Parrot AR Drone 2.0 Flight Recorder GPS and QGroundcontrol Completely Automated Flight How to
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Buy the Parrot AR Drone Flight Recorder on Amazon - goo.gl/Vcttj (affiliate link). The free software QGroundcontrol brings completely autonomous flight to the Parrot AR Drone 2.0 equipped with the GPS Flight Recorder Add-On. Simply set your waypoints, upload them to the drone, and it will then follow that flight pattern even if it flies out of range of your computer. Amazing!
QGroundcontrol: qgroundcontrol.org
Buy the AR Drone on Amazon (affiliate link): goo.gl/fIpYu
DISCLOSURE: Both the Drone and the Flight Recorder I purchased with my own funds. QGroundcontrol is free software available on the website linked above.
I just wanted to let you know, the reason the drone was stopping short of your waypoints is because you did not adjust how strict qgroundcontrol would be. on each of your waypoints, on the right hand side near elevation, you will see a column that each waypoint says "10 M" that is indicating that as long as the drone comes within 10 meters (over 30 feet) of the waypoint that it can move to the next. set it for 2 meters or less and it will be pretty spot on
Ar. Drone uses Ultra Sound (Sonar) below six meters above sea level, above 6 meters it uses the pressure sensor built into the motherboard.
If you are using the latest version of software AR. Drone, ie 2.4.7, I have found myself unexpectedly altitude variations.
Good video explanation of this feature.
Nice Demo Lon, I've been using QGC for a while with the Ardrone & having a great time with it. The usefulness & capability of the Ardrone has gone way up now with the gps flight recorder & QGC.
Lon, if you're interested in getting quicker charges, you can find videos around RUclips of how to take the stock charger apart. Inside it is just a standard balance plug, so you can easily plug that into ANY hobby grade charger, then charge using that charger. I've been doing just that with my AR.Drone 2.0 batteries, and it charges them faster and balances them better. You can also get balance boards on Amazon or Ebay that you can use to charge the batteries, as well.
I got the Bastens 1300mah lipo battery and quick charger kit along with one extra battery. It doesn't take up any more space than the standard battery and gives noticably improved flight times upwards of 15 minutes depending on how aggressively you fly. And the charge time is nearly double the speed of the standard parrot battery.
Nice, in ordered one of these I can hardly wait to try it out.
I have an iPhone 5 with internet teathering enabled so what I would do in my case would be to use the iPhone's internet teather to the laptop so I don't have to worry about caching the maps before hand. Alternatively you could also get Cellphone internet USB dongles from your provider as well. I think he did say it should be able to cache the maps so you may just be missing / not finding the option for it.
btw I recently discovered the bastens battery is really just a $6 Zippy Flightmax battery with the connector changed to an AR drone version and their label over the Zippy label. You can get the battery from Hobby king. btw i got the AR Drone Power edition it comes with two 1500mah batteries and on two test flights I got 13 mins on one flight doing many flips and had bit over 10% left after landing and I did a 15 minute flight with 8% remaining. Pretty good.
Hi,
I do not know if he(it) is less precise, as a rule(in principle) it is an addition by report(relationship) has the first generation to increase the stability during flight above 6 meters.
The measure of the US is vertically made, it is likely that the detour(deviation) of ultra sound by the slope of the roof is the cause of her(it) almost collision.
That's right , that is the height above ground. Besides, I still do not understand why I wrote " sea level " instead of " from the ground ."
Nice video , I just got my AR 2.0 power edition off the box with the flight recorder I will download qground, hopefully there's a version for Nvidia Shield
hello Lon after a few hours or messing around with q ground control its wasn't the updates had them all had them added to programs to allow through fire wall but with windows 8 you just have to kill firewall to get it to connect if the wind isn't up I will be trying my first flight later this afternoon also how can I make sure it records flight and if possible from both camera's thank for your advice and videos
Thanks Good tutorial. my question is: what is the limit distance using qgroundcontrol, assuming that we have a energy self-sufficient drone
Hi Lon,
great video, thanks. I was just wondering: In a fully automated mode, with full batteries it would matter if the flight altitude is 500m, or would it?
