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Autopilot

Posted by Austin pemerton on October 5, 2010 at 8:48pm
This is my first version of an autopilot.. It uses a arduino, a range finder for aided precision on landings, 2 freescale pressure sensors (one for altitude and one for speed), a Locosys LS20031 GPS module, a 3-axis accelerometer, 2 axis gyro(XY),  and a Xbee 900 pro. The airframe that I am using is a goldberg Tiger 2 kit. Its powered by a OS 40 LA and uses Futaba electronics

This project is still in the works.. Any advice is greatly appreciated

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  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson October 5, 2010 at 9:11pm
    I love the DIY spirit, but I have to ask: why? You're just recreating ArduPilot Mega with a much bigger board. What are you trying to achieve that APM doesn't do? (Adding a range finder to APM is a couple lines of code, as compared to writing thousands of lines of code from scratch as you'll have to do)
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