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Posted by walnut49 on August 24, 2009 at 11:45am
Hi all, first time UAVer here. I'm trying to put together a stabilizing/navigation autopilot on a high school student budget. I can fly and I know a lot of model flyers, but none of them have ever tried autonomous; I thought I'd ask you guys to point out the obvious flaws in my plan before I waste too much time/money.The plan so far:Airframe: "Cessna 206T" (cheap hong kong, 42" span, lots of power)MCU: ATMega 168 on stripboard (with arduino software)Att. sensor: 2-axis MEMS inclinometer (datasheet attached)GPS: sparkfun EM406 (product page attached)The receiver and sensors will be hooked up to the mcu, which in turn will be wired to the servos. Human/auto control will be toggled by an unused channel.Any feedback is appreciated

SCA100T inclinometer datasheet.pdf

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  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson August 24, 2009 at 11:51am
    You can't fly a plane with just accelerometers. See this post (on the front page!) for more on why.

    Why not just use ArduPilot?
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