I'm planning on getting an ardupilot mega. My plane is an e-flite apprentice, will it install into it and is the 0.7A BEC sufficient for the ardupilot? If not, what do I need and how do I connect it?
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I realize this post is a bit old but I'm interested to know a) if you ever put Ardupilot Mega on your e-flight Apprentice and b) if so, how well you feel the airframe worked with it?
I'm relatively new to this - both RC flying and autopilots - and after 6 months of RC flying instructions on the Apprentice I now feel confident enough flying on my own and am ready to install APM onto the airframe.
That bec sounds pretty small. I had issues with a 1A bec on my hz supercub. The solution is to use a ubec. A UBEC s basically a stand alone BEC. I installed a 3A one, but you can get them up to 15A and beyond. 3-5A is plenty. All you need to do is solder it to your battery connector and then plug the other end to an unused input channel on APM. Then carefully remove the middle wire from your ESC servo connector that hooks in to APM. The UBEC will then power APM.
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Jonathan,
I realize this post is a bit old but I'm interested to know a) if you ever put Ardupilot Mega on your e-flight Apprentice and b) if so, how well you feel the airframe worked with it?
I'm relatively new to this - both RC flying and autopilots - and after 6 months of RC flying instructions on the Apprentice I now feel confident enough flying on my own and am ready to install APM onto the airframe.
Thanks -
Stan
The apprentice should be a good airframe for APM
Cheers
James