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Ah, makes sense. I saw a video on here which claims the altitude record to be 1553 ft, bt that seems to be pretty high, so better not risk too much. :-)
Thanks, yeah I put in a 1800mah which will get a about 16-17 min flight time. The flight recorder memory filled up so I did not get the full video. I will have to do another long distant flight to get the video ;)
it's really cool,do you think it can be programmed for rc helicopters too ?
I usually fly 30-40m up, early on I was having issues with early landings when flying around at lower altitudes. Not sure if that was related to the loss of some satellite signals flying low or what (we live in a fairly hilly area).
You may want to get an extended battery btw I have a couple after markets with quick charger works great
Hello Ben Is it Compatible with the Ar drone?
Will like to get it
This does seem really cool. My problem is that I don't like the idea of nearly £400 flying around over head, without my control.
Say I programmed the drone for a flight in London - which goes well. Then I went to Oxford and gave it a new flight plan. But it doesn't upload for whatever reason. The model is going to head for it's first waypoint in London, isn't it? (it won't get there, but is likely to get far enough away that I lose it!) So is there any way to prevent this scenario?
That sux, I broke my cross member last year also, havn't got around to fixing it, but I will be doing it maybe over the week and videoing the process for other's to reference. Also I see Parrot came out with their own 1500mah battery, I think they say it will give you up to 16 minutes of flight time but it's $60 and takes quite a long time to charge. I may get it though anyway for the sake of having a slightly longer lasting OEM battery.
I like the DJI (& it's steady camera capability) but I just sent my Ardrone 1.9 miles (3000 meters) to a friends doorstep just by clicking one button on my laptop.
Hey Lon, nice video! I noticed that you used a map with good quality and also the program tells the position of the Drone. I just downloaded the program but I can't use a Google Earth Map neither a voice appears, did you intalled plugins or other programs beyond the QGC? I just installed QGC, and the options for maps are: Bing Hybrid, Google Hybrid, terrible resolution... please send me a website with a tutorial or a good forum, i can't find solutions anywhere... thanks
Hi thanks again for the tip I have now the wifi between the drone and Qground but do you have any suggestion for the maps ? Because it's doesn't save the maps I want to try it on the field but I'm scared if I have no maps to load thanks for suggestion
I'm using the 1.1.0 too. I got it, It's working and I'm using the Bing Maps, my city is not a big one, thats why it is a bad resolution :( I think it is the problem, even in the Google Earth. But, about that voices telling you reached checkpoint 01... There isn't it in my program. Did you install any plugin? I use Windows 7
That's disappointing. The QGroundControl website claimed it was supported on iPad. Is that not the case?
Hi.
Guestion about altitude. My house is 89 meters above sea level. Is the altidtude above ground or above sea level obtaind from gps? Very nice videos you make!
Sea level or ground level? How would it know how high above sea level it is? Sea level varies according to location as well. I highly doubt it's sea level.
Question what Tablet can be used with QGround control..I can't get the the iPad to download software.....
Hi I have a question how its work to connect ar drone 2.0 to qgroundcontrol can you explain me what I have to do after installation of the qground control software ? Thanks
Hi, I have one question: provided the drone works without Wifi, would it be possible to make it fly exceptionally high OR out of range, say down an airport runway (6000ft) and back to the home point? Also, would it be possible to fly it very high then? The drone could come home utilizing its GPS, pressure sensor and ultrasound (as soon as it's below 18ft) - thus it would be possible to fly it higher than 1500ft?
Please answer. If you have a wide open field, maybe you want to try out? I am thinking about buying the Flight Recorder but if it only works within Wifi range it's worthless for me.
hi can you tell me step by step how to connect q ground controll by wifi to my ardrone ?
Hi Lon,
Great video!
