Hello,
Just like a lot of people here I'm a student and I had a couple of questions. I'll be honest I know very little on this subject, but I figured this is as good a place to start my research. I was looking at the possibility of using a phone
Hi folks, could U shourtly explain what i gain installing Xbee to my flying wing with Ardupilot Mega? I have OSD onboard so lot of telemetry data i can see anyway. What other future gives me Xbee?
Read more…Okay Pro's, Amateurs,Mechanical heads , Software engineers
Rustie's Flex foil.
This design below is based on the idea to be able to change a Airplane,UAV,Airframe Airfoils in midflight ...yes.
Before I explain for people that want to know this drawing
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Can anyone explain the difference between Ardducopter and Arducopter NG. And how about Arducopter Super stable. And the defferent version numbers, very confusing..
Thanks,
Read more…What all additional things will I have to do if using a 6 cell battery. I'm assuming I cannot use APM to monitor voltage. It is also higher voltage than AMP can handle. I'm sure the reciever would put out less though? I'm just a little confused about
Read more…Now that my quad is inthe air quite stable and that I'm waiting for GPS, magneto, ...
I was looking for a vibration free methodof installing a FPV camera.
I've allready fitted a small pinhole camera (MD80) on a mount with 3 vibration dampers but with n
Read more…My friends and I are building an Arducopter.
Hello,
I have done some redesign work on the payload for a semi-autonomous blimp. An Android smartphone is going to connect to the motor and shaft encoder (so I know if a drive belt slips off the motor and the propelled stops going when the motor is
Where can i get the connector on the end of the ftdi cable? I would like to have a cable with this connector on both ends which would connect the xbee to the APM without using 4 separate wires(instead i want 1 4 conductor wire). This will make things
Read more…Hello does anny one else try this new Ikarus OSD? Buy the spects this is just perfect! This is the link for those who whant to see it and also a few spects from the Electronicarc homepage.
http://www.electronicarc.com/catalogo/product_info.php?produc
Read more…So I have assembled my quadrotor and calibrated my ESCs...
I am using pheonix 25 motor controllers...
1) I plug them into my throttle channel and move the stick up and down on throttle..
Verified that I can manipulate the motors and ESC through reciever
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Now I've Coded to read the PPM and tested, it's working fine! That means you only need one channel to read all
Read more…Most of the rumors I read on the new FAA sUAS regulations are that the NPRM will be out in June/July of 2011. However, according to the US Dept of Trans.it is March 10, 2011. These dates are timelines that can not be changed without a court order, ev
Read more…Looking at the repository most of the activity is centred around the ArducopterNG code which seems to be rapidly changing.
I wanna buy a thermal imaging module, Does anybody know what's the price of Photon 320 thermal camera?
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I'm trying to configure Xbees for telemetry and I'm facing a lil' problem:
Hi guys..
I've done a short program for transmission of a certain character.
if (Serial.available() > 0) {
incomingByte = Serial.read();
if ( incomingByte == 49 ) // 49 is ASCII for 1
{
Serial.pri
Here are some pics of what should be from the folks here at DIY, A WORKING CODE!
I had to take different angle pics cause I was happy! All by myself! The required files are linked in case someone else spent the money for all of the options thinking t
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i want to ask about the arducopter code...it is fully programmable? and open source?
thank you in advance!
