What could be better than building your own jet engine?This site was created by Kenneth Moller and is home to the most active pulse jet forum community on the planet. There is an extensive searchable treasure trove of publications, plans and discussi
Read more…curious because i want to get one of their mixers and they say that they are discontinued.
Read more…Just curious who else is using MSRS. Maybe we can bounce of ideas and stuff off each other:)
Read more…I am using an FMA CDP4 co-pilot as part of my autopilot. Trying to figure out which would be the best way to connect it.The way I see it I have 2 options (or a 3rd option, connect the thermopiles directly to my MCU without the CPD4, but I would prefe
Read more…Using IMU, GPS and controlled by PID, it finally drifted less and can hover!!All channels are automatic, except the throttle is controlled manually, so it's still a 'semi' auto hover. Will definitely move to fully automatic soon!Video1Video2Hurray!!!
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Thermopiles can be used for horizon detection - FMA, Paparazzi, and the new boards Chris and Jordi have designed up.I believe these all output analog to the main board where they are digitized and acted upon. If true, are there reasons that digitizat
Read more…This is sort of the second half to an earlier discussion I started about problems with software serial that I was having with the Arduino. I didn't like the fact that the SoftwareSerial library would hang if serial input was abruptly cut off, so some
Read more…i own a futaba 6exp w/ ppm/pcm selectable feature.i was curious as to how far away my UAV can be from the "control base" W/out losing signal from the remote. i was hoping somwhere along the lines of at least 2000' or above.i would like to have this s
Read more…Hello everyone,Great site, I have been lurking for a while now, and It’s excellent to see the progress of some of your endeavors.A friend and I are beginning our first UAV project. We are just getting started with the hardware, and expect a 2 lb (hig
Read more…Hello All,I have been working on a balloon dropped glider off and on for a couple of years as time permits. The goal was to carry my glider aloft to about 60K feet and release. The glider was then supposed to navigate it's way back to the launch site
Read more…Hey everyone, I'm new to this site. I'm starting on a uav project and I had a question that googling hasn't sufficiently answered.I've noticed that, for tilt sensing, many designs that I've seen are using an infrared setup to detect the difference in
Read more…I've come across a small problem with some software serial code in Wiring for the Arduino Diecimila. This is the function I'm using to read information from a GPS module:int SWread(byte rxPin){ byte val = 0; // unsigned long beginTime = millis();
Dear DIYDrones members,I am a total newbie so forgive me if my question is rather basic. Also, apologies for my bad English, as I am not a native speaker.I wanted to know whether the following would be feasible and at what cost, roughly speaking.1. I
Read more…This forum reaches some very savvy electronic engineers. Can you help me with the details of integrating solar panels into a design to increase loiter time, or point me to another forum dealing with this topic.I have a picture of the Aerriane Swift h
Read more…Hi everyone!I need to write the code for navigation calculations(distance and bearing) for my UAV project. I went through some of the methods like pythagorus & haversine but I am really confused. Can somebody share the code/method which has been succ
Read more…I'm working on my first autopilot. For the moment, it's just the GPS part of the autopilot. I have a GPS that is outputting NMEA data and I'm trying to develop a parser for that data. I'm using the parallax propeller and It's 1:42 in the morning so t
Read more…in my basic x AP ive been using a whatchdog timer in place of a failsafe and it has worked fine . i have even had bad gps , waypoint data ect and have had no problems recovering manual control . would use of a watchdog timer on the arduino project he
Read more…Has anyone looked at the Dragon On Screen Display from Intelligent Flight? I ran across this while looking at the Hobby Lobby site for the pilot view FPV 2400.It looks like an easily integrated system for a newbie like myself.Thanks, Roger
Read more…Hi to all,I can see you community are thinking in arduino for UAV controllers, i am designing some uav boards for a complex universitary project but development is too slow and i am thinking to build a wiring or arduino based PCB with all hardware in
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