Dear Friends,

this is the video of first flight of Multipilot32 that use ArdupiratesNg32 rev. 2.01 firmware.

I ported to Multipilot the 8bit firmware , change all the library necessary to firmware and doing some small patch on original firmware.

At the moment i fly in stable mode + configuration with this PID (3.00 , 0.150 , 0.900)

As sensor i use Oilpan , in the firmware i don't yet activate GPS , BARO and Magnetometer , i doing some…

dAlH2Orean H2 R/C Car powered by Aluminium from Aleix Llovet on Vimeo.

Just in case you missed it in one of my other posts, joystick control is now working via my GCS. I need to write up a "proper" wiki page on how to use it, but here are the basics.

Download my GCS here: http://code.google.com/p/happykillmore-gcs/downloads/list

Edit your APM_Config.h file and add this:

#define ALLOW_RC_OVERRIDE ENABLED



Once you have your…

Here's the complete folder with IAR EW ARM project files.

IMUCortex.zip

• Range -…

Team,

After experimenting with several dead-reckoning algorithms over the past 2 years, I finally have a simple…

The ITG3200 started its blog on good terms.  Turns out there's no deadband, but you get a level of 8 bit quantization when reading the analog results in I2C burst mode.

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The US Senate has named their members for the conference committe for the joint FAA Reauthorization…

Well, here is a general block diagram of the custom ground station.

It's planned to be integrated in a medium-sized aluminum case, easy to fold and expand on field, with easy transportation.

for the moment i have finished only one of the four systems - the voltage…

Surprising but true - no blue screen of death and it didn't do a spiral of death into the rolling hills of Hertfordshire.

Hardware:

Netduin Mini - Code in C#

DiyDrones Mux

ArduImu v2

No fancy pid loops just some ugly code and lots of hot glue.

Since it worked well…

Full autonomous Cularis UAV mission under flight plan

Here a video of my Cularis UAV during a full autonomous flight mission under a flight plan with 7 waypoints (

Mission #19 done on april 2011)

The Cularis UAV autopilot setup is:

Hardware:

- Autopilot: Ardupilot (Atmega 328)@16MHZ + ArduIMU flat v2

firmware:

- ardupilot v2.8 (JLN) + arduimu v1.8.3 (JLN)

Sensors: (arduIMU on…

This video shows the result of modifying a T41 Thinkpad to give a full colour sunlight readable display:

Full credit for both the idea and the modification should go to Nic Schraudolph from the Canberra MakeHackVoid group. I just supplied the old thinkpad to modify when Nic suggested that this…

Since I have started flying with wireless cameras and recording my flights on the ground hasn't worked out so well.  First I tried recording video straight to my computer with the Diamond VC500 One-Touch video capture device $35 at Fry's, but when I would replay my video's  they were very skippy as well as…

It's just over a week away from Sparkfun's Autonomous Vehicle Competition, and they've just posted a course preview. It's terrifying! Randomly-placed barrels! Hoops! Time bonuses for doing impossible things!

The DIY Drones teams are going to try an unprecedented hat-trick this year: Place in all three categories--planes, multirotors and ground rovers--using the same autopilot hardware and…

This is the Keychain Camera. It's $12 - $25 at Amazon.com and is a great way to record in flight video. It has a 4 gig memory card and 200mha LiPo battery.  The battery will last about 45 mins,  It weights 16 Grams with case and about 11 grams with casing removed.  Takes great pics and video and very crash forgiving.  The…

Hi everyone,



We have just released a new product in our online store, AeroEye.

It's a nifty little (30 g / 1.06 oz) SD video camera with 4GB of storage that also includes a fantastic image interval…

After almost at year with a strange servo jitter that was taking all the fun out of my UAV hobby i finally found the source. A bad servo.

The jitter was intermittent and made and erratic +- 5 mm throws on the elevator or rudder even when i tried flying  in "manual mode".

The…

We've seen already a small UAV flying around the nuclear reactor and providing hires imagery. Would it be possible to use drones to measure radiation?

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