Question: I'd like to use 2 drones for a show I am producing. Is it possible to enter 2 routes or motion/flight patterns into the QGroundcontrol software and have the 2 drone fly at the same time?
Thanks.
Loic.
Could you over ride the drone mid flight within wifi range?
I did that but what button do I press on the qgc interface to connect it?
Yepp, you are the man...lastet firmware is ok. thanx
Nice vid, Lon.
Do you know of a way of automatically sending a drone to a GPS-tracked vehicle (dirtbike, mountain bike etc) with the purpose of filming it over rugged terrain?
sweetness - thanks man, keep up the good work
Agentcoconut1 Isn't the 'return home' feature a tracking method? It automatically returns to the wifi device. Couldn't you put the iphone/ect on the dirt bike rider and tell it to 'return home'?
Drone $300, GPS $140, upgrade batt $50, bearings $20, other mods & spare parts $100. Range 100 feet maybe more. Dji phantom with naza & radio tx 2.4 ghz $670
Hey Lon, how to setup the flight recorder and the QGC
I see your answer "just connect to the wifi drone an select wifi" but that not working on windows
I wish I wish someone would just say which version of QControl to download in addition to the fine instructional videos- what's pixhawk and MAVlink???? Do I need to download MAVlink also?
Hi, i live on a cliff about 100 meters above the sea, is there any way to set the altitude according to the sea level via GPS? I am asuming it will just fly down the cliff and never return to my home's altitude... thx
I have the flight recorder, i have updated the software. I turn drone on with gps. I connect pc to drone. I start qgroundcontrol. Nothing happens. Have pushed every button in the program. What am i doing wrong?
Hi. Can you tell me how i get the ar drone 2 connected to my notebook? Wifi is connected to ar. Its windows7...
Please help. I have a windows laptop, at drone 2, and the GPS module. I have no idea how to connect the q ground control to my at drone. Please help!
I got it to work. I had to reinstall the program.
Hey Lon, i use the new version for QGroundControl 1.1.0 and windows 7, how ever i can't connect the ar drone 2.0, any ideas?
How do you connect the flight recorder to qgroundcontrol? thanks
I set the waypoints and hit "set". I hit the play button and nothing happens. I hit the launch/liftoff button and it takes off and then just hovers. Any ideas?
Is there a way to steer the direction of the camera? If I circle an opbject I would love to have the camer always look in the center rather than in the flight direction...
Hi Lon, thats great. I just through I dont need an active swivel head. As the drone can fly in any direction, it would be neat to have it fly around but always look at the same point with the front where the camera is.
When I click "set" nothing appears to happen and there isn't any indication stating that it is done. When I look at the on board way points there is no saved way points there. Any ideas why this might be happening?
how do you control speed???
i want to make a mini home base automated drone please guide me.
can you send me the version of Qground control you were using please i cant find the install file for that version on the site. have the latest one but cannot connect my drone to it thanks in advance
Hi Lon,
I tried running Qgroundcontrol qgroundcontrol_aq-OSX32-1.1.0.a2 on MacOS Serirra, V10.12.6 on my MacBook pro but it said the software needs to be updated. What version of MacOS did you use it on.
I have successfully got qgroundcontrol_aq-Win32-1.0.2 Beta working in Windows (it connects to the drone) but the maps never load (when switched back to normal wifi), even in Google earth mode. Any ideas?
Have you tried using your GPS Flight Recorder with the Canopy on?
I have a couple of ar drones. Worst investment I've made ever. Customer support is non existent. 300+ dollars flying in the air with non reliable wifi. Can't use hull to protect GPS or battery. Seriously man it's cool features are lures to trap newbies in a web of disappointment and over priced parts for repairs.
Why it is not able to go up to 500 m with programmed GPS modul without wifi network and go back and land on programmed GPS coordinates.?
IMHO it is possible.
Due to wind, or....?
I see, thank you.
why aren't you blinking?!
