I have been looking at building an airplane then down the road a UAV and have a question. Looking at a RQ-11 Raven Platform but I am wondering would a ducted fan work better than a propeller? If the fan is the way to go, what about placing two ducted
Read more…I need to connect a USB device to a PC host, with long range (200-500m LOS)
found the "cables unlimited" thing, and other solutions from Belkin, but they are just 10m range.
i've found USB over wifi - which could be good - only thing i CANT use 2.4g
So I recently purchased this RC kit.http://www.nitroplanes.com/78a117-f117black-kit.htmlI want to install an autopilot feature on it. But im curious if there is a possibility to eliminate the Remote Control all together? Is there any autopilots out t
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I have been trying to understand the Arducopter code, but i have some doubts that don't seem to go away -
Question 1 -
In File "Attitude.pde" (Version - v1.0, Aug 27, 2010) in function Rate_control_v2 on line 141, I see -
currentRollRate = ToDeg
Read more…I still have my giant configuration file from the good ol' days. It sets up the RC channels and such but I have a large amount of variables for my camera tracking in the ArdupilotMega.pde. A few longs, a couple of floats and a structure is all it is
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I'm having a dilemma with our ACM. I loaded the acm rc2 code and tried moving the heli to see if it responds when I move it in stable mode. Well it didn't:( Only the rudder countered the movements. I thought I just forgot to turn on the
I need help. We are currently using the ArducopterRC2 code for the testing of our heli. We have a problem configurating the PID. Could we use the APM Mission Planner? If we haven't configured the PID, would this affect the movement of our swashplate
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Could anybody confirm me that the APM is compatible with the XbeePro-868 (as I'm european) ?
many thanks !
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I use the Ardupilot mega for FPV flight and the best function for me is RTL. So here is my question:
Is it possible to set the RTL Position in Flight?
Reason:
On different flight places the RTL position ist not the best position to circle. Bette
Read more…I have an Arducopter but I don't have Xbee.How can I view the data from the motors,GPS,sensors.Is this data saved somewhere?
thank you
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I added the code per http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot/wiki/Test
then compiled and uploaded the code
#define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM 6
I go to the console and type "test". I get many options when I type "help", but not IMU.
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I was very excited to get my Adupilotmega... almost a year ago! But circumstances did not leave me with a chance to get to playing with it.
Today I popped it out to get rolling and do some playing. My first order of business was to check eve
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I did a small project initially for FPV, which is basically a virtual cockpit in 3D, showing data collected from an onboard (remzibi) osd.
A video will better describe what it does :
The originality is that the telemetry
Read more…I have a pre-soldered kit running RC1.When I switch it on all pre-flight checks are fine. When I then increase the throttle and leave it, first the clockwise motors speed up and then return to the rpm I set, then the counter clockwise motors do the s
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I found this useful decryption of how to configure switched on Turnigy 9x to change modes.
http://rcav.posterous.com/programming-an-ardupilot-mode-switch-for-turn
Regards
Marek
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I have a big problem
I connect my boards to USB port.
Rx/Tx together blink 3 times and nothing ... everything power down except the blue Led from ArduMega and the red, yellow, blue on the red board.
It is very strange because I put code well befo
Read more…Hi!!How are you??Last year, i design a stabilization system for a 3d helicopter, using neuro-fuzzy systems, it worked great!!!now, im designing a quadcopter, just like everyone else, hehehe, but with the same difference, its going to use fuzzy logic
Read more…I have checked and rechecked everything I can think of. When performing IMU test using the terminal it goes to:
Init Gyro**************************************
Yes my solder joints are good, I have carefully re soldered everything, inspected with a m
Read more…From the way the motor test video looks we wont have to worry about burning out our APM any more by having the motor outs plugged in without battery? Is that correct? I remember it used to cause brown outs that would kill the APM if you plugged the U
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I have an APM 1.0 board that gets power from an ESC, LIPO battery 11.1. I have connected 3 servos, xBee, Mediatek GPS and the RX to the board. When I'm in manual mode I don't have any control over the throttle. When I mode the stick to 25%, 50
