"Looking good Jani! Is it recommended to use an opto-isolated ESC or one with a built-in BEC now? I've been building an octo and haven't decided myself. http://www.hobbywing.com/product_show.asp?id=199"
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Weird sound coming from Ardupilot Mega IMU shield/Oil Pan
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jordi Muñoz Jun 20, 2010. 28 Replies 0 Likes
I soldered on the headers to connect the Ardupilot Mega to the Oil Pan IMU shield. (I'm still waiting for the 3x8 right angle headers...those aren't on yet) When I hook it up to my computer via…Continue
Turnigy 9x VS Hobby King 7x
Started this discussion. Last reply by Thomas Gregg Jul 6, 2012. 2 Replies 0 Likes
I'm building an Arducopter and am still deciding between these two tx/rx systems. The Turnigy seems nice that it has more channels and some knobs instead of all two-way switches. However, it looks…Continue
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- Structural/Mechanical Design Engineer at Gulfstream Aerospace
ArduCopter Dev Team Member
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- Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics Degree
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Tony H commented on Stanley's blog post World's first manned Multicopter"The first was really 1922:"
Tony H replied to Gareth Rens's discussion Octo Power Distribution Board available from PHOTOSHIPONE"Thanks for the info and link. Are you hooking up every wire on all the ESCs up to the APM and paralleling the BECs?
I have the jdrones PDB and am looking at the Hobbywing FlyFun 40A ESC. I'm debating between getting the 40A with…"
Thomas Gregg replied to Tony H's discussion Turnigy 9x VS Hobby King 7x"I second the Turnigy 9x (or the FS-TH9x which is the same). A company named FlySky is the original factory. HobbyKing rebrands this as the Turnigy 9x. The only difference other than color and label is HobbyKing places the antenna in the traditional…"
Tony H replied to Gareth Rens's discussion Octo Power Distribution Board available from PHOTOSHIPONE"What have people been doing to use the jDrones PDB on an octocopter? Hooking two ESCs straight to the APM2? I'm curious as to which ESCs are being used and if they have a BEC as well."
Tony H commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM 2 cases now available, also come free with new APM 2s"Chris, my APM 2 shipped Wednesday. Will this be with it, or do they start shipping with it next week?"
Tony H commented on oejang aja's blog post Eagle Shot"Cool!
Is it an actual photo, or a frame from a video?"
Brett Glossop replied to Tony H's discussion Turnigy 9x VS Hobby King 7x"hi tony
turnigy 9x is very good for its price. i've been happy with it for all my planes. but currently having troubles with quad copter and its rx connection and calibrations (see my threads if you want) on the APM2 board
the turnigy 9x tx…"
Tony H replied to Shawn's discussion Constant Yaw issue"Can you check that you have the props spinning the correct directions?"
Tony H replied to Alastair Seggie's discussion Mission Planner WIKI"Here is the current wiki page for the mission planner.@John
"Prefetch" is used to cache all the zoom levels of a defined area in google maps. That way, you could take your laptop out somewhere without internet access."
Tony H replied to James Roney's discussion Sonar Sensor"I've been flying with my LV and can confirm that it works. The output is in centimeters and if I remember correctly, the minimum output distant is about 25cm."
Tony H replied to michael dunston's discussion problem with the magnetometer in the group ArduCopter User Group"Yes, there were difficulties with offsetting the APM by 45° in the AC2 code, so that is no longer an option. If you are flying in the 'x' configuration, your APM must be pointing between the two front arms. Please refer to…"
Tony H commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Drones visit to Scaled Composites"ahhh, I wish I could have gone there :) Chris, where are those landing fins on the ArduCopter from?"
Tony H commented on Brian's blog post DIY Drones Member Projects"Good idea. Just note that "shields" is misspelled ;)"
Tony H replied to Richard Gosling's discussion NG"The ArduCopter dev team developed the NG code and released it as RC2 on the ArduCopter page. Development was then moved to the ArduPirates as NG while the ArduCopter dev team is working on the ACM code."
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ArduCopter Beta Frame: Documentation, Thoughts, and Flight Test
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:07am 14 Comments 0 Likes
Here is documentation that I made for the ArduCopter Beta Frame as well as thoughts and a short flight test video. All of the pictures can be clicked on for full-resolution and the videos are in… Continue
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 8:18pm on August 9, 2010,
richard judge said… - I started out to build private jets. Then along came certification costs. So I went around the FAA by building a drone first.Now I am looking for funding and a place to mfg these drones.
- At 9:51pm on February 25, 2011,
Dave Buckley said… - Thanks for the kind words, Tony.
I use the renderer that comes with Solidworks 2010.
Luxology developed it for them based on the Modo render engine.
If you don't have Solidworks, you can use Modo to render your CAD files.
- At 7:34pm on March 7, 2012,
Turner Hunt said…
- Tony - Are you still in search of a job .
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