Hey all,
Been looking on the DIYD site for a couple days, thinking it's a great community you have here. I have some experience with RC (though by no means an expert), but I'm perplexed by something about the requirements for drone conversion. Here's the diagram from the ArduPilot wiki:
The "getting started" portion of the DIY Drones website states that you'll need at least a 6 channel remote to make a drone with this system. But the ArduPilot diagram seems to indicate you only need four: Aileron, Elevator, ESC and ArduPilot activation.
So do I really need a 6 channel? Will this still work with just four?
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Will it work with 4? Well, depending on what you want to do and what hassles you are willing to put up with, then yes. The limitations with 4 channels are that: