This is forum for teams that will be participating in the FIRST Robotics League aerial robotics demonstration in Atlanta on April 17-18.
Read more…Hey guys,Was wondering if anyone knows if the FMA-Copilot works with the Spektrum DX6i Tx and Towerpro SG90 servos?Thanks in advance
Read more…I am interested in buying an ardupilot board and attaching it to my rc plane. However, i have no programming skills. What programming skills are necessary to have a successful UAV flight with an ardupilot, a GPS module, and a stabilization unit?
Read more…Hi AllI've been thinking of a few ways to use the FMA co-pilot for the AP I'm building.Do you guys think it will work if I put a digital potentiometer (I2C or SPI) connected as a voltage devider in the line coming from the infrared sensor.The idea is
Read more…Hi Guys,I'm new here, but I've been working on a project, part of which will be a autonomously guided parachute. The idea is to drop a payload under a parachute, and have it home in on specified GPS ground based co-ordinate. Steering will be done by
Read more…Please excuse my ignorance but I have been itching to ask this question/s for some time nowWhy does Ardupilot and bills development board both specify EM 406 GPS receivers? I have been looking at what is available and there is quite a lot on offer.Wo
Read more…Based on our experiments so far the blimp envelope supplied with the blimpduino project has a payload capacity of about 120 grams when fully inflated. The blimpduino board weighs just about 80grams by the time we add in some velcro to hold it to the
Read more…Hey guys, I'm trying to hook up my radio modem to my picopilot-NA. I think I've got a good idea on how to hook it up but want to make sure I don't miss anything. Anyone have a picture of their setup? What's the deal with the pull-up resistor?
Read more…Hi guys (are there any ladies here?)For some time I have been fantasizing about building a UAV and wondering what you could do with it, and if you can make any money from it!My fantasy project would be a fixed wing UAV designed to have a large enough
Read more…Sooner or later, someone is going to ask about a longer cable to connect their GPS to the UAV DevBoard.I am hoping that, sooner or later, someone will offer a longer cable with the correct connectors, maybe they do already, and I just don't about it.
Read more…Hi guys, well i´ve been thinking about the replacement of my FMA thermo sensors by 2 axis gyro unit(with code implemented for noise filtering) for my OSD wich gives me a pitch & roll visual indication for flying my UAV trainer,..is anyone here that a
Read more…Hi again. I stumbled across an interesting Canadian webshop selling robotics components: http://www.robotshop.ca
I often hear that Human pilots are superior to machines. Apparently there are thousands of Engine failures caused by ingesting birds; since I know birds can be detected by radar hundreds of feet away, it would be possible for an autopilot to avoid bi
Read more…I've been looking around for an altitude hold device for RC Helicopters using GPS for nearly a year now, and all have miserably failed.I just joined here, and am wondering, has anyone done this yet (Heli altitude hold)?Someone has tried it with barom
Read more…Hi everybody. As said elsewhere, I'm new to DIYdrones and I hope I type my inputs at right places.I'm currently in final stages of building my personal FPV/UAV platform (2m trainer Kadet Senior, outrunner driven).If I am quite convinced by adding Ard
Read more…Do we need to supply a separate power source for an RC receiver, or does it power by connecting to the board somewhere? Thanks!
Read more…Hi all,I am looking into getting TX, RX, and servos for my (starting) UAV project. I already read bunch of posts and I think I'll go with 7 channel setup (vs 6 ch).I also read a post about possible video interference with DX7 TX (but I guess it could
Read more…Hi allI have decided that I want to learn computer programming using C, but before I commit myself I would appreciate a little input from some of you guys and would be greatfull of anything constructiveI have noticed that there are quite a number of
Read more…Is it possible to have two devices communicate with one gps receiver? I ask since I'd like to use an OSD and an ArduPilot with just one shared GPS receiver but don't know if it is doable with a serial interface. Thanks.
Read more…How does the ardupilto control its altitude? or for that matter hold altitude, is it using the co-pilot to make altitude corrections according to the GPS read out? Also how accurate would that be? Thanks any help would be greatly appreciated.
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