Newb question I'm sure. I suppose it's for stability and to reduce tip stall. I guess my main question is....is there a good way to calculate how big a wing tip should be given a certain wingloading or some other variable? What's big enough for good
Read more…The basics for flying a UAV are well illustrated on this page, but I can't find any references concerning one touching down on the water without pontoons. If anyone had any insight into the problem or any constructive suggestions it would be much app
Read more…Anyone have any information regarding using multiple UAS at the same time? Specifically I'm interested in tracking two UAS through goops and google earth Simultaneously. I'm using Atto btw.
Read more…Tom and I just got our uBlox5 combo, and I hooked it up to my arduino as a Serial passthru using NewSoftSerial, with the built in and software port running at 38400. At first I thought I'd go ahead and port the parsing code from the arduPilot to run
Read more…I am new to this forum and would like to get some informatiom from you, already experienced home inventors. I am working on my perfect stabilization platform for camcorder (flying with RC heli and also for my home made electronic steadycam, well, the
Read more…G’Day,I have been lurking around the UAV scene for a while now – mainly in the quad rotor field. Now I am looking at getting into the opensource aircraft side (as a hobby). After reading here, and also on rc forums around the place, it seems the Easy
Read more…I am troubleshooting my blimpduino in autonomous mode. I have tracked it down to the ultrasonic sensor. I am using the serial console while manually holding the assembled gondola. My ultrasonic sensor returns an altitude of 0 almost all the time. Occ
Read more…I would like to enclose the H-IR sensor into a 4" round housing - any issue (e.g., timing, calibration, shielding) with unsoldering the sensor elements and extending them out and remounting to a 4" diameter a circuit board and bringing the leads back
Read more…Quick question. Is the groundcourse angle from sirf moduals tangent to the current path or is it the angle between the current location and the last location reported 1 second earlier?I assume of it were tangent - and more accurate- it would be doing
Read more…With the recent release of the source code for the ArduIMU, I hope to port it for use with some sensors and an arduino that I have. Here is a picture of my current setup.
Hi,How can I find out what are the differences to the 2.3.1 release of the Audupilot code?ThanksNigel
Read more…Did the first autopilot flight this morning :) With all that stuff in the nose the CG is a handful.The return to launch works perfectly, the roll control is about spot on with PID default setting, pitch is a bit out but not to bad.Waypoint mode did n
Read more…Hi allAs the nights are drawing in and its starting to get dark at about 1830 I am looking to purchase a video camera for my aircraft that has night vision.Does anyone know of a decent camera? or has one and can recommend it to me.thanks
Read more…Hi All,I have just had my first ardupilot delivered with the ground station. I have built the ground station without any problems and programed it with my FTDI cable. I then went on to the arduPilot itself.I have built it without any problems, howeve
Read more…I have a quick question about the ArduPilot and the failsafe Return To Launch function. Can it be programed so that the ArduPilot will continue a mission even if the radio signal is out of range or lost? Also what length of time does the signal have
Read more…Hi all,I made a little mistake when, showing my girlfriend how fun it was having an autopilot in my hand, I connect the ESC to one of servo-in in the wrong way.Flaaassshhhh, the little 10µf capa between out2 and out3... RIP.I take a time to calm down
Read more…Hello everyone. I purchased an ArduPilot board back in February of this year. I am having a hard time locating what the difference between my ArduPilot board (green PCB with ATMEGA168 chip) and the current one that is selling, (red PCB with ATMEGA328
Read more…With 2.1 code i get gps lock within 10 sec. , after update to 2.3.1 i dont get gps lock.I use it without shild und sensors.With GPS simulation it works fine.
Read more…I downloaded the code for the new ArduIMU and am trying to open it but when I do it says the Labview file is later then the current version of labview. Is there a way to update labview or a way around this? I have Labview FRC (First Robotics Competit
Read more…How badly are the XY & Z thermopile sensors affected by uneven or hilly terrain? I am guessing that flying at a higher altitude reduces such problems a little, am I correct?Cheers Paul
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