Hello everybody,we're ordering an Arducopter quad full kit ($500 on fahpah: http://store.fahpah.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ackit1) and are wondering what does the kit NOT contain.We surely need Tx/Rx and battery but what else?For example, I believe the kit does not include a magnetometer, sonar (for autolanding) or IR sensors for obstacle avoidance.We want these features (or at least the hardware capability so that we help with the programming). Do we need to order the sensors separately? If yes, we need their specs, they are not sold in fahpah..Thanks a lotChris,DUTh Robotics Team, Greecehttp://bit.ly/duth-robotics
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The kit does not contain cables for connecting each channel output of your R/C receiver to the ArduCopter electronics.
Typically in a regular RC plane these cables are part of the servo motors so people don´t usually have separate such cables in their inventory. But you need to add these yourself for each channel.
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Typically in a regular RC plane these cables are part of the servo motors so people don´t usually have separate such cables in their inventory. But you need to add these yourself for each channel.
The KIT doesn't include magnetometer (but you can order it together with the kit because it is a soon to be ready feature in the software).
Here is the link: http://store.fahpah.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=diymagneto01 and here how to connect it http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/Quad_Magnetos
As for sonar and IR, I think I read sometimes ago that they already have an idea of which model to use, but I cannot find it now.
The indoor version they are building is using the Maxbotics LV-EZ0 Sonar (http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844:BlogPost:221408&a...)
HTH