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Islander with with autonomous take off and landing.....

Posted by Ryan on March 9, 2010 at 2:25pm

Hi all

 

Just a quick question. I am currently flying my replica of a b2n islander and as wondering if anyone has had any luck with autonomous take off and landings....as my islander is like my test bed I wouldn't mind giving it a try with this airframe...

 

I told you it was a quick question

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  • Carlito Oliveira April 28, 2010 at 2:44pm
    hello man!

    The crow!
    Watch it!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9TOAqo_ra0
  • tshado April 28, 2010 at 5:59am
    Hi Morli

    I just looked at it.
    Impressive !!
    "Air-bag" like for UAV landing ....
    This idea could be perhaps used for DIY UAV
    What do you think about this idea ?

    Cheers, Jean-Claude
  • tshado April 28, 2010 at 3:45am
    Hi again Troy,
    Your method for take off / landing sailplane looks great
    Could you please provide some details on your UAV modified sailplane ?
    Like which sailplane did you choose, modifications , payload capacity , flight time ?

    Thanks, Jean-Claude
  • Troy Reabe April 28, 2010 at 12:29am
    depending on the plane takeoff and landing autonmous can be easy, I know for my UAV test bed I use a modified 2 meter sailplane and for take off i just gave it full power and tossed into the wind, I would then pick up the controler and turn on the auto pilot,(the flights always went great till that point). If the plane survived the flight under auto pilot I would just turn the auto pilot off and have the motor shut off and the plane would land its self. It would even enter ground effect and slow the decent.

    My Skybolt on the other hand, The autopilot could fly while in the air but if I ever let go of the controls it would decide for its self where it wanted to go.
  • James F. March 9, 2010 at 4:12pm
    This might be a n00b question, but has anyone thought of putting sonar sensors on for take off and landings?
  • John C. March 9, 2010 at 4:03pm
    There are people doing this, but it's not in the mainstream Ardupilot yet.

    It's still recommended that you take-off and land manually.
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