Looks good! I may pick up a few gyro sensor boards.http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9373http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9372
Read more…Hello everybody!!!For a few days i have been scanning all these interesting topics on DYI Drones, but i guess all this information is much too much for me to consume at one time. I wolud like to buy an totally automatic plane that i can programm befo
Read more…Hi,I wonder has there been any work on running multiple serial devices on the ardupilot. The SoftwareSerial library seems pretty robust and would be good for use with the xbee. This would allow the xbee to be used for telemetry and an uplink. Remote
Read more…1) The SVN seems out of date or unused. Is there a development branch we can sync with?svn checkout http://ardupilot.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ ardupilot-read-only2) Whats the procedure for patches? Should they be emailed or posted? Diffs?3) Serial po
Read more…Hi all, first time UAVer here. I'm trying to put together a stabilizing/navigation autopilot on a high school student budget. I can fly and I know a lot of model flyers, but none of them have ever tried autonomous; I thought I'd ask you guys to point
Read more…Hi, I was wondering if there are other people who have used other hardware besides the standard recommended one. I was thinking...replace 1hz em406 with 5hz ls20031. They cost the same anyways!Forget the IR stabilization. Completely remove any IR sta
Read more…I have the MMA7260Q breakout board from SparkFun and here are the values from the X, Y and Z accelerometers with a 3.3v power supply.X Y Z1g 2.54v 2.35v 2.61v0g 1.71v 1.54v 2.21v-1g 0.9v 0.73v 1.67vThe Z readings seem a bit off, according to the data
Read more…I am about to build a new plane for fpv flight and uav using Ardupilot.I have both an empty EasyStar and Easyglider foamy.Do I have more chance for success using the EasyStar, or there is no significant difference? I mean the Ardupilot firmware handl
Read more…sorry, i am new to this and haven't been able to work it out yetif i were to buy an LS20031, how would i connect it to my ardupilot board? looking at the pictures of it in its documentation i can't see any pins to put cables on or anything like thatt
Read more…I was wondering if it was possible to create some sort of a virtual compass ( software ) for ardupilot.The point would be to have instantaneous and unlimited access to the heading information in order to have a much faster Heading PID loop and be abl
Read more…I've been pondering the problem of expanding the number of channels for the UAVDev Board. I think it is possible to have eight input (radio) channels, four output (servo) channels, an altitude (pressure) sensor and an airspeed (pressure) sensor witho
Read more…I have an rc gyroplane that I really enjoy flying. It is very stable and obviously can't stall thanks to the rotory lifting surface. You rarely need to use the pitch and it can be flown on throttle adjustments only.Given this I believe that a basic s
Read more…Hello all.Does anyone have any links to recommended 1.3 GHz video transmission packages, not from range video. I currently have the telemetry coming across from the arduino at 900 MHz so I was looking for something out of that frequency as well.If I
Read more…So does it?I mean aircraft size. Generally what size are people using....wingspan,length etc?At the moment mine is a 3metre wingspan minus winglets by 1.30metre fuselage length
Read more…Hello, i am a new user here. I will be coming here for information about the use of the Audupilot. I will also be posting pictures involving it.I want to experiment with putting Ardupilot onto an E-Flite Blade CX2. The Blade CX2 is the best selling a
Read more…Can i use the following radio systems for the ardupilot&fma co-pilot based UAV?1.)http://www.toysonics.com/wfly-4ch-trasnmitter-6ch-reciever-ft06b-72mhz-mode-2.html2.)http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9042&Product_Nam
Read more…This is one of the most exciting things i have read in a while."All user-modifiable settings are in a separate file; enables sharing of configuration files for different airframes."Will there be more in depth instruction on this?
Read more…Hi all,Not sure if im the right place or if this information is somewhere else that i havnt seen yet....but?OK did all my testing on an easystar, got it all working sweet.....as in Tx on the floor watching my easy drift happily around the sky whilst
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