"That looks amazingly helpful! I will have to digest it over a few days and see if I can rework it all to make sense with my above setup. Thanks a ton."
Gobind Moore's Discussions
Need help with UAV Plane
Started this discussion. Last reply by Gobind Moore Aug 14, 2012. 5 Replies 0 Likes
I'm just getting started on my first UAV plane and the plan is to have it be controlled from a James Bond-esque suitcase with a joystick and screen packed up inside. The picture below shows my (very)…Continue
Gobind Moore's Page
Latest Activity
DeveloperR_Lefebvre replied to Gobind Moore's discussion Need help with UAV Plane
"Gobind, I'm working on a project sort of similar to what you're doing. You should look at this project:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1231017
Using an Arduino to drive a transmitter. This would be a better…"
Gobind Moore replied to Gobind Moore's discussion Need help with UAV Plane"The purpose of us the joysticks was to replace an expensive RC transmitter and to give me more controls. If I need to use a netbook to run all this then I can make it work, but I wanted to use the Arduino to minimize power draw.
I'll also be…"
Frank replied to Gobind Moore's discussion Need help with UAV Plane"I agree with Hamish. With 3DR radios you will get a better range."
Hamish Cook replied to Gobind Moore's discussion Need help with UAV Plane"It would probably be a lot easier to use a laptop running APM planner as the joystick interface, at least to start with. That also gives you telematry / moving map. If you don't want the hastle of a laptop in the field, you could use a standard…"
Gobind Moore posted a discussionNeed help with UAV Plane
I'm just getting started on my first UAV plane and the plan is to have it be controlled from a James Bond-esque suitcase with a joystick and screen packed up inside. The picture below shows my (very) basic plan. If you notice anything major I should change please let me know.On another note, I have almost zero experience in programming and am having a hell of a time getting the Arduinos to communicate with anything else. I plugged the joysticks into the USB Host Shield but I couldn't see that…See More
Profile Information
- About Me:
- typical college engineering student interested in all fields robotic.
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- I'm in the process of making a UAV that will be flown from a James Bond-esque suitcase.
Comment Wall
- No comments yet!
Social Networking
Top Content
Contests
Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The fourth round is an accuracy round for multicopters, which requires contestants to fly a cube. The deadline is April 14th.A list of all T3 contests is here.
Groups
-
German Ardu-Group
106 members
-
ArduCopter User Group
1298 members
-
Japan ArduCopter Group
51 members
-
ArduCopter Italian Group
87 members
-
Melbourne
47 members
Advertisement
© 2013 Created by Chris Anderson.
Powered by
