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Ultra Capacitor for APM power security and VCC stabilizing

Started this discussion. Last reply by Veikko Vierola Apr 16. 3 Replies

Hi, I just tested to put three 5,5V 1.5F ultracapacitors parallel and connected the system to the APM power rail. APM stayed alive 10 seconds when normal LIPO/ESC was disconnected. Telemetry radio…Continue

Tags: farads, APM, current, servo, steady

Restart mission with different route on air

Started this discussion. Last reply by Veikko Vierola Mar 24. 5 Replies

HI, What is the best method of restarting mission with a diffirent route on air. After the first route is flown and the plane is circling over home point, what is the best way to give new route and…Continue

Tags: restart, mission, route, new

Radio Fail safe function works only in "manual modes"

Started Feb 10 0 Replies

Why does throttle failsafe work only when you are in MAN, STAB, FBW A/B modes. If you are in any NAV-mode like AUTO or Guided the throttle fail safe or RTL will not activate. Why is this like this?…Continue

Tags: activate, mode, pwm, guided, auto

0° angle of incidence and arduplane code.

Started Feb 4 0 Replies

Hi,Is the arduplane code build so that as default the plane should have few degrees positive angle of incidence on the wings. Is there a pid that can be adjusted if the angle is 0° or the APM is…Continue

Tags: wing, positive, code, build, degrees

 

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Veikko Vierola replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.72 released
"Hi, any instructions to auto-takeoff?"
May 13
Veikko Vierola commented on Josh Nacol's photo
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"Does it work?"
May 12
Veikko Vierola replied to biggiEsmalls's discussion Replacing Xbee with DroneCell on PX4 in the group Telemetry over cellular IP
"Perhaps you could try the AT commands first manually with FTDI cable and teraterm/terminal and try to get the modem work. It is a good way to see the modem responses.You can initialise the modem first manually and then connect it to the PX4 to see…"
May 12
Butch Lucas replied to Veikko Vierola's discussion Airspeed sensor causes altitude drop in RTL
"I just installed my A/S sensor and ran into this issue. Has anyone found a solution?"
May 12
Veikko Vierola replied to biggiEsmalls's discussion Replacing Xbee with DroneCell on PX4 in the group Telemetry over cellular IP
"Check the telemetry over cellular group, you might get some useful info there."
May 6
Veikko Vierola commented on Roberto Navoni's blog post VR GIMBAL : 3 Axis 32bit Direct Drive Gimbal is coming!
"@Roberto "The main difference is that on APM or on VRBRAIN , too normally we use servo for move gimbal ... in Brushless gimbal we use special brushless motors for more the gimbal , the result is incredible smooth." Roberto, do you know…"
May 2
Veikko Vierola replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.71 released
"Hi, Is this the folder where u find the latest hex for APM 2.0 with L1? http://firmware.diydrones.com/Plane/latest/apm2/"
Apr 25
Veikko Vierola replied to Tom Zandt's discussion Prefered Mounting Method
"How close is silicone to the Moon gel?"
Apr 16
Veikko Vierola commented on Graham Dyer's blog post Folding EPP Foam H-Frame Quad
"How does the EPP frame affect to motor vibrations?"
Apr 16
Veikko Vierola commented on Bill Bonney's blog post New Taranis Transmitter from Fr-Sky with OpenTx firmware
"Can the telemetry be used to transfer transparent serial data (like APM mavlink data)?"
Apr 16
Veikko Vierola replied to Veikko Vierola's discussion Ultra Capacitor for APM power security and VCC stabilizing
"I don't know about the ESR but with the ultra cap the noise is much better than without it. I think the 0,15V saw is better than previous 0,3V here: At least it is now enough for me :)  "
Apr 16

DeveloperR_Lefebvre replied to Veikko Vierola's discussion Ultra Capacitor for APM power security and VCC stabilizing
"Yup, I've played with this too.  I have used a large cap bank from HK, and have also soldered SuperCaps directly to the board. A word of caution though.  It can cause problems on the bench.  While testing it, I've had it…"
Apr 15
Veikko Vierola replied to Veikko Vierola's discussion Ultra Capacitor for APM power security and VCC stabilizing
"I think the voltage goes slowly up in the graph cause the capacitor is charging up slowly and it will eventually maintain steady 5,0V level."
Apr 15
Veikko Vierola replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.71 released
"Big thanks to Tridge and other developers, very useful improvements indeed. Automatic magnetic field error detection is a very good fuction."
Apr 15
Veikko Vierola posted a discussion

Ultra Capacitor for APM power security and VCC stabilizing

Hi, I just tested to put three 5,5V 1.5F ultracapacitors parallel and connected the system to the APM power rail. APM stayed alive 10 seconds when normal LIPO/ESC was disconnected. Telemetry radio was also connected to the APM and transmitting full power.During normal LIPO battery usage the VCC looked very steady even if I made some heavy servo and ESC throttle movements every 10 seconds for 5 seconds each time. The capacitor system weights 14 grams and it is not much bigger than a five cent…See More
Apr 15
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Veikko Vierola commented on Neill McOran-Campbell's blog post Building profesional; high strength, aesthetically pleasing, landing gear in under 48 hours
"Cool, did u cut the landing gear with a saw to slices after laminating the piece on the mold?"
Apr 3

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Dual APM UAV

Posted on June 20, 2012 at 2:20pm 40 Comments

I was thinking about an idea of a redundant UAV with 2 x APMs, 2 x RXs, Dual Servos/surfaces, 2 x ESCs and 2 x motors. The plane should be designed so that it could fly with only one motor if needed.

The idea of functionality:

  • If something in APM(A) network fails or works…
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Design post #1

Posted on November 19, 2011 at 3:00pm 5 Comments

I'm planning to put my old and new ideas and designs to this post for commenting. Here is one of them.  It flies quite well and the wing is…

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At 7:25pm on November 19, 2011, Kenneth Duffek said…

Hi Veikko,

The camera used was a Canon 5D MarkII 21Mp 14 second exposure at iso 3200.

 

Ken.

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