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…

Position Hold flights at High Altitude with the OptiFlow Tricopter (OFT) v1

Successful high altitude (>100m AGL) position hold tests flights with an optical flow sensor on a Tricopter (OFT) UAV.

Tests flights:

1) Fast climb rate to about 100 m AGL in hold position mode with only the throttle command.

2) At 100 m AGL, a 360° turn has been done (wind 14 km/h from SE) with only the yaw command.

3) Fast descend…

Quadcopter Evolution with the QRO v6 and a GoPro HD wide on board

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