What Drone Firmware works best with QGroundControl?
***** Thanks. Unfortunately, the waypoints won't transfer to the GPS unit when I hit set. I just keep getting a timeout message. Any thoughts? Thanks again.
***** Okay. I am on a Mac, but thanks.
Scott Cressler I did not. I eventually sold my AR Drone and purchased the DJI Phantom drone which was a much better product and much easier to fly.
Nice video, thx for it. But I have a problem. I can connect to my drone and see the informations like position, voltage aso. I created some waypoint and tried to load them into the flight recorder. But i always get the message "Operation timed out". I don't know whats going wrong. Can anybody help me?
thx
Thx for answering. I found the problem. At the drone paring was still activated. So the laptop was able to see everything but could not send any commands to the drone. After fixing my noob-fault everything worked fine.
Hans Wurst I am a novice at this. My software times out when sending waypoints. How, specifically, did you fix this? Thanks.
Dji range 1500meter and greater
hey lon can u make the drone follow u
Hello @ye_haw, i made it follow me
Lon, I watched both of your videos and cannot figure out how to get the flight plan from the computer into the flight recorder. Would you be doing or have you done, a detailed tutorial on how to get the flight plan into the flight recorder? I don't know how to save the flight date in QGC . I am a REALTOR and want to use the autonomous flight protocol to fly our property neighborhoods and the properties with QCG and the flight recorder. I shot one of our properties ruclips.net/video/37cC3sS99do/видео.html using my iPad and DIRECTOR mode but would really like to use QCG vs me piloting the drone. Please assist. Very Respectfully. G-II
***** Thanks Lon. I found that option. However I have another ?. I can connect to the flight recorder from my Win8 desk top but not from my Win8 laptop. Any thoughts? And... can I use my iPad to pilot the drone with QGC?
***** Hi Lon... Well... I took my AR Drone 2.0 and Flight Recorder out for a test flight this weekend. The first problem I had was getting my laptop screen to a resolution and brightness that I could actually see the application on the screen. Finally got it to a point that was, at lease usable. Then the next challenge was plotting the waypoints. I thought that I had plotted a fairly conservative path but that turned out to be totally incorrect. I hit 'launch' and off she went. I tried to keep an eye on the drone and one on the computer but failed that multitasking task miserably. When I lost sight of my drone, I hit the emergency landing option and hoped that I was still within signal range. I don't know if I was because the drone crashed into the top of a tree. I searched for about 1/2 an hour, looking for the drone, using the GPS image on the laptop as a reference to try and locate the drone. I didn't know she had crashed into the top of a tree until an onlooker told me to look in the trees.
Soooo... here are a few ?s for you that I hope you can help me with.
1) how accurate is the GPS location on the computer to actual location of the drone?
2) How can I be certain that the flight I am flying is not a flight of prior waypoints. I ask that because it appears that the drone was actually on a flight path to go back to my home, which was the first set of waypoints that I ever plotted and uploaded into the flight recorder but never executed.
3) How do I replay the actual flight of the drone and see the flight path that it flew. I have seen these demonstrations on several RUclips videos but have not figured out how to execute this option.
4) My flight recorder came with a USB port for added storage, rather than the slot for a micro-card. I have installed a very small and short 16GB USB drive in that port so it is small enough to actually allow the hull cover to be installed.
Finally) After the crash I flew my drone using my iPad. However the tilt options are now reversed. By that I mean, when I tilt my iPad forward, the drone flies in reverse/backward and when I tilt the iPad to the right, the drone flies left and when I tile the iPad to the left, the drone flies right. Any thoughts on how to take care of this and correct the orientation?
Your thoughts are much appreciated. Very Respectfully Ret USAF 820th CES RED Horse, REALTOR®
Director Community Outreach VAREP
(Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals)
***** Thanks Ron. Actually, your Intel was very helpful. I'll update you when I make my next flight. Thanks again.
Is it just me, or does the computer voice sound like Ronald Reagan?