"if you connected everything as described using 4 nimh penlite batteries and you have put JP1 in place it should power up. if it doesn't:
have you checked polarity of the batteries?are they charged?
You might want to try connecting it with the…"
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novrizal herdananto replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released"great to know, thanks Randy.. and the funny thing is.. this is happening only in Bali, when i get back to my city, this issue never happend again..
is there is something in Bali ?"
iskess replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released"Thank you Randy! I thought I was going to need a new board when I saw that baro data.
Can I just load the parameters file after the reset and be back up, or do I need to manually redo everything?"
iskess replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released"Cool! I love the hidden stuff."
Tommy Larsen commented on phillip.anthony.smith's blog post Simpler Cellular Telemetry?"Yes in the beginning, but now i get a lot of Java error messages. I can connect to the system tonight and give you the error messages. Maybe they will tell you what's wrong."
DeveloperRandy replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"iskess,
Ok, you have this problem. Somehow the inertial navigation offsets have become NaN, most likely because of a bad accelerometer calibration. I've seen this a couple of times recently but i'm not…"
Henk de Groot replied to Berend Jansen's discussion Mission planning questions in the group Andropilot Users Group"Kevin, thanks for your answer.
There is another subject I'm not entirely sure of.
When I place a TakeOf waypoint on the multicopter icon, what coordinates are assigned to that waypoint? How can I check if I placed the waypoint exactly on the…"
DeveloperRandy replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
"iskess,
Sounds like the mission planner thinks you're using ArduPlane instead of ArduCopter. Click about 1cm below and slightly to the right of the the Comport drop down on the top right of the mission planner and…"
adriano nocenzi replied to adriano nocenzi's discussion can i power my apm 2.5 with this?"Little bump for help"
Andreas Breitenstein replied to Andreas Breitenstein's discussion Please help reading logs."Hi Randy,
Thanks for that, something I did not even think about. I could now say that I am not that low on the throttle to make it stop spinning, but I think you might be right.
I will give it a try. I will also turn on the Motor loging and see if…"
audrius chomicius replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Hello,
yesterday i tried mission in auto and when copter reached WP1 it's started more or less fall down.By may understanding to meet 15m. of altitude, which was set in Way point. there was a ~30m. difference of altitude comparing home pos and…"
Not Sure commented on Adam AKAV8R's blog post DJI has officially released the H3-2D Gimbal for $699!"You can't ignore the price tag as realistically, the end product i.e. the video you get from the hero3 is no better than open source or other alternatives for brushless gimbals at a fraction of the price. People can say 'oh it's…"
DeveloperOlivier ADLER replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Here is a link with declination informations :
http://www.rescuedynamics.ca/articles/MagDecFAQ.htm
The USGS map :
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/gp1002D
The NOAA site…"
Søren Kuula replied to Richard Kennedy's discussion APM with only rudder?"Hi,
I you never used APM or other autopilots before, I'd say better add ailerons to the model. The autopilots are rally mostly designed and tested for models with ailerons.
An easy Star basic version really has no ailerons, that is correct.
You…"
iskess replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released"Randy,
I tried to make a similar graph but my CTUN doesn't have the Baro Alt and Throttle. See attached screen grab. Why is it different? Where can I find the Baro data?"
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Posted by Nick Arsov on June 18, 2013 at 11:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hi Everyone,
AUAV3 is now at a reduced price of $94.95 for a limited time.
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Posted by Chris Anderson on June 18, 2013 at 8:00pm 6 Comments 1 Like
Designed for a duration of four days at 65,000 feet. The first flight was just 28 minutes and it sustained damage on landing, but otherwise the mission was a success. ]UPDATE: This was a year ago, sorry for missing that. It's taken several flight since then]
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DIY Samsung Trigger for APM
Posted by Jeff Taylor on June 18, 2013 at 5:06pm 1 Comment 6 Likes
In this post I’ll describe how to make your own cable to trigger the Samsung mirrorless cameras NX20, NX210 and NX1000. We’ll be using an ArduPilot Mega 2.5 to do the triggering but you can use any Arduino or even a soldered push button.
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DJI has officially released the H3-2D Gimbal for $699!
Posted by Adam AKAV8R on June 18, 2013 at 3:00pm 13 Comments 1 Like
Well the price has finally been released for the new DJI Phantom gimbal @ $699.00 and comes complete as shown below. The nice features are the ability to charge the GoPro while flying and the ability to output video to your video Tx all contained inside the arms of the gimbal. Full details …
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Man whose RC drone was shot down over Turkey protest returns to the skies
Posted by Matthew Schroyer on June 18, 2013 at 7:44am 2 Comments 6 Likes
Many of you might be aware of the situation in Turkey, where protests have been going on for longer than two weeks. Some of you on DIYDrones might also be aware that a man was flying a small RC drone above these protests, that is, until his aircraft was shot down by riot police.
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PX4FLOW Position Hold Beta and Source Code Release
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Our new video shows position hold (the position can be moved on the fly, so its actually full position control) using the PX4FMU autopilot plus …
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ASME Podcast - How Drones Can Help Predict Tornadoes
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ASME presents a podcast on the application of small UAVs in the study of severe weather, especially tornadoes.
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