Any one please tell me,what specific feature the Rx/Tx should have, of which i am going to use with a Ardupilot & FMA co-pilot combination?i was thinking about a 3 or 4 channel Rx/tx,will it support the autopilot combination?
Read more…New to this type of stuff, kind of stumbled across you guys by accident but was hoping you could help me out with something.I ran across a site that sold a board that contained GPS, 3 axis gyro. 6deg accelerometer and several other features....can't
Read more…First of all i want to thank all the members for supporting and guiding me by clarifying my questions no matter how trivial it is.Now i have a clear idea over my airframe design,i am going for an airframe with inverted v-tail(ruddervator),and without
Read more…I'm relatively new here, so please forgive me for asking what might be a dumb question. But any insight is appreciated.A little research demonstrates that the amateur use of drones is 99.99% DIY. There's really no way (that I have found) to buy an of
Read more…This is the place to discuss the new open source IMU-based autopilot board by Bill Premerlani.
Now that the ArduPilot is available, I have a few questions about using the FMA co-pilot.1. Is it really necessary to have the proportional aux channel on a TX? Alternatively, the trim can be set on the FMA computer. I imagine that having it on the T
Read more…I have recently had a crash while flying with an FMA CoPilot. The plane (Ultra Stick) was flying level and I was not providing any inputs when the plane nose dived into the ground. The only explanation I have is radio interference or some kind of the
Read more…Does anybody have an opinion of using this Wing Dragon as a UAV? Is it too small? I like the easystar, but this has ailerons.http://www.art-tech.cn/english/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=150
Read more…HiSorry for my english....!Recently I've bought an ADIS16350 (Analog Devices) : It's apparently a good IMU...but I had many difficulties to implement itQuestion : Who has C programmed this product ?who knows all the ins and outs of this product ?You
Read more…It's a horrible video (I'll try to make a better one), but this may be of use to someone out there:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsNvcQqRkU4
Read more…Have you guys seen this new system yet?Here's the initial post on RCG:http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=975454Looks interesting especially since it's a IMU based system, however, expensive...-tychoc
Read more…I'm thinking my first task will be to design and code up a header connection for LED readout to place outside of the UAV for remote diagnostics. I realize there is already an LED for GPS status, but I'm thinking about a mod to the code that after GPS
Read more…I have a rotomotion autopilot kit on my shelf that I'd like to find a good home for. This was purchased back in August of '02. I had a buddy of mine who's a good hardware tech begin the assembly process. I think he installed the cpu on the main board
Read more…I'm trying to decide if I should get the 5 DOF IMU from SparkFun, or if I should get the FMA copilot.I've read the pro's and con's of both, but I was wondering if the replacement copilot sensor can be hooked up directly to an A/D converter.I imagine
Read more…... what else could you hope your UAV hardware to be?I haven't had much time to look at it closer but here it is:http://gumstix.com/They sell processor boards with loads of MIPS and memory. Additionally they have, for example, ready made robotics and
Read more…hi to all,i want to do a rc uav, as my engineering project.some one pls help me out in this process of designing and building a new low cost uav.
Read more…This is my first post, im new to model planes and uavs'. I have been reading a lot of the ideas here and its going well, keep it up guysi would like to know if anyone has delt with possible interferences to RF data link between UAVs operating in the
Read more…I would like to team up with someone to build some quadrotors. I don't have much programming experience and would like to help someone build their quadrotor in exchange for programming help. I love the draganflyer but can't afford something like that
Read more…This message is initially addressed towards Chris, since he has commented about this before, but I welcome any other feedback.Chris, you said that the ArduPilot requires 4 channels, which is why you are using an EasyGlider now. I think the reason is
Read more…I didn't want to hijack the main page with a UAV that none of us would be building soon, but I did want it to be seen... this in an amazing demo of "Lockheed's Multiple Kill Vehicle System". Its a thruster based UAV and this was a test performed last
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