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College Station, TX
About Me:
Graduate student in aeronautical engineering. I focus mostly on rotor craft aerodynamics and controls.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I'm mostly interested in fault tolerance. Right now I'm looking into building an auto-rotation controller for a conventional helicopter. It'll be pretty cool if it works. Eventually I'll get into FPV flying. It's prohibitively expensive at the moment though.
Hometown:
College Station, TX
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"I put an APM 2.5 on a Bergen Observer EB about 2 years ago. The was powered by a gasoline engine. Whole project was a disaster. The heli shook so badly I couldn't ever find a way to mount the APM and get reliable attitude solutions. The helicopter…"
"Overriding the throttle input to make the copter ascend will work but is imprecise.
The autopilot can accept a set altitude command. I don't recall if it works in the current release or not. If it doesn't let me know and I can tell you how to fix…"
The autopilot can accept a set altitude command. I don't recall if it works in the current release or not. If it doesn't let me know and I can tell you how to fix…"
"2. Commands to arm / disarm motors
Use the command_long message to arm and disarm. I'll expand below in C syntax
command_long_send(target_system, //target_system is the ID of your mav.
MAV_COMP_ID_SYSTEM_CONTROL,…"
Use the command_long message to arm and disarm. I'll expand below in C syntax
command_long_send(target_system, //target_system is the ID of your mav.
MAV_COMP_ID_SYSTEM_CONTROL,…"
I'm trying to get as much endurance out of my Y6 as possible. I was impressed by the Tiger Motor MN3506-16 motors mentioned on Forrest Franz's post here, so I shelled out for them. I'm using a 3c battery with the recommended APC 12x3.8 props which,…
"We did our work on APM 2.0 - 2.5. Haven't gotten my hands on a 2.6 yet, but they're all nearly the same.
The Rotor Buzz comes with a really low quality autopilot. If you put an APM on it as far as I know that'll be the first."
The Rotor Buzz comes with a really low quality autopilot. If you put an APM on it as far as I know that'll be the first."
"Rob: PM me and I'll fill you in on my experience with my Bergen machine.
David: The Arducopter code, while supportive of traditional helis, has an awful lot of optimizations for multirotors, and when I branched my code at ArduCotper 2.8.1, was full…"
David: The Arducopter code, while supportive of traditional helis, has an awful lot of optimizations for multirotors, and when I branched my code at ArduCotper 2.8.1, was full…"
"The Rotor Buzz II will meet your requirements, but it's around $100,000. I'd suggest modifying your project requirements. For something that big you'll need special FAA certifications that are right now extremely difficult to get.
I'd stay away…"
I'd stay away…"
"What flight mode are you in? Get everything working in Acro first, then move onto the other flight modes.
Using mission planner, does the autopilot think it's level when sitting on a flat surface?
Do you have your transmitter turned on with the…"
Using mission planner, does the autopilot think it's level when sitting on a flat surface?
Do you have your transmitter turned on with the…"
"Check out mavProxy."
"Shyam,
Were you able to get mission planner to compile? I've been working on it for a few days and don't appear to be making much progress. Could you post a step by step on how you got it to work?
So far, I've downloaded and installed the latest…"
Were you able to get mission planner to compile? I've been working on it for a few days and don't appear to be making much progress. Could you post a step by step on how you got it to work?
So far, I've downloaded and installed the latest…"
"Thought I'd share some things with you that I've had to learn the hard way.
Check your wire connections before each flight. Wires coming loose in flight is responsible for all but 2 of my crashes
Make sure you have clean power going to your…"
Check your wire connections before each flight. Wires coming loose in flight is responsible for all but 2 of my crashes
Make sure you have clean power going to your…"
"Taking a stab in the dark here - This is exactly what my quad does when the battery gets too low. The ESCs are designed to shut off at some (programmable) voltage to prevent over draining your LiPo. In airplanes it's a safety feature but in quads,…"
"Musafumi - I believe I have the solution to your problem. It sounds to me like you're looking to connect to a ground station via the GCS 3 you see in the code. GCS3 communicates over Serial 3, but there is no access to it on the board. That's why,…"
"I'm glad to see this was successful! When my APM 2 gets in (maybe a week or so) this is the first vehicle I'd planned on putting it on. Any chance I could get your gains from you? It'll save me a fair amount of leg work."
