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Permalink Reply by Jhon on April 5, 2010 at 4:22pm

some people use it that way,

autostable planes dont need assisted stabilization but without it is always a risk even in stable platforms

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Permalink Reply by Greg Fletcher on April 5, 2010 at 7:25pm

This was how the first version of Ardupilot worked. I think that would be version 1.*. Yes it can and has worked a couple of years ago. Thermo's from FMA Direct were the first major upgrade. Now we're into 6DOF IMU's. Go back to the beginning. Version 1.0 is still here.

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3D RoboticsPermalink Reply by Chris Anderson on April 5, 2010 at 7:48pm

Actually the first version of Ardupilot worked with the FMA Co-Pilot handling stabilization. We've never tried a GPS-only autopilot

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Permalink Reply by Andy Joyce on April 8, 2010 at 11:09am

Interesting Chris, will let you know how I get on. Currently designing a twin boom 2 ch aircraft with a 48 inch wing span as a platform. Balsa parts for the wing bought this week, but have had to wait to print the plan as our plotter at work is playing up.

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Graham Dyer on April 8, 2010 at 11:39am

My first UAV plane (a soarstar/wingo) used Ardupilot V1.0 without IR sensors. The deflection of the rudder had to be turned down to almost zero though, otherwise some serious spiral diving occurred threatening to fold the wings on occasion. Some info of that in the first part of this post: here

I did get a few pretty successful autonomous flights with it...

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