Hi all,
We installed engine gearbox with bigger prop to increase UAV thrust in the hot weather.
Today we had strange anomaly of autopilot behavior. During the climb autopilot also increased rudder and UAV started to slip and became unstable so we h
Read more…I have been trying to get an Xbee 900mhz modem to work with an MP2028 with no luck. The Horizon tries to connect and then times out (there is activity on the data in / out LEDs on both sides of the connection).
The Xbees by themselves function as t
Read more…Yes. Clicking this button will retrieve the values currently in the autopilot and saves them into the currently selected vrs file.
We recommend making a copy of a VRS to retrive the settings into.
To do this:
Open the VRS Editor, select default.vrs,
Read more…When you run a simulation, the simulator uses the settings, gains etc. from the currently selected .vrs file. Even if these settings work with your aircraft, they won’t necessarily work with the aircraft simulated by your MicroPilot Autopilot simulat
Read more…User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista, 7 and 8 prevents the Horizon UAVs from being created unless you run Horizonmp as the Administrator of the computer. The easiest way to do this is to right-click the Horizon shortcut icon on your desktop an
Read more…To record GPS time, two fields need to be added the datalog, GPS_TIME (field # 1224) and a spare field to store the table result, in this example we are using fServo30 (field# 1256).
A table will also need to be set up, this is because the datalog cu
Read more…The datalog normally starts recording on fixed wing autopilots when the autopilot detects consistent GPS velocity values. On helicopter autopilots the datalog starts as soon as the autopilot becomes Ready.
We recommend setting the datalog to start re
Read more…If you are having any issues connecting to your autopilot in Horizon, please read the below instructions on connecting with a direct (wired) serial connection.
We have found that USB to Serial adapter cables with an FTDI chipset in them are the most
Read more…Hi guys, I don't need my AGL and ADC module anymore and I wonder if anybody wants to buy these two items. Please let me know if you are interrested ! Preferably I would like to sell these parts to somebody in Germany or in the EU. In addition to tha
Read more…We have been sponsored a cm100 gimbal from uav vision (awesome gimbal, thanks guys!) however we can't communicate with it (not the gimbal's fault). Has anyone used tpu lines out of the servo board before? We have to use a TTL-RS232 converter as it is
Read more…You will get this error if in your fly file you have a fixed command then nothing after it. e.g.
imperial
[recordHistory]=50
[2256]=1
takeoff
climb 400
waitClimb 200
flyTo ( 1000, 1000)
flyTo ( 1000, -1000)
flyTo (-1000,-1000)
flyTo (-1000, 1000
Read more…We have a fatal error in our MP2028 which shows "GYRO TEMPERATURES DO NOT
CHANGE" (right before this appears, "ADC GAIN INVALID" shows up for a
second or two) in hyper terminal; and as "unknown error 36" in
Horizon. we have tried everyth
Hi Everyone,
I am currently trying to find a way to send either a heartbeat signal or serial status string to an independent flight termination board onboard my UAV from an MP2128g. Does anybody know of a way to do this? Will I have to write an Xte
Read more…Hi fellows,
I have an application that needs to enter with a position of robot's heading like (x,y,theta) and a position desired (p,k,alpha), . Is it possible in autopilot and how?
It's more like a dubins' car.
Please, could you help me with that?
Read more…Hello,
I have a Futaba T7C 2.4G, which only has the channel3 with FailSafe.
I want to know if possible (eg programming mixes), use some channel for the switch CIC-PIC, with the MP1028g.
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Luis (Siaba)
Hello MP users,
I´m new in adjusting PID controllers and I´m not sure on how to adjust the rudder from y accelerometer. As far as I understand this loop is being used during level flight, climb and descent to coordinate turns.
My first doubt when a
Read more…Hi everyone
I'm facing a problem regarding the upload of my flying area map to my Horizon GCS. Actually I'm not able to import my JPG or PNG map which I got from Google Earth to Horizon. I use Horizon 3.4, but it shows an error while selecting the m
Read more…I am trying to move my MP to a larger air frame and would like to know if anyone has any files for doing this? I have had this system for 5yrs and after I didnt get any where with MP I just gave up but I would like to see something out of my 12k inve
Read more…Greetings all. Just found this group after looking for some answers for our micropilot. MP themselves have been very helpful over the years that we have had it but this may add substantially to our knowledge base. Can I do a quick roll call of who
Read more…Hi Group
I have the following communications parts for sale:
1 x 2.4ghz communications “set”.
Asking $300
1 x 8.5db Omni Di
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