I have just bought the Ardopilot Board, the v2 shield and an EM406 GPS. I already have an x-y sensor from my FMA CPD4 co-pilot however I am finding it impossible to get a z-sensor without having to buy a new x-y sensor. I have the lead to connect the
Read more…I have built it and powered it.now I need to fill the envelope.I don't recognize the helium portHow do I fill?.
Read more…Hello,Does anybody know how to change the com port to 5 or higher on the computer?. Mine says com 3 and it needs to be 5 or higher
Read more…Dear all,I plan to build a 30mm x 50mm Autopilot with ATMEGA 1280. Some details:- 4 analog pins to read 2 ADXRS610 and 2 axis from ADXL322 (each roll and pitch).- I2C to read a HMC6352 (yaw).- ISP- flash at UART 0- radiotronix tranceiver at UART 1- G
Read more…Recently there was quite a bit of discussion about the Sony Webbie camera and the addition of the magnetic lens attachment. Has anyone had the chance to fly the Webbie with the lens. I use the flip and it seems to work pretty good with the lens attac
Read more…I just completed my assembly and power up the ardupilot. Power LED and MUX LED both on,Stat blinking, GPS blinking so i think everthing is alright with the boards.Downloaded Arduini, and 2.4Copied files per manual.I get this error when I try to uploa
Read more…hello,im a newbie and i have build my ardu today.i have ardu + shield + IR.NO GPS at the moment (ublox out of stock).my RC is LRS from t. scherrer....i have load code 2.4.3 and easyglider.h file.upload was ok...problem: i connect my rx to the ardu.ai
Read more…Anybody heard of this thing yet?It's listed on their website but not in their store. I sent an email, no reply yet.Supposed to be even more accuracy and faster and with less power consumption.I look forward to seeing it on the DIYDRONES store!
Read more…After building this setup we got a blinking led on the GPS module, a couple of led's on the ardupilot and finally blinking green led on the sending XBee module. Unfortunately we get no data from the Xbee whatsoever. The red led is not giving any sign
Read more…I am trying to find a temperature sensor to put on my UAV to find out the temperature of the air surrounding the UAV. I am doing a project for UF on a wildfire surveillance UAV and the temperatures around the UAV will be heightened due to the wildfir
Read more…Hey everyone, new to the forum. I am a ME/AE at the University of Florida doing a project on building a UAV for wildfire surveillance.We need an infrared camera and the only options that I have found so far is the Flir Tau series. The max resolution
Read more…Good day to all, Im new here in this great forum, been reading the previous posts, blogs and articles for a while now, and they are extremely useful for a UAV Newbie like me.Im currently doing a project at college, and I need your help.First things f
Read more…Hi guys,I got some ideas when checking the following link:http://tinkerlog.com/2009/05/15/interfacing-arduino-with-a-telit-gm862/Chris! Jordi!being the master minds of Ardupilot's board, could this be possible to interface the GM862 with all the rest
Read more…Modified my glider Mr MOSS to be suitable for FPV and UAV applications hence I created MOSS Box and also the Big Bird MOSS 4 X . Got myself a FPV Set up with remzibi OSD as well. in the process of setting up the ardu pilot .Here are a few video's of
Read more…I am doing a massive school project, we have a few months to work on it. I chose to build a blimp with a camera, no auto pilot or anything just a real time feed camera. I have also worked out everything but the motor control. I am planning on using 2
Read more…Hey guys,I know I've seen topics on this subject before but can't find them searching. So anyways, I'm looking to buy a new laptop for my UAV purposes and would like to find something with decent visibility in the sun. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Read more…Due to an order disguise, I've received an EM408 instead of the classis EM406.I Can't send back the module, so I've to connect the 408 to ardupilot.I've tried those connection but the GPS led seems to be dead:EN ---> VCCGND --->GNDRX (on gps) ---> TX
Read more…Arduopilot tuning for Rookis,I now have the arduopilot into my Maja system installed and first testsmadeNow I still have problems :1 . If the aircraft is in auto mode, if it turns, it makes the turn too long!2 . the aircraft is flying too slowly3 . T
Read more…I was looking at Premerlani and Bizard's paper and got thinking about what is needed to enforce the orthogonality of the DCM. From what I can tell you would need to track yaw as well in order for this to work right since this is a 3x3 matrix.Does thi
Read more…I purchased a Multiplex EasyStar RTF as part of a project. As a first time flyer, the system is incredible, and I've learned a tremendous amount from it.However, at some point I changed the stock settings on the ESC (or I fried it. The motor turns, b
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