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Alberto Casu replied to Nixon75's discussion Alimentazione Amp 2.5 per servi gimbal in the group ArduCopter Italian Group
"Eliche di legno?? Io ero rimasto che le più adatte sono in carbonio, sbaglio?"
Apr 28
Markus Järve commented on Alberto Casu's blog post ZuCopter - FullAuto Test #1 including copter flyaway - recovered :)
"Very nice controlling while things were bad. This is why dev work needs to  be done by one that knows how to fly manual. Love the way you recovered. "
Apr 28
Alberto Casu commented on Jake Wells's blog post Salt Water Testing the BoxCopter
"Great work and video editing... Thank for sharing it ;-)"
Apr 28
Jake Wells commented on Alberto Casu's blog post ZuCopter - FullAuto Test #1 including copter flyaway - recovered :)
"That was scary. I don't see myself trying this anytime soon. I'll stick to manual flight. Great reaction and recovery. Seriously scary."
Apr 28
Michael Johnston commented on Alberto Casu's blog post ZuCopter - FullAuto Test #1 including copter flyaway - recovered :)
Apr 27
Crashpilot1000 commented on Alberto Casu's blog post ZuCopter - FullAuto Test #1 including copter flyaway - recovered :)
"Perhaps it was a combination of things. Some wrong altitude (why ever) lead to full throttle and a mag that is not shielded enough and disturbed by the full throttle impulse. The full throttle could even increase the vibration level and make things…"
Apr 27
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Alberto Casu commented on Alberto Casu's blog post ZuCopter - FullAuto Test #1 including copter flyaway - recovered :)
"Hi Chris, thanks for your suggestions. You are right, my arducopter layout is the one you described. I sow nowdays the newer Arducopter pictures have the APM on the upper Platform and now I undersand the resason :-).   Do you think the…"
Apr 27

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Chris Anderson commented on Alberto Casu's blog post ZuCopter - FullAuto Test #1 including copter flyaway - recovered :)
"Great flight report! As for the orientation, the further you can get the APM from magnetic interference, the better it will perform. I suggest placing it on the upper platform (where you may have the GPS now) and moving the GPS to the side or…"
Apr 27
Alberto Casu replied to Andrea Gavagnin's discussion APM 2.5 problema USB in the group ArduCopter Italian Group
"Domanda banale, perdonami... Hai aggiornato il Mission Planner? Che versione hai?"
Jan 5
Alberto Casu replied to Simone Chiaretta's discussion Canali Radio per Arducopter in the group ArduCopter Italian Group
"Yes, ho usato il mode switch per la 9x standard spiegato qui: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/mode-switch-setup-for-turnigy-1 Purtroppo come dici tu ho perso un channel per gestire la configurazione :("
Jan 4
Alberto Casu replied to Simone Chiaretta's discussion Canali Radio per Arducopter in the group ArduCopter Italian Group
"ch6 è per l'in flight tuning. io uso il ch7 configurator per far fare i flip all'arducopter :-) ma può essere usato per diverse opzione, come salvare i waypoint durante un volo. Uso il ch8 collegato ad un trim del mio…"
Dec 27, 2012
Alberto Casu replied to Simone Chiaretta's discussion Building an quadcopter
"Ciao Simone, Good to see you have another equal interest as mine :-) I am in a similar situation like you: waiting for the frame to come out to start with it. If you want to start soon, you can already go for all the electronic part. Sw is Sw: when…"
Sep 19, 2010
Alberto Casu replied to Adam Shamblin's discussion Building my first quad.
"Hi Adam, i sow you had no luck with this thread :-( Since I'm moving (like you) my first steps in this quad-world and I'm trying to get more info before I start, I wonder which choice you did for the radio transmitter. Many refer to the…"
Aug 21, 2010
Alberto Casu commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Announcing ArduCopter, the merger of the ArduPilot and AeroQuad projects!
"Hello Guys, I am new to all this UAV world, and I am still trying to get all the information to start. One thing I do not understand about the community tools for the Arducopter project. Why are we all typing comments to this Chris's blog…"
Aug 12, 2010

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ZuCopter - FullAuto Test #1 including copter flyaway - recovered :)

Posted on April 27, 2013 at 9:30am 6 Comments

 

I’d like to share my experience with my copter (aka ZuCopter) during my first full test using AUTO mode. My quad is ArduCopter, 3DRobotics Quad-C frame using APM 2.5 Firmware 2.9.1b

The plan was to go around the house, full automated, including takeoff and landing. This was executed quite smoothly at the first run J, Then I said… let’s try that again;…

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