"Span is 1.8m, I'd have to go back and calculate my wing loading. and I'm coming in probably around 2000 Grams.
I have one field where I can take the SH is a 2.5km by 1.5km field. Usually I do a bunch of my testing at that…"
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Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe
Started this discussion. Last reply by Scott Fuller yesterday. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad's out there today!I had a great day at the field yesterday with a new airframe, the…Continue
Using the Mission Planner DO_JUMP command to loop a Mission
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nathaniel Caner on Friday. 2 Replies 0 Likes
I'm branching out trying to understand all the functions of the Mission Planner so I might better take advantage of it's capabilities. I have been searching for an answer to the question of how to…Continue
To Compass or Not to Compass? Is the Compass best left disabled with Arduplane?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Pieter May 18. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Greetings All,Last weekend I maiden-ed my new 8' (2.4m) Super Sky Surfer with Arduplane 2.72 and had a fantastic first flight. Stabilize, FBW-A and Loiter all worked fine right out of the box with no…Continue
Unable to update ATMEGA 32U2 PPM Encoder with FLIP
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nathaniel Caner Feb 26. 3 Replies 0 Likes
I need a bit of help here, I am attempting to update the PPM encoder on my APM 2.5 following the instructions…Continue
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Scott Fuller replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe
"Scott,
What's the span on your Skyhunter? How about wing area vs. weight? What do you mean by the difference between 'tight' and 'LONG' waypoint courses?
Regards,
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY"
Scott Fuller replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe"Sounds good! One thing I forgot to mention.. I set my Loiter Circle to 40-45 and my Waypoints to 30 to start with. It helps if you have the GCS and telemetry and can watch it it the bubble. In my experience you'll know you're close when…"
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe
"Scott,
Thanks for your reply! As of now I have only just begun to introduce any I term in the mix. Right now my I term is only at .1, so I'll try adding some more I in .1 increments and see how well that improves things.
Thanks Again,
Nathaniel…"
Scott Fuller replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe"Nathaniel. Can't say I'm an expert but have you tried changing your RLL2SRV_I (Servo PID I) value any? I started off at Zero on my Skyhunter which flies about the same speed. I slowly brought it up by tenths of a value until I started…"
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.73 released
"Had some additional flights on Saturday and did some more tuning. I'm still having issues with overshooting the Nav Waypoints as outlined here in a post I made hoping to get some help from the community. There is a lot more information…"
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to matterenergy's discussion APM 2.5 - No Throttle in Auto/Loiter Mode - LOG attached in the group ArduPlane User Group
"Wouldn't your altitude problem be related to your throttle issue? If you are in an Auto mode and the AP is calling for increased power due to diminishing altitude, with a reversed throttle a call for increased throttle would result in less…"
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe
"Gary,
Sure is! It's just a product shot from the website, I'm sure he didn't realize it when he took the shots.
Regards,
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY"
ModeratorGraham Dyer replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe
"In the picture above, is the prop not on backwards?"
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe
"Gary,
No I am not using the stock power set up. What I didn't include in my configuration is that I have an FPV system with pan tilt camera. The plane is almost 2lbs over stock weight so I needed more power and a bigger prop. I would highly…"
ModeratorGary Mortimer replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe
"I shall follow this with interest as I have set one of those up this week. As an aside, are you using the stock power setup and did you replace the spar we which is almost heavier than my current airframe on its own."
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Help Tuning Arduplane 2.73 With A Large Slow Airframe
Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad's out there today!I had a great day at the field yesterday with a new airframe, the Blitz RC Super Sky Surfer. With a 95" wingspan and a 6.25lb total weight fully loaded this is a big lazy plane! It has a cruising speed of apx 30-35 Mph and a duration of apx 15 minutes on two parallel 3S 2200mah batteries.APM 2.5uBlox LEA-6HAirspeedAttopilot 90AMinimOSD…See More
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Using the Mission Planner DO_JUMP command to loop a Mission
"Thanks Graham! Hopefully someone else can benefit from this post while trying to understand the DO_JUMP command.
Regards,
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
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ModeratorGraham Dyer replied to Nathaniel Caner's discussion Using the Mission Planner DO_JUMP command to loop a Mission
"1) Yes it's correct, if you highlight the DO_JUMP command the only two parameters to change is the waypoint number to jump to and the number of times to repeat the loop.
2) Not sure, there was some explanation but I don't recall it now
3)…"
ModeratorNathaniel Caner posted a discussion
Using the Mission Planner DO_JUMP command to loop a Mission
I'm branching out trying to understand all the functions of the Mission Planner so I might better take advantage of it's capabilities. I have been searching for an answer to the question of how to create a mission that will loop either 'X' times, or in this case an infinite number of times, and as of yet I haven't found a concise answer.The two things I find in common with all the references I've found have been the use of the DO_JUMP command and the use of a 'Dummy Way-point'. As I understand…See More
ModeratorNathaniel Caner replied to David Strassman's discussion MinimOSD issue- No on screen overlay
"David,
Glad you got it working! I bet you'll be going over it in your sleep tonight and you'll figure out what you did to get it going. I'll bet you'll find it's something like what Markus suggested. The order in which you…"
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- R/C Aviator 20+ Years Fixed wing, 2 Years Rotary.....Looking to expand my horizons. Started my interest in robotics with the Basic Stamp 2 Years ago...then moved to Arduino and learing C C++ 1 Year ago, now I am jumping feet first into UAV tech combining my interests. It's all about the challenge and learning!
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- My primary reason for getting involved with UAV's at DIY Drones is for the technical challenge. However I plan on using my UAV for aerial photography and videography with perhaps eventually a FPV platform.
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My Senior Telemaster equipped with an Ardupilot Legacy board had an unfortunate incident last year when I got too low in FBW-A Mode and couldn't pull up fast enough to avoid the tree line! Pilot error, I realized too late that all I had to do was switch to Manual. Alas instinct took over and I had a tremendous crash into the trees. Despite the sickening sound if the impact (snap, crash, bang) the Telemaster will fly again someday. (I'm not very ambitious when it comes to rebuilding!)
That derailed my UAV interest for a while and my interest shifted to light weight easy to build profile scratch build foamies! Had a great time building and flying some incredible aircraft from 6mmflyrc.com. It was a nice distraction for the summer, but now I'm back to the UAV community her at DiyDrones and have reequipped myself with a new APM 2.5, uBlox LEA-6, Airspeed sensor, Attopilot 90Amp voltage and current sensor, 3DR 900MHz telemetry, MinimOSD Extra, Maestro contoller for use with an Antenna Tracker. I have also ventured into FPV with the help of ReadyMadeRC.com who supplied all my FPV gear, Fatshark Dominator goggles, Immersion RC 5.8GHz vTX vRx.
I am enjoying all the new challenges and hope to bring a contribution or two to the community. Though I can read and understand the code for the most part, I am definitely not a programmer. What I am good at is devouring the concepts and providing assistance to those who have trouble knowing where to start and or need help clarifying concepts that haven't yet found their way into the wiki.
This year also saw me compete my HAM radio license exam and pass with a General Class license! KD2DEY, doesn't exactly roll off the tongue but hey maybe I'll get a vanity call sign someday! Anyway this will now allow me to operate legally here in the USA on additional frequencies for FPV and RC control. I hope sometime this year to equip my Futaba T8FG radio with a DragonLink UHF 433MHz long range transmitter and move to 1.3GHz band for my FPV system. All in all I'm just having a great time learning and immersing myself in all the new possibilities!
Keep up the great work 3D Robotics and the DiyDrones Community!
Regards,
Nathaniel ~KD2DEY
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"From The Ground Up" : One persons experience with DIY drones and ArduPilot - Part One
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This is a Blog I decided to start chronicling my experience in the hopes that I might make it easier for newcomers to get involved with these amazing machines we call UAVs!…
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- At 4:06pm on April 28, 2010,
Bill G said… - Hey Nat
I teach Robotics ( VEX and First Robotics) so we use Robotc and labview for programming. I am located in long beach (south of long island). Wind is always a factor down at the beach. I am brand new to flying but building a robot plane was just to freakin cool to pass up. I got my school to pay for some parts because we do use it in school. The kids beg me to go outside every sunny day since we have been ready to fly (2 weeks) but wind and rain have kept us inside. Winds hitting 35mph today.
- At 2:55pm on June 9, 2010,
phillip padley said… - Hi yeh it is all scratch built no plans will be a smaller version lazer cut cooming soon and a few more designs, specs are wing span 14 ' length 8' , 10 channle 30 lbs in weight.
45cc powered
- At 6:50am on August 8, 2010,
Mark Whitehorn said… - Enjoy the Senior Telemaster ARF build. I'd be interested to see photos of your autopilot installation. I'd also like to know how you go about trimming and adjusting CG when you start flight testing. I think I had my CG too far aft on the last few flights; plane was stable but needed down elevator trim for level cruise at half throttle, and climbed too steep at full throttle.
- At 6:55pm on August 28, 2010,
ModeratorSgt Ric said… - Yes, you're right about that!
I do have to remember to be a little more understanding sometimes instead of coming across frustrated.
Rereading a comment is helpful as you say.
I often catch myself often sounding more dry and sarcastic than I mean to.
- At 4:32pm on March 1, 2013, James Dean said…
Hi Nathan,
Thanks for the youtube link ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE7slObvq_Q
) It certainly looks like that is the technique we need to give my quadriplegic client access to the control system. We did some tests yesterday using an analogue air pressure sensor. He has good control, and wants to use that as a throttle control for his RC race car. (He competes against able-bodied racers at club level.)The "Balloon Switch" we make http://tecsol.com.au/cms123/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&category_id=7&product_id=39&Itemid=53&vmcchk=1&Itemid=53 has a Pic microprocessor which has lots of spare capacity. I'l like to re-write the software in this to provide the PPM data to the RC transmitter training port.
The key thing I need is electrical and timing specifications for the signal to feed into the port. Whoever made the system in the video clip certainly must know all this!
Cheers, James
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