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Slimming down ArduPilot?

The Fly-By-Wire and Stabilize modes of ArduPilot make amazing teachingaids, especially FBW as it's difficult then for even the most ineptbeginner to get the aircraft into too much trouble.

With that in mind and an old 168 APv1 board that's doing nothing, if I use only an EM406 and no ground station could I remove these tabs (in pic below) in Arduino to trim down ArduPilot? Would it be possible to get v2.6 to then fit (& work) onto the 168 board or are there other things to worry about?




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  • Moderator
    Flew today using an old GWS Slowstick with camera and 1 GHz video downlink. No GPS, no shield.

    It was amazing how stable everything was in both STABILIZE and FBW, FBW even more so as there was no way the plane could be put into a dangerous attitude, never too steep in pitch or bank, perfect for a COMPLETE beginner (a new market for ArduPilot perhaps?)

    It also stabilized the camera output enormously and when I tried my FPV goggles the plane remained stable and I was able to go hands off for long periods of time! A real confidence booster for FPV.

    Impressive!
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  • Developer
    Ardupilot is set up to only load code that you need based on your header file.

    For example, only one GCS and one GPS are loaded at a time. For that reason I included GPS_none and GCS_none which don't require the ram of the others.

    Set your protocol to -1 for both of these defines and you will load the smaller files.

    Download the latest from the repository to access the new files.
  • Moderator
    Just to ask my question again.... I won't be using a shield so I need to connect the x-y sensor to the board, where do I connect the four wires? The manual only has instructions for connecting the plug to the shield.
  • Moderator
    I want to proceed with this. I have an spare x-y sensor and spare AP328 board that I want to setup on a slowstick as a teaching platform.

    Quick question, I won't be using a shield so I need to connect the x-y sensor to the board, where do I connect the four wires? The manual only has instructions for connecting the plug to the shield.
  • 3D Robotics
    If you only want stabilise and fly by wire, you don't need the GPS at all. It's certainly possible to cut all the unnecessary parts of 2.6 to make it fit into a 168, but it would take more than just deleting those tabs, I suspect, to get it down.
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