I'm planning to start building a arduquad soon but i see that gps navigation is coming soon thats the main reason i want to build one is this something thats coming very soon or in beta or should i look for an alternate controller?
I am a fashion photographer and my son has been interested in helicopters for a while .. and with business being really slow right now I was trying to re-invent what I do. I got hooked a few months ago on the octocopters/mikrokopters .. and now want
Read more…The ArduCopter that I’m building well be put to use in Aerial Photography, more specific a lotof high altitude mountain shots and videos ( at less that’s my plan ) .
I want to know if there well be any problems with the IMU and MEGA functionality in t
Read more…Does anyone know about laws or regulations for gliders?
I loaded version 1.7 of the ArduIMU code on a v2 board. When testing in the ArduIMU Test 1.1.17 program, I can see GPS but no ArduIMU values. Am I missing something? Do I need to hook it up to the ArduPilot Shield?
Read more…Hi guys, can anyone tell me which GPS program is giving out an accurate data?
The data that I meant is Latitude, Longitude at least.
From the EM406 gps tester that I've downloaded, the data does not seem to be clear.
Does gs means ground speed? And wha
Hi guys
Getting some nice results for aerial photography/video with a glider and a Sony HD pocket camera.
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Now want to add stabilization with gyro-controlled servos.
Then "poing" > the idea to use ArduIMU as the stabilization mechanism.
Has anyone out there
Im looking to make a uav drone but i just want to transmit live video feed. What do I need??? and also is it possible to transmit live video feed with 2 cameras???
Read more…Hi guy, i have been following Tim MaCmahan's twin boom build thread for a while now, and i decided to build one myself. The airframe is pretty much ready for the power and radio systems, however, i am still undecided on the TX and RX. I'm a rookie in
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I have been building a quadcopter over the last few weeks, I had all the ESC's connected up to a standard 1.3amp 7.4v RC battery and everything seemed to work except there wasnt enough power to drive all 4 ESC's and motors on the 1.3 amp battery s
Morning all!
Hey eveyone!
Im very new to this game and really wanna get into it!
So far I've devised a parts list for a ArduCopter from doing a little research websites like these. Altho im not sure if I've quite got it right!
Dont suppose anyone could have a loo
Read more…Should the roll value stay zero then entire time for the sensor test? Because thats all I get from my sensors is 0 for roll no matter how I move the plane or my hands in front of it .
Thanks
While trying to figure out some other stuff I started to go through the tests again on the ardu and noticed that if I declare a 0 for debug throttle, throttle is still active luckily I didnt trust it to work when I ran the throttle test. Any one have
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I want to convert this http://principialabs.com/joystick-control-of-a-servo/ program pyton to VB 2010.
#!/usr/bin/env python
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# joystick-servo.py
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# created 19 December 2007
# copyleft 2007 Brian D. Wendt
# http://principialabs.com/
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# code
I have run into some problems with the PPM encoder on my APM. The trouble begun when iinstalled the APM in my Twinstar II.
After installation i could not switch autopilot modes reliable and afterinstallation of all servos i the yellow LED started to
Hi, I am a novice of Ardu Project. I got a MediaTek GPS, a ArduIMU+ with ArduPilot(red). My GPS and IMU work well in miniGPS Test and ArduIMUTest respectively. But I failed to do Test Program 6.
Test 6
But after removing the IMU, it shows:
Bes
Read more…Has anyone used the HobbyZone Super Cub as an UAV platform, and do you have a configuration file that has worked well with it? I haven't seen this anywhere else so far... but it is a very stable plane that can carry some payload with an upgraded moto
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I am not using an easystar and would like to refine my throttle parameters as I need a bit more ground speed to keep the plane in the air.
I found the CH3_MIN and CH3_MAX and will change it.
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However I am very confused about the following parameter
