Hi Guys,I am from Singapore. I have read up on the ArduPilot 2 manual, and have decided to try to build my own UAV, using the blueprint provided.I have a coupler of questions with regards to the performance of the themopiles in tropical region. The d
Read more…Hi GuysI recently got the red UAV IMU dev board and I tried the Roll Pitch demo, this seemed to work fine for me when I tested with servos. One thing I noticed was that when I tilted the board the servos reacted when I held the board steady at that t
Read more…So, it's time to start my personal UAV project, and contribute back to this community. First, I've bought an Ardupilot system as specified on the homepage. I'm using the EM406 for now, although I expect to upgrade when budget permits. To keep things
Read more…(Chris, feel free to move this discussion to a different section of the forum..don't know if you want to do a separate section for these forums or whatever)I'm looking forward to working with Remzibi on this :-)Chris, it would be helpful to me to und
Read more…Hello,I'm extremely new to this but I've been looking for a new autopilot system for my sailboat and when I came across this I thought it might be a fun project but I'm confused on some items so I thought I'd write and try to clear some things up.Fir
Read more…I am new to this forum ,and I am wanting to setup a plane to monitor feral animals in remote Australia .I need long range ,10 to 20 kms and was wondering if this TX/RX from radiometrix would be suitable as I have a large number of them .I plan on usi
Read more…The new 6DOF from sparkfun has all surface mount so no gyros on daughter boards.http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9431"Description: There's a lot of punch packed into this little IMU. The 6DOF Razor makes use of ST's LPR53
Read more…Hey guys,I get an HTTP error whenever I try to download the episode 2 about the ArduIMUCould you check this up, and possibly reupload it ?thanks
Read more…Hi All,First post and do not know a lot about UAV.We are busy with a research and conservation project on Whale Sharks and Giant Manta Rays in Mosambique. As The whale sharks are nomadic we only see them on the way past our shores.Presently observati
Read more…i have designed the link for UAV which operates on 900-1200MHz, the range is 25 meters.Now i want to increase the range of this radio link to 80 meters. Kindly tell me what should i do.
Read more…Hi all,I deferred admission to the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in order to take an engineering internship and to travel the world by bicycle. Due to an ocean diving accident (resulting in a broken C5 verteb
Read more…Hello everyone. I'm a newbie here and am looking to build a UAV. I've been flying R/C airplanes and helicopters for about 10yrs and am looking to make the next leap using ArduPilot on a 4 channel electric airplane. I've gone over the tutorials and ne
Read more…I'm making some thoughts about upgrading the easystar.1. More space for you know what.2. Easy to get your big fingers inside the fuselage.3. Able to separating the carbon fuselage from the other part of the model, so it will be easy to get inside. (f
Read more…my specs are as follows.....-wing span is 2 meters-root chord of frame is 12"-Tip chord is 6"-all wing ribs are cut from a 1/16" carbon fiber plate-there are six ribs on one wing-spars are 0.5" by 0.5" by one meter-there are three spars on each wing.
Read more…I have set up ardupilot with the shield installed and xbee 900's to transmit the data. all the blinking lights seem to be good. eg. i get satelite lock on gps. i also see data being transfered from the xbees as the lights on the adapoters are blinkin
Read more…I am currently a Soldier in the U.S. Army at AIT to be an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operator/Payload Operator. I am National Guard, so once i am done here in JAN i will be able to search for a civilian job. I will be certified to fly and control payl
Read more…At just a few dollars for an ATmega chip, is there any sense to keeping the IMU seperate from all the stabalisation and navigation processing? Even keep it a separate board like the ArduIMU for ease of positioning at the optimum location. The new ATm
Read more…Sorry folks I posted this in the Blogs section earlier this morning by mistake. My bad.I have a Newbie question about the uBlox adapter battery life span. 2 weeks + or - ?Jordi, do we need to power the unit up to retain the pre-loaded program when we
Read more…Ok so today i got my ArduIMU and GPS in the mail, yay. However I am a little confused because i am bran new to this. does the ArduIMU replace Ardupilot or is it an add on to it? Does anyone have a picture of there setup with the IMU built because I a
Read more…Hi,what means the Ardustation values and particularly:Waypoint screen,- RSP (it show mainly about 35, what is this?)Navigation (Roll/Pitch) screen,- DALTracking (Is this antenna tracking?),- Dist2D and Dist3D- Angle- Alt (is this the same as the othe
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