# Community

**URL:** https://discuss.px4.io/c/community/55.md

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## [About the Community category](https://discuss.px4.io/t/about-the-community-category/31129)

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**Author:** [@junwoo0914](https://discuss.px4.io/u/junwoo0914)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/about-the-community-category/31129 "2023-03-04T14:09:04Z")

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Space for the Community! It can be anything ranging from: New ideas for the community What you are up to Anything you want to write about! It’s sort of like Random, but we want to capture more community-focused posts…

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## [Propellers not spinning visually and occasional attitude disturbances in FlightGear (PX4 v1.17 + JSBSim + custom F550 hexacopter)](https://discuss.px4.io/t/propellers-not-spinning-visually-and-occasional-attitude-disturbances-in-flightgear-px4-v1-17-jsbsim-custom-f550-hexacopter/49095)

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**Author:** [@Achyuth\_G\_S](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Achyuth_G_S)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/propellers-not-spinning-visually-and-occasional-attitude-disturbances-in-flightgear-px4-v1-17-jsbsim-custom-f550-hexacopter/49095 "2026-06-13T06:58:27Z")

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Hi everyone, I have successfully integrated a custom F550 hexacopter with PX4 SITL, JSBSim, and FlightGear. The vehicle is able to arm, take off, and respond to commands correctly, but I have observed two issues. Curre…

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## [Hey...i am new to the community, trying to make my first PX4 drone but its oscillating on roll too much](https://discuss.px4.io/t/hey-i-am-new-to-the-community-trying-to-make-my-first-px4-drone-but-its-oscillating-on-roll-too-much/45629)

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**Author:** [@Prathamesh\_Barik](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Prathamesh_Barik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/hey-i-am-new-to-the-community-trying-to-make-my-first-px4-drone-but-its-oscillating-on-roll-too-much/45629 "2025-05-19T13:16:50Z")

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Here’s my flight log…need help..drone too unstable…new to the px4 community trying to fly f450 quadcopter frame with mn3110 motors.

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## [What kinds of motors should we recommend](https://discuss.px4.io/t/what-kinds-of-motors-should-we-recommend/38955)

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**Author:** [@hamishwillee](https://discuss.px4.io/u/hamishwillee)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/what-kinds-of-motors-should-we-recommend/38955 "2024-05-29T01:53:29Z")

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I was looking at the post Alternatives to T-Motor? and decided to update the info about motors in our docs. But there isn’t any - we talk only about ESC in ESC and Motors. Everywhere else, for example in kits and build …

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## [Alternatives to T-Motor?](https://discuss.px4.io/t/alternatives-to-t-motor/38873)

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**Author:** [@rroche](https://discuss.px4.io/u/rroche)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/alternatives-to-t-motor/38873 "2024-05-27T22:19:58Z")

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With the recent news of T-Motor being added to the US Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce Entity List, it brings hardship to the community when trying to find quality motors. This is an effort to coll…

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## [Hardware in the loop simulation](https://discuss.px4.io/t/hardware-in-the-loop-simulation/37347)

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**Author:** [@ankit55](https://discuss.px4.io/u/ankit55)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/hardware-in-the-loop-simulation/37347 "2024-03-21T09:32:25Z")

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I want to do hardware in the loop(HITL) simulation in JMAVSim (by sending command from QGroundControl) but we have only two hardware RaspberryPi and Pixhawk 2.4.8. 1.During calibration through QGroundControl I was st…

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## [Tethered drone with a payload more than 20kg](https://discuss.px4.io/t/tethered-drone-with-a-payload-more-than-20kg/27415)

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**Author:** [@Ethan](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Ethan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/tethered-drone-with-a-payload-more-than-20kg/27415 "2023-12-17T14:47:50Z")

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Tethered drone with a payload more than 20kg,the total length of the cable is 100 meters,the maximum wind resistance is level 5.

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## [💸 PX4 Bounties are here! (Solve an Issue, receive a reward)](https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-bounties-are-here-solve-an-issue-receive-a-reward/35604)

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**Author:** [@junwoo0914](https://discuss.px4.io/u/junwoo0914)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-bounties-are-here-solve-an-issue-receive-a-reward/35604 "2023-12-01T07:57:31Z")

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What does a Bounty for PX4 mean? PX4 Community members are trying out a new initiative, PX4 Bounties :money\_with\_wings:. It isn’t officially supported by the Dronecode Foundation yet, but we hope that this will become…

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## [Some notes on everything that was a pain in using PX4](https://discuss.px4.io/t/some-notes-on-everything-that-was-a-pain-in-using-px4/33573)

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**Author:** [@junwoo0914](https://discuss.px4.io/u/junwoo0914)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/some-notes-on-everything-that-was-a-pain-in-using-px4/33573 "2023-08-02T17:04:31Z")

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About I recently had time to deeply be involved in integrating PX4 into a project, and wanted to note couple of things that my colleague, along with my opinion, thought didn’t much make sense / was too hard in PX4, that …

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## [Service Launch - Easily Run Independent Flight Log Analysis](https://discuss.px4.io/t/service-launch-easily-run-independent-flight-log-analysis/32653)

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**Author:** [@hamid-m](https://discuss.px4.io/u/hamid-m)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/service-launch-easily-run-independent-flight-log-analysis/32653 "2023-07-06T18:34:50Z")

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I’m part of the small founding team that developed an online service for processing IMU sensor data. It wraps a number of sensor fusion libraries we’ve developed and makes them easily usable from the browser. A number …

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## [A poem for PX4 by Notion AI ~](https://discuss.px4.io/t/a-poem-for-px4-by-notion-ai/33056)

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**Author:** [@Sunlight](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Sunlight)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/a-poem-for-px4-by-notion-ai/33056 "2023-07-04T22:57:09Z")

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When making notes ，:grinning:

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## [How to utilize Forum more (and less Discord)](https://discuss.px4.io/t/how-to-utilize-forum-more-and-less-discord/31483)

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**Author:** [@junwoo0914](https://discuss.px4.io/u/junwoo0914)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/how-to-utilize-forum-more-and-less-discord/31483 "2023-04-17T15:21:22Z")

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About Recently concern was raised in Discord regarding the index-ability of the questions & answers in discord server. The problem is that since the discussion in discord server is not indexed by a search engine, users …

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## [Post-doc developing drone software seeking support](https://discuss.px4.io/t/post-doc-developing-drone-software-seeking-support/31370)

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**Author:** [@cbk](https://discuss.px4.io/u/cbk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/post-doc-developing-drone-software-seeking-support/31370 "2023-03-24T06:30:27Z")

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Dear community members, I am a volunteer post-doc working on smart algorithms for drone-swarming applications at a public university. Would you mind making a small (or big) contribution to support my research through my…

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## [TiPlot: Our Open Source PX4 Log Analysis Software](https://discuss.px4.io/t/tiplot-our-open-source-px4-log-analysis-software/29850)

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**Author:** [@pierretilak.io](https://discuss.px4.io/u/pierretilak.io)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/tiplot-our-open-source-px4-log-analysis-software/29850 "2022-11-24T14:32:04Z")

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Hello Everyone ! We’re Tilak.io, a small engineering services company that focuses on drone development, and we’ve been working on a log analysis tool that we recently open sourced. We wanted to share it with the PX4 C…

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## [Compass error with our ROV (boat)](https://discuss.px4.io/t/compass-error-with-our-rov-boat/19615)

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**Author:** [@fisheye](https://discuss.px4.io/u/fisheye)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/compass-error-with-our-rov-boat/19615 "2020-11-18T19:46:48Z")

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Hello i am new to the group and need some help. We have a ROV Boat that we use for mapping of water bodies. it appears that every time we move to a different location we have issues with the boat after loading a mission…

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## [PX4 or Ardupilot](https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-or-ardupilot/5802)

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**Author:** [@JPdeRie](https://discuss.px4.io/u/JPdeRie)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-or-ardupilot/5802 "2018-02-23T18:25:31Z")

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okey so what I am doing right now is developing a drone that can fly indoor an airplane hangar autonomously. I’m using the Pixhawk 2 as flight controller and I’m trying to use as many DJI components. Eventually the drone…

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## [PX4 vs ArduPilot - when to choose what](https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-vs-ardupilot-when-to-choose-what/2214)

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**Author:** [@jarda](https://discuss.px4.io/u/jarda)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-vs-ardupilot-when-to-choose-what/2214 "2017-01-21T17:21:34Z")

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Hi, I would like to start using PixHawk-compatible SW for trying some ideas, which require modifying the code. I know that you can upload Ardupilot or PX4 into these things, but I am pretty confused about differences be…
