3D Robotics Comment by Jordi Muñoz on February 21, 2010 at 12:03pm

The other question i receive a lot is:

1.-Can i use ArduPilot to control my [X]? (Where X could be a: Blender, Furby, Barbie, etc)

And the question after question 1 is:

2.How?

Or some have more clue of their intentions:

3.-How can i integrate ArduPilot UAV code to control my vacuum? Can i also do waypoints? If yes, how?

Comment by Joel Ryan on February 21, 2010 at 12:29pm

Hehe for most questions I see, the answer is "Yes, but why would you want to?"

Moderator Comment by Morli on February 21, 2010 at 12:40pm

Finally, it is here, thanks Chris for putting it up. Can you pls make it sticky or some thing or even pop up asking have you looked here , here and here ? and only then can it be posted?

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on February 21, 2010 at 12:40pm

I have a preeedeeetar from hong kong copy shop and want to mak a sweat pain

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on February 21, 2010 at 12:49pm

Morli, I've linked it at the top of the Newbie Guide post.

Comment by Kozuch on February 21, 2010 at 1:11pm

You are lame. Do you want to get more newbies and have the project grow??? Probably not, because you are offending newbies by being harsh at them...

Comment by Jonathan Lussier on February 21, 2010 at 1:21pm

Kozuch, I don't think Chris is being offensive. People need to realize that building a UAV is harder (and more expensive) than they wish it to be (like watching the Olympics and saying 'that looks easy'). They don't seem to want to put in the time to learn - they want instant gratification. I've seen this problem show up in many onlin e student groups or mailing lists (eg: Formula SAE) with posts such as "Hello Sirs, I need to build fast racecar, how to design?" or "How to make best engine?"
Part of this stems from the education system in those countries which favor memorization over problem solving and probably overly high expectations from their teachers.
Either way, it comes down to 'RTFM' or this case, search before asking!!

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on February 21, 2010 at 1:23pm

Kozuch, we want newcomers, which is why we have a Newbies guide on the front page. But we don't want people who are rude, disrespectful of the member's time, or lazy. Autopilots are not easy and this is a DIY site--people who don't come with the right expectations are not going to succeed, and it's better that they learn that early so they don't waste our time and their own.

Moderator Comment by Morli on February 21, 2010 at 1:34pm

Kozuch ,
I haven't seen you answering or trying to help any newbie either. Rest assured , no one is offending any newbie as every one here is /was/ were NOOB some time ago but being a open source forum with diverce, focused, self motivated bunch of busy folks doing their part, where time spent on newbie question that has been answered a dozen times before , is the time well spent doing some thing else. All that is asked/said is to do some home work by reading the forum beginner's pack. I bet you don't expect to go a public library , ask for a book and expect it to be read too. Even a public park has a fence around it , does it offend people going in or people walking by? does it prevent or dicourage people from haveing fun? Is the fence there to protect people inside or people outside or keep them seperate etc?

Comment by Ken on February 21, 2010 at 2:24pm

Joel,

As for the blender, that is an easy one. When the autopilot detects insufficient roll and pitch oscillation in your locomotion it fires up the blender (AKA margarita machine). :)

LOL Barbie is a new one, but recall they just introduced the newest Barbie (now 50 years old and on her 126th career), "Computer Engineer Barbie."

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/barbies-next-career-comput...

If one needed to strap an action figure to an Arduino, there's the one.

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