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Control Law

Dear Chris and all,

I am currently using Ardupilot as part of my investigation into UAVs for my degree course.

My aim is to add some additional sensors to aid in landing.

It's apparent you use a PID controllers from your very well commented code.

My ques

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ArduIMU Question

I've been enjoying DIY Drones for quite a while, but I think this is my first post.  Although I’ve been flying helicopters and quads for a few years and I’ve been doing embedded programming forever, I have only recently gotten into Arduinos.

 

Anyway,

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Uptime best practices.

I was wondering if there are any tips out there for making the drone last as long as possible in the air. I'm sure keeping the weight down is important, but might there be any words of wisdom on build a craft that can stay in the air for long periods

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Waypoint Recognition

Hey Everyone,

 

I have been on a bit of a standstill with my Ardupilot project lately, but managed to get out for a test flight, and as usual have returned with more Ardupilot questions. I have the Ardupilot 2.4 in an Easystay with the following hardwa

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Did I read this wrong??

The other day I was reading one of the posts and read something about one of the newer versions of the ArduPilot software parsing and using NMEA 0183 sentence strings rather than running in a binary mode?? Or was I just fantasizing about using anothe

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Newbie Altitude Question

Sorry if this is a stupid question but I am wondering what is the best way to get accurate altitude data.

The project I am working on involves very long flight times (greater than 1 hour) at altitudes of up to 1000' feet (I know about the NAS restrict

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Ublox antenna re-attachment

Oh the horror ! I dropped my Ublox onto a hardwood floor and snapped the antenna right off.
After 45 minuits of carefuly picking at the epoxy potted base I have expossed a central pin in the middle and one on either side if it. Ohm meter says the two

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micro aerial vehicle

Hello friends
                  Am interested in designing a completely autonomous micro aerial vehicle.Basically the vehicle will be hand launched.It will have to follow a set of multiple way points (GPS navigation) and then finally land at a predefi

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