"New firmware (2.5.3) for AC is GREAT! Its the most stable and smooth I have yet to see. Good work Devel team and thank you! I am so glad I put my money and energy into ArduCopter. "
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Wierd Issues- User? Hardware? Software?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Maki, Eric J Feb 13. 8 Replies 0 Likes
I'm not sure whats going on- I suddenly have several problems. Yesterday and for many days before, copter and APMP were fine and flying beautifully, this morning I turn things on and I am dealing…Continue
Relay use?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Sgt Ric Jan 9. 3 Replies 0 Likes
I keep looking, but I cannot find a straight answer on how to use my r/c transmitter to control the onboard relay. I enter CLI and go into setup- type 'tune 9' and it shows a change from 0 (.015) to…Continue
$15 HK plywood quad frame
Started this discussion. Last reply by Luiz Miranda Jan 6. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hey All- I Just wanted to pass on my judgements on the $15 HK grey and red 550mm plywood quadrotor airframe. I bought one for test and another to hack. Overall its a great frame. Weight is under…Continue
Heads Up! It Flies!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Duy Pham Dec 22, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Just a heads up- literally! My custom quad flies beautifully so far! First flight went great- nice and steady ten feet off the ground and perfectly responsive. Then one of the prop adapters came…Continue
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Maki, Eric J replied to Price Campbell's discussion Can't load firmware for APM; Cant detect your APM version. Please check your cabling"Got it solved. Had to reinstall windows, msi, .net framework and ApMP. No hub, cables fine... but got it working in spite of microsoft though... hehe "
Maki, Eric J replied to Price Campbell's discussion Can't load firmware for APM; Cant detect your APM version. Please check your cabling"Which pins did you solder together?"
Maki, Eric J replied to Price Campbell's discussion Can't load firmware for APM; Cant detect your APM version. Please check your cabling"This is getting silly... same thing over and over. It disconnects itself and says it can't find an APM when I try to upload firmware... annoying. I erased, reset, tried Xbee and direct USB, tried everything in the troubleshooting…"
Maki, Eric J replied to Price Campbell's discussion Can't load firmware for APM; Cant detect your APM version. Please check your cabling"Same issue here- just got new IMU fro my APM1.4 from 3dR, tried different cables, different versions of ApMP. Full functionality other than I can't change firmware. 3dR loaded APM2.4.1, I want to upgrade to 2.5.3... its saying…"
Maki, Eric J replied to Rui Manuel Cravo Marques's discussion ArduCopter Configurations and Settings for beginners !"A note on safety for hand PID tuning: the more the better!
Balistic shooting glasses are the mimimum safety gear I wear while I've been tuning PIDS with my quad in hand overhead (ever seen a prop come apart at 10k rpm?) Blowing dust…"
Maki, Eric J replied to Maki, Eric J's discussion Wierd Issues- User? Hardware? Software?"I've wanted to get into arduino coding for a while- so flying is only part of it- a big part, but only part.
For the moment, all sales are on hold- I am sending the AP back to Udrones to see about repairs. We shall see if its an…"
Dusty Starbucks replied to Maki, Eric J's discussion Wierd Issues- User? Hardware? Software?"Sorry to hear that. Even sorrier that you are giving up. But, this isn't for everyone. It can be frustrating, time consuming and expensive. Maybe you are right. Sell the lot. But I would consider keeping the radio and receiver, then looking at…"
Maki, Eric J replied to Maki, Eric J's discussion Wierd Issues- User? Hardware? Software?"Thanks Dusty- been there done that. I've been through the setup (erase and reconfigure) a few times. Nothing changes. Its primarily the X and Z gyro all over the place- never steady. Since APMP can't even find…"
Dusty Starbucks replied to Maki, Eric J's discussion Wierd Issues- User? Hardware? Software?"Eric,
A similar thing happened to me when I upgraded. I ended up resetting and erasing all memory. I believe it is in CLI under the command 'setup'. Basically completely wiping the existing stuff on your board. Then I loaded from scratch…"
Maki, Eric J replied to Maki, Eric J's discussion Wierd Issues- User? Hardware? Software?"It would be and was very satisfying to see this quad in the air, and yes, I could get this back in the air very easy if I had more money. This has been a four year obsession and I hate to let it all go. However, enough is enough- I just wanna…"
Nick Mann replied to Maki, Eric J's discussion Wierd Issues- User? Hardware? Software?"Hey Eric. Bummer that your APM isn't working for you. I must confess I'm leaning towards other flight controllers nowadays. The 2.0 board does look pretty cool though, I wanna try one or two of those when they get into…"
Maki, Eric J replied to Maki, Eric J's discussion Wierd Issues- User? Hardware? Software?"Forgot- Xbee 900mhz full telemetry link, MTK GPS, and 5a MegaBEC included too. "
Maki, Eric J replied to Maki, Eric J's discussion Wierd Issues- User? Hardware? Software?"K, Well, I guess I'm over it. I have about $1500 US wrapped up in this project and apparently my APM just became junk for seemingly no reason. I am sad and frustrated and need to leave this behind me. I started this project only three…"
Maki, Eric J posted a discussionWierd Issues- User? Hardware? Software?
I'm not sure whats going on- I suddenly have several problems. Yesterday and for many days before, copter and APMP were fine and flying beautifully, this morning I turn things on and I am dealing with a bunch of issues. No, I didn't crash.I read up on the upgrades to new AC firmware code - using 2.0.1A currently, and decided 2.3 looked better, so I fire up APMP 1.1.19 this morning to upgrade firmware, connect to the copter via USB cable (known good) and the artificial horizon won't settle. …See More
Maki, Eric J replied to Nick Mann's discussion Wooducopter"yeah, right! You can see bench in there! I wonder if I still have one under all this stuff...
Wood generally has some really cool tensile/compressive characteristics as well as shock and vibration absorption that makes it a great material for…"
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