Long time reader, first time poster and first time project for me.
Let's get cracking, I've got a fair bit of R/C plane experience and I'm an aerospace engineer for defence electronics company, but this is my first project so I still have a few quest
Read more…hello evry1,i m new to UAV but i want to build my own so please help on which arduino board i can use for building it.
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I have made a few Instructional videos. I hope it will be useful for beginners and potential customers.
Here are the links:
1. Intro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNK7KTDoKww
2. CLI and Test procedures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jGW51UijfY
3
Read more…Can anyone clue me in to a guide on rotor sizes and minimum/maximum RPMs needed?
35cc gas engine (3000 - 7000 RPM) --- 4-way speed increasing gearbox --- 4 x right angle speed increasing gearboxes (2 x CW& 2 x CCW) --- variable pitch props.
Weight 25 -
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I like to drop this kit in a airplane, What would fit's the ArduPilot Mega kit ?
Is the Easy Star a choice ?
Thanks Paul.
Read more…When ArduIMU initializes it accepts the horizontal plane to be the plane of initialization. For example, if I initialize ArduIMU tilted 45 deg in the roll axis it will begin outputting 0 deg roll when it initializes, and will count everything now fr
Read more…I just completed building a quad-copter, and I got everything configured and working using the Configurator CLI. However, once I disconnect the USB cable and try to boot from only the battery power coming from one of the ESCs it simply does not boot
Read more…After a litlle crash, my USB was detached from the IMU, and probably with no solution because it seems to me that the little cooper paths are also damaged. My question is if I can use the FTDI instead USB? it will work with Arduino software or the co
Read more…am student of electronics engg and now have a project to built hexacopter but i had a quad once , guide me from starting for hexa , mathematical formulas etc i required for formality.v.v.v. thankful to you plx plx plx
Read more…What is the latest status on software for the Y6 configuration?
Read more…The ArduCoper 1.1 frame supposedly allows for bigger motors and propellers. Actually one can choose that when ordering from jdrones.With what payload should I consider bigger motors and/or propellers? Is it overkill for an ArduCopter with a GoPro cam
Read more…When i start mision planner (0.4.16), setup config.h and load planner window, set the home position after clicking on google map area (to add first WP) i got this exception:
My system is Win7, but the same exception i get on WinXP on other machine.
Doe
Read more…I am a newbie and working on continuous problems from MK. However, MK is hard to control indoors. Then I found aeroquad and arducopter. Some videos of arducopter seem very suitable for indoor flying with stable pose maintenance. Then, the question ca
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I teach biology and am working on a student project to use a camera (video too) to study a nesting bird. We need advice on how to send the live streaming pictures (and video) to our smart phone or laptop. The distance is out of wifi range.
Read more…I am researching cameras for low alt. aerial photography. I don't know all that much about cameras, the end product is more my thing....anyway, I have been told there are 3 musts:
1. small focal length
2. fast shutter speed
3. image stabilizer
I believe
Read more…Normal instruction is to plug one of the four esc's red and black wire to the motor output port for right motor.If I don't have a power distribution board, can I plug NOT just the white signal wire but the entire three wire (white, red, and black) fo
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I'am a little bit confused. I lost track on the difference between ArduCopterNG and ArduCopterMega. And how about the role of ArduPirates?
I'am running RC2 (version 1.54) and this is running fine. Trying the ardupirates gives a very unstable situa
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is there a way to modify log.pde code to log not only gps/barometric alt value but also clear barometric data? I checked the code a little bit and there should be modified at least two functions:
Log_Write_GPS() and according to this also Log_Re
Read more…I'm an aerospace engineering student (midlife career change) and I am exploring the possibility of designing from scratch an airframe piloted by the Arduino platform for long duration video capture and or community surveillance. Lots of vandalism and
Read more…So if I wanted to use a drone on my small water craft to locate fish I would imagine I need a drone that floats and is resistant to corrosion. Has anyone attempted this or perhaps I can try! I would appreciate suggestions and comments please.
John
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