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Ardupilot is an autopilot that is based on the Arduino platform.

Ardupilot is a professional autopilot that is based on the Arduino platform. This autopilot can control fixed-wing aircraft, multi-rotor helicopters, as well as traditional helicopters. It is a full autopilot capable for autonomous stabilisation, way-point based navigation and two way telemetry with Xbee wireless modules.

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How to request a specific Mavlink packet from Ardupilot?

I'm developing a program for communicating with Ardupilot using Mavlink. I've generated code based on the Mavlink definition for Ardupilot, and I have the basic communication working. What I can't figure out, is how to request Ardupilot to send a…
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Where is the function _MAV_RETURN_ defined?

I'm trying to understand the source code of ArduPlane. The MAVLink message is decoded using a set of _MAV_RETURN_???? functions, e.g. _MAV_RETURN_float When I grep recursively for _MAV_RETURN_float, I could not find where it is defined. I wonder if…
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APM Mission Planner 2.0.18 Install Firmware Failure Mac OS X 10.11

I installed Multiple versions of APM (2.0.7, 2.0.17, 2.0.18) on Windows 7, Ubuntu 14.04, and OSX 10.11. I could connect to my ArduPilot but could not install firmware. Here's the error I would get: Started downloading…
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APM Planner on Linux/Ubuntu "open from file" not working

I can't open parameter list with APM Planner. Moreover I can't find anyone with same problem. I run it on Ubuntu/trusty 14.04 It does not see files with any extensions including param and txt downloaded from internet or created with my version of…
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