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Guidance for UAV design?

I plan on getting a bachelors degree in electronics engineering, and perhaps computer science as a double. Possibly going on to get a masters in one of them. If I wanted to work on UAV design, as in the technical parts, not the design of the aircraft

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replace broken aluminum arms

I got the beta frame and used the long aluminum arms but in my first flight I moved the stick up, the copter flew really high. I panic and reverse the throttle what caused the copter to fall and broken one arm.


Any ideas how to replace it locally, lik

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4Q10 APM Groundstation

Hello All,


I've flown my APM a few times over the last couple of weeks, with mixed results, but nothing catastrophic yet!

I'm just wondering if I've missed something....I used to use the AP legacy protocol to connect to the old groundstation to see att

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GAUI 330x Platform 1st Flight

 

Hello everybody !

 

Prior to build my own quadcopter, I have build a GAUI330x and it was flying very well for few months.

Then, I have started to upgrade it to familiar myself with APM+oil pan boards.

 

This is its new configuration :

- structure/ESCs/mot

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quad for simulator

HiI would please like to know if anybody knows about a model of a quad for realflight v4.I really like the idea of a quad but not if it flies anything like a chopper. Just to darn difficult...So if anyone knows about a model or grade quad noob friend

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ArduPilot Basics for Dummies

Hi Guys,

 

This is my first post in this forum, but I have been reading on you progress for awhile now.

WOW! looks like you guys achieved so much with minimal HW and processing power.

 

A couple of month ago I finished a self balancing robot project (writ

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Ardupilot Mega videos?

Hey all,I recently ordered the necessary parts for the APM. I have received most part, and am only waiting for the controller board from Sparkfun.I have been looking for videos of working/flying airplanes with APM, but have only found a couple.. I ha

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X Configuration Observation

Hi,

I have just built a quadcopter in an X configuration. I have been having majorproblems (stability, twitchy, uncontrollable ...) trying to get it to take offon its 1st flight. So I thought I would try tuning the PID using theconfigurