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Watch out! Pirates are taking over!

Posted by Norbert Machinek on December 21, 2010 at 6:24am

Hi friends of the ArduCopter,

 

I'm happy to announce that the ArduPirates.jpgArduPirates will be further developing the official ArduCopterNG code from now on, which we call the ArduPiratesNG code..

One advantage of joining forces with the "original" Arducopter team will be speeding up the implementation of sensors and features like the Sonar and support for Hexas now and Octos later.

The original Arducopter team now can concentrate on their efforts porting the NG code to the upcoming ACM (Arducopter Mega) code base, which is already branched from the ArduPilotMega repository.

Later on, when porting and implementation is done, we will also have a brand new Installer & Configurator from another collaboration of our team members, which will cover easy installation und updating, pre-configuration of the setup (flight modes, attached sensors and orientation...) and Waypoint Navigation through Michael's Mission Planner which already works for the ArduPilot wing section. 

Hopefully we can present you a new version of the NG code this year.

Thanks to all contributors of the Arducopter Project! 2011 is promising to become a fine and successful year for all Multirotor enthusiast.

Please visit our very friendly & helpfull community here. I made a build log with step-by-step instructions for ArduCopter beginners.

Happy flying to y'all!

Norbert aka kinderkram @ RCGroups

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  • Norbert Machinek January 27, 2011 at 4:27pm
    showatt.php?attachmentid=3760461ArduPirate/ArduCopter Online Configurator testers wanted!

    First release of the Code Configurator is Online

    It works with the recent ArduPirates NG code and covers most of the settings you'll usually have to configure manually before you upload code to the ArduBrain. Just save or rename the generated file to "config.h" and add it to your sketches folder. Upload it and tell us what you think.

    Norbert

  • Coby January 13, 2011 at 8:16am
    Thanks Norbert.  Not too worried about being on the bleeding edge so willing to help test.  Just let me know how I can help and meantime I'll try to keep my build blog up to date with anything that might help others.  I'm probably a few weeks away from maiden as I have other client work that keeps getting in the way.
  • Coby January 9, 2011 at 3:00pm

    @Norbert, I am just starting to build a quad (coax octo actually) and am looking to give back to this fantastic community - Thanks to Chris and everyone who have been working hard to get to where it is today!

     

    Specifically, I am OK with grabbing the latest ArduPiratesNG which looks like is in Hein's svn repo.  Is that a smart move or some otheer branch I should be looking at for NG?

     

    Thanks!

    Coby

  • Norbert Machinek January 6, 2011 at 5:48am

    More Acrobatic Flight Videos!

    Norf has built his ArduCopter Quad testing the acro mode and driving it to the limits:

    a3707460-87-DSCN3231.jpg
    http://vimeo.com/18495721

    There's also a new video of his Hexa:

    http://vimeo.com/18463091

    Enjoy!

    Norf's Hexa Build Log

    Norbert

     

  • Norbert Machinek January 2, 2011 at 2:23am

    ArduPirates Hexacopter First Flights from Norf on Vimeo.


    http://vimeo.com/18330661

    First Pirates' Hexa with new NG code airborne!


    a3695730-96-_MG_5586.jpg

    Norbert aka Norf made its maiden flight on New Years Eve and it already looks very promising!

    Norf set up a build log for his Hexa @ RCG. He offers a small batch of Hexa parts there.


    Happy Flying,

    Norbert aka kinderkram
  • Norbert Machinek December 31, 2010 at 3:46am

    pirate.jpg
    They started to call me The Guy,  

    Who builds but doesn't fly

    I think this isn't really fair

    Just try'n to get it in the air!

     

    ArduPirates Build Log 

     

    Norbert aka kinderkram @ RCG

  • Norbert Machinek December 26, 2010 at 12:11pm

    Thank you, Jose!
    Supporting each other will be the way to go.



    @ Richard: Please be patient and wait for the new code to come. 
    And could you please get off my knee, Rich!? ;-)

  • Richard Gosling December 26, 2010 at 6:33am

    G'day all you Jack Sparrow lookalikes.

    I really enjoyed your extra stable version of the code.

    I have since gone backwards in stability in favour of GPS hold - although its been raining here for years now so haven't had a chance to test GPS hold yet, but did get a quicky in and discovered stability was reduced with RC1.01

    Any chance the 2 could be combined? ... it is Christmas after all - just don't ask me to sit on your knee.

    Regards, Rich

     

  • Norbert Machinek December 24, 2010 at 6:17am

    Thank you guys for your input and Merry Christmas to all of you!

    Norbert

     

  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson December 21, 2010 at 6:55am

    Just to elaborate on this, the ArduPirates community is a great group of quad hackers who have been making many useful additions and fixes to official ArduCopter code. Now that the ArduCopter team has released NG and is moving on to the next version (code named ArduCopter Mega, or ACM) that's built on the mature ArduPilot Mega codebase, we've asked the ArduPirates to take over further development of NG. They've already made great leaps, and you can expect lot of energy and innovation there.

     

    As ArduPirates NG versions are tested and documented, we'll release them as official ArduCopter releases as zip files on the official site.

     

    So going forward, once ACM is released, there will be two well-maintained codebases to chose from. They'll share the same core libraries, so you can be confident in core functionality. But they have different "flavors" and styles, and hopefully lead to healthy cross-fertilization.

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