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Comment by emre ayvaz on February 20, 2013 at 1:03pm

@Randy,

Thanks for your help. So Do you agree that APM2.5 is one of the best controller card about price/performance. Or should I search for cheaper solution for the same performance and availablities?

Secondly, I know C and C++ but know a little about pic programming. If I buy this product, would it be possible to modify or add autopilot's source code in short time such as 4-5 months? Because it is also my master thesis subject. Thanks in advance.

Developer Comment by Randy on February 19, 2013 at 7:08pm

@emre re trad heli autopilot,

     arducopter can turn a Trex700 into a uav including flying missions that you input through the mission planner.  You should be prepared for it to take a signficant amount of your time and effort to get it all set-up and flying well though.

     Once you've accomplished that if you want to extend it further you can either modify the arducopter software that is loaded onto the APM or you could possibly write software on your PC that sends mavlink commands to the APM to tell it what to do.

Comment by emre ayvaz on February 19, 2013 at 4:18pm

Hi there,

I new joined here. I could only read few thing on the site. But I need to learn something fast. So I need some advise about a controller card for my Trex-700. my aim is to develop some software that manage my heli automatically, a kind of autopilot. So the problem is how can I product necessary command to direct heli according to my software analysis's result?

Firstly I should buy I controller card and some additional equipments such s gps module, camera etc. But I need an advise about controller card that I can run my software on it and integrate gps module and other stuff with this card.

Any advise? Thanks in advance.

Moderator Comment by Carl Campbell on July 13, 2012 at 12:45pm

R, Lefebvre,   I went and bought both and started building a quad to test also.  Thanks again for the suggestions.  I am really digging the Smoked Cases that are coming with the APM now.  They look "finished"

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on June 19, 2012 at 9:23am

Carl, my statement about not being firefighter proof is 100% based on the mechanics. Helicopter mechanics is incredibly complicated.  The pilot is required to work with them almost full time to understand what's going on. It can't be reasonably expected to pull one out of a box once per month and have it "just work".  It won't.  No way.

Moderator Comment by Carl Campbell on June 19, 2012 at 9:12am

Thanks Yall,  I found the functional differences between APM 1 and APM 2 section Of the Wiki, and it definately seems tat the APM2 is the way to go, I was planning on an external GPS and using the 3d printed plates recommended.  

 

Had a thread in the traditional helicopter section but ill keep an eye out on the arducopter 2 -x- traditional forum.  

 

R Lefebvre,  LOL I know that it is impossible to make something that flies fire fighter proof but it is a goal LOL. And I may give a quad a go again in the future but IMHO they are less stable then a Heli, I can fly helicopters and planes but when it comes to multirotors I am better at catastrophic dissassembly.   Perhaps Ill try again one of these days with a prebuilt one just to get the idea of how to fly one.   

 

Developer Comment by Randy on June 19, 2012 at 8:32am

@Carl,

    Re the choice of APM1 or APM2.  The two have pretty much the same features but personally I'd go for the APM2 because it's smaller and it's got a combined gyro-accelerometer (the MPU6000) that we may start making better use of in the near-ish future.

     If you go for the APM2, I'd say getting one without the GPS attached is a good idea assuming you're going to mount it using the trex mounting plates.

     As Robert implies, I suspect a Quad will be more stable than a tradheli.

-Randy

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on June 19, 2012 at 8:11am

Hi Carl, this is not the best place to discuss things like this.  Please open a new discussion here:

http://www.diydrones.com/forum/categories/arducopter-2-x-traditiona...

IMO, you will never make a TradHeli "firefighter proof".  It's basically impossible.

Moderator Comment by Carl Campbell on June 19, 2012 at 7:40am

Howdy y'all,   I had a question as to what APU to purchase, The 1 or the 2,  The reason I ask is that In another discussion I was told that there is a diffrence in features between the 2,  I am looking to guide a 600+ class FBL electric heli with a camera pod,  Along waypoints,  preferably with auto land, or land assist.  The idea is to make a Heli that is fire fighter proof.  I know I am going to need a magnetometer GPS and Sonar, but I have not been able to figure out the diffrence between APU's  

I am going to install it on one of the test 450's that I have on the bench currently as I have 3 HK450's One is a trad heli with gyro and manual controls the other is a Flymentor Machine, and the third is just a bare frame at the moment,   I have a go pro camera pod that just attaches to the skids with a servo/gyro for tilt.  

Basically when I get it fire figiter proof I am going to scale up to a 600 with a FLIR systems thermal imager and video transmitters to relay data back to a observer for search and rescue.  The GPS way points are pretty much a necessity as for primary search the ground crews use GPS to ensure that an area has been searched it is just slow going.  So the ability to use a drone for primary search and to get an idea of where to start a indepth ground search can save lives.  

Thanks 

Carl 

Comment by ContraSpec on June 3, 2012 at 3:54pm

Hi, can anyone give me some guidance regarding my project? i have a x-cell gasser heli 700, all the info that i have found on the forums/google etc. all point to a flybarless electric heli which doesnt have throttle controls, where as i require a throttle control linked with pitch control,

any guides etc will be appreciated, please be advised, i have no coding experinced at all on arduino.

kind regards

Trevor

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