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How to transmit via 72MHZ?

Hey guys, I am gonna make a simple 4-ch transmitter from a nintendo wiimote and basic stamp. I need to know if there is anyway to transmit the processed information via 72MHZ 4 channel to work with regular r/c toys. Do i need the inputs to be in anal

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Sensors

Hello Everyone.I am looking build a few sensors that will be connected to a laptop via USB interface, I am attempting to emulate a DYNON engine monitor. I have listed the sensors or data I wish to collect, does anyone have a direction on this ?? Than

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Ardupilot uploading problem

I'm working on a ATMega168 version of Ardupilot. I have added the airspeed sensor shield. As far as I can tell (from the leds and voltmeter readings) I have put it together properly. Today I downloaded Ardupilot software version 2.1.2. I did modify t

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Small UAV-autopilot etc.

Hello all!I have long held an interest in UAVs but had no idea where to start. Man was I astounded when I ran across this site!My first UAV project will (hopefully) be appropriately simple. I want a very small, light UAV that can be hand launched, fl

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UAV Helicopter

Hi all,I am flying for two years now my UAV helicopter. Its equiped with the Carvec autopilot system. This gives the helicopter full autonomous flight. Next to flying the helicopter, its also stabilizing and controlling my onboard Sony Camera.The cam

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Binary format for serial output?

I wondered if it might make sense to support both text (as it does now) and a "raw" TX method for the ArduPilot. With the "raw" mode you could save a few (possibly a lot as a %) bytes per transmission which could mean a faster rate of messages and le

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Video Transmission

I am curious if anyone has been able to transmit video through the radio modem itself. I have been doing aerial photography from UAS for over two years now but have had a seperate video transmitter and telemetry and radio control. Th eproblem is I us

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FMA sensors

I notice you mention the FMA sensors will be available in the diydrones store "mid june" - was that based on the late May shipment date on the FMADirect website? Did you guys get a bunch from that shipment that I'll be able to buy here, or we both no

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Cheap Laser Altimeter

Has anyone thought of hacking up one of the cheap laser rangefinders by Bosch or Stanley?Bosch's DLE 50 only weighs about 180g including it's own batteries (could be removed and powered by onboard powersupply).I am thinking of getting one of the unit

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