Temporarily disable rangefinder from RC switch?
@juzzle1 wrote: Using AC3.4.6 with SF/11C rangefinder and Optical Flow. I was doing some filming the other day, requiring constant altitude flying between two points. In the flight path between these...
View ArticleXplane 10, Xplane-heli, SITL and Mission Planner Problem
@TianChang_Yonah wrote: Hello people! I am trying to run SITL with Xplane's Bell Ranger and Mission Planner, following carefully the instructions and video from @tridge given here...
View ArticleTwinCopter // Controlling two servos in regulation loop
@Dermiste wrote: Hi there, I am building a TwinCopter on a 3.1 APM Mini using the latest ArduCopter available for that board (2.3.4).So far I have motor 1 and 2 on channel 1 and 2, and servos for...
View ArticleTerrain Following for Copter 3.4.6 with a Rangefinder?
@fireflyer451 wrote: I am interested in trying an SF10 Rangefinder from Lightwave, to fly with terrain following. What I am not clear about is how the Terrain Following function works when interacting...
View ArticleAutotune does not function unless input is given
@jtroutt19 wrote: Today is day for tuning finally, Got it outside up in the air. Switched into Alt hold and flipped the autotune switch. It twitched once then no more until I gave somekind of input....
View ArticleSolo Battery Failure
@pyrate wrote: Flying 3.5rc solo versionLoiter Green Cube 2.1 all stock otherwise Sunny day light windReceived a critical low battery alarm on a battery that later showed to have 77% chargePushing...
View ArticleHow to execute example sketch using SITL on Linux
@sachinkundu wrote: I am trying to understand Copter code and started with advise listed here http://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/learning-ardupilot-the-example-sketches.html I would like to try the code in...
View ArticleLost live compass calibration c-3.5.0 beta
@ddlopo wrote: Hello, I'm David, and it's my first message. I just update de firmware to use de telemetry cable for flight deck with my taranis. And now, when I want compass calibrate, I don't find de...
View ArticleOutput pwm issues
@lp02781 wrote: i have some problem, i build my own quadcopter, i use navio2 and raspberry pi 3 model b, then i set remote model type helicopter H4X, when i set throtlle max, ouput pwm from motor only...
View ArticleTake off mission item
@sergi_torrabadella wrote: Hi everyone, I've been planning missions with no problem in a Copter (several waypoints, land, RTH,...) but there's no way to use the Take off item. How has to be used? I've...
View ArticleStrange Flight Behavior
@megabotz69 wrote: Yesterday, a friend & I were attempting to test a new build (tricopter w/ pixhawk mini, Copter 3.5 rc4) of mine. After plugging in, I got an error saying "Gyro not calibrated."...
View ArticleOld battery issue: related with PIDs?
@roger_zhao wrote: Hi, all When I fly my DJI S1000 with ardupilot, it'll be hardly for me to control the OCTA-Copter(have to do roll/pitch correction for level the copter, either LOITER or ALT_HOLD)...
View ArticleSimulation of Onboard application
@SalahuddinAsh wrote: Hi everyone,I have an ODroid board and I can send MAVLink messages from it to Pixhawk. My code is written in C++ and I don't want to program in Python. I'd like ODroid to...
View ArticleFinding and reprogramming PWM output of quadcopter
@jingjielim wrote: I'm trying to find the code which calculates the PWM that is sent to individual motors of the quadcopter. Actually, I am trying to improvise this quadcopter code into a hovercraft...
View ArticleProblem on landing with ArduPilot
@spirit wrote: Hello, guys I have BIG Problem now... I'm interesting in drone programming so I bought APM and Pixhawk clone and Pixhawk Cube I have flown many drones : X380 and cc3d and Syma toy...
View ArticlePre-flight: battery level in red?
@ddlopo wrote: Hello, I use Mission Planner 1.3.48. In pre-flight window the check list battery level is always in red. I use a 3s, 4s or 6s for hexacopter, and the battery failsafe is 10,6v. Battery...
View ArticleAlttitude dirift problem in copter v3.5
@FireFly wrote: As mentioned in topic below, there is altitude error problem happens between GCS-alt and Baro-alt in arducopter when EKF2 is running. The same moment GCS-alt = 52m in tlog, but...
View ArticleStrange battery voltage
@Kudykam wrote: Hi,I dont know what is going on but my battery monitor shows strange values during flight. As you can see on pictures its jumping rom 12V to 3V. I also get many errors like flight mode...
View ArticleUndefined reference to `AP_AdvancedFailsafe’ while enabling advance failsafe...
@Sivashankaruav wrote: Hi, I got stuck in compiling arducopter while enabling define ADVANCED_FAILSAFE ENABLED // enabled advanced failsafe which allows running a portion of the mission in failsafe...
View ArticleCopter 3.2.1 on APM sudden drop in Altitude in Alt-Hold up to a crash
@Eddi_Maevski wrote: Hi, Using APM from CX-20 (open source) version 2.52, encountered few drops in Alt-Hold mode - copter just drops out of the sky, I've tried analyzing the logs yet can't make solid...
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