My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry
After reading about the crowdsourced UAVforge.net competition here on DIYDrones, I conjured up the audacity to enter an Arducopter into the fray. Since then, the field has been reduced to 20 teams competing for 10 slots in a fly-off scheduled for May.
After some trial and error, I was able to assemble an Arducopter capable of completing the competition course. I passed the required live, directed demo indoors during a snowstorm last week.
Since it has a crowdsourced component, I need some votes (likes) on the UAVforge website to help make it to the fly-off. If you believe my entry has merit, I'd appreciate your vote.
Team Phase Analytic
http://www.uavforge.net/uavhtml/#
Please forgive the poor videos as I had no "file footage". It seems as though no one else I know is fascinated enough to stand and film endless loiter tests and PID tuning rituals...
If I am lucky enough to secure a slot in the fly-off, I'd like to invite at least 2 of the Arducopter Dev team members to the expenses paid trip to Georgia. It would really be their victory more than mine.
Any suggestion or criticisms are welcome. I am just a fellow hobbyist.
Thank you!
arashi
Team Phase Analytic
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Comment by Ellison Chan on March 3, 2012 at 7:23pm -
So, what version AC are you using for the competition?
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Comment by arashi on March 3, 2012 at 7:33pm -
Ellison -
I am using 2.4.1 on the APM2 in the video. I haven't had any of the leaning problems, but Marco Robustini's warnings on the 2.4 thread have calmed my flying. I was worried about the steep lean angles needed to hold position while loitering in the gusty winds, but I haven't had a problem yet. I do keep my hand on the mode switch just in case.
I am also running 2.4.1 on the APM1 with Optical Flow on my test bed quad.
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Comment by Ellison Chan on March 3, 2012 at 8:25pm
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Well, this could be interesting. AeroQuad is also entered into the UAV Forge, They're Team AeroQuad, under ucdwino. Wouldn't it be interesting if we went head to head in the finals. :-)
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3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on March 3, 2012 at 8:27pm -
I wish the UAV Forge site wasn't such a flashtastic mess. I still haven't even figured out how to vote...
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Comment by Ellison Chan on March 3, 2012 at 8:42pm
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Hey, I noticed from your description that you using a 12600mah 3s lipo?! Is that a typo, and you meant 1260mah?
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Comment by arashi on March 3, 2012 at 8:44pm
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They have a html version, but it's not much better.
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Comment by Ellison Chan on March 3, 2012 at 8:50pm
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Chris, if you login and watch the video, there's a "stars" bar. I think you just click the number of stars you want to vote.
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Comment by arashi on March 3, 2012 at 10:46pm
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Ellison -
It's not a typo. 12600 mah of 3s lipos total (2) 5000mah and (2) 1300mah.
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Comment by RoboCopter on March 4, 2012 at 2:30am -
I Just recently decided to pull out of that competition . Too much school work to keep up with while working on the drone. Here was my team's entry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oo86c7cZnk. If you submitted that as your entry you need to add something to make it novel since that is one of the requirements. I recommend solar charging and a unique perching capability. Good luck!
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Comment by Ellison Chan on March 4, 2012 at 11:59am
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Arashi, that's very interesting. So what's the flight endurance time of this? You said your were using 530kv motors, and 11x4.7 props? What brand motor? Can you provide some more details. This is a very interesting design.
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