overpowered, vibrations are very low, and it flies stable and quite ok after some manual...
View ArticleWhat shoud I study for arducopter source code?
@sgh055 wrote: hello every one. I'm newbie so I want to know what I study for source code please tell me. My final destination is make Nuttx driver. thank you. Posts: 1 Participants: 1 Read full topic
View ArticleAPM Planner 2.0.23-rc1 Available for Testing
@billb wrote: A new build apm_planner_2.0.23-rc1_osx.dmg has been released Fixes mainly to Graphing and Maps. Please post experiences and issues. Posts: 1 Participants: 1 Read full topic
View ArticlePiksi RTK seems to work, but is pixhawk using it?
@mpircher wrote: Hey guys, i have a rover platform thats working good.now i added a piksi rtk and it seems to work as second gps. now how can i validate that pixhawk uses that rtk data ?it does not...
View Article3.4 Autotune PIDS same as 3.3?
@govsux1 wrote: If your flying 3.3 and have you copter flying very good.... after you instal 3.4 and do an auto tune shouldn't it come up with PID values that are very close to what you know worked...
View ArticleEKF variance error in altitude hold mode without gps
@pchatrath wrote: I am using Solo (pixhawk + copter3.3 i believe) for indoor application. I followed Indoor Flying Guidelines and changed the parameters uisng APM Planner. However when i pass command...
View ArticleExternal USB&Led adapters not working with pixhawk boards
@Onur_BOY wrote: I have been using pixhawk for six months and I am very satisified with it. External usb&led adapter is a good option to download the dflogs from the plane because its not possible...
View ArticleStatus of Ailerons, flaps, spoilers, crow, etc.?
@wkf94025 wrote: I've researched the numerous posts by marcmerlin, jacklalane, flyingdoktor, and others regarding getting ailerons, flaps, flaperons, crow, etc., working on ArduPlane. Specifically:*...
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Where can I find MavLink messages code #166
@Pedro_Albuquerque wrote: I have just started to build a concept test program to build a companion computer to may quadcopter. My arducopter version is 3.3 and a build a small program on a Arduino...
View ArticleUsing Mission Planner with Raspberry Pi as a main controller for Drone
@Taha wrote: HiI am working on Raspberry Pi 2 Model B as a main controller, 10DOF (L3G4200D_ADXL345_HMC5883L_BMP085 )IMU , and neo cn-06 GPS module.I'm wondering if I can use an open-source GCS like...
View Article2.0.20 known issues?
@1WA2HVN wrote: I'm just a standard user and I installed APM Planner 2.0.20 today. I understand it's still relatively new so I wanted to share a couple of things I've found that do not function...
View ArticlePixhawk Mission Planning
@kyoung wrote: I have a pixhawk setup in an airplane and would like to set waypoints and fly missions. I have mission planner installed on a laptop, but at the field I do not have an internet...
View ArticleHexacopter Blues- failure to fly!
@pmusto wrote: Following my post "Throttle run away on minimal throttle input". I still cannot resolve the issue. Having tried 3 different versions of the Copter firmware and no luck. Does anyone in...
View ArticleFrom tlog > csv, now to mysql
@viti.io wrote: About a week ago, I shared a Java CLI for converting .tlog to .csv. Well, to go along with that, I've created a python script to take that csv, create a mysql database table, and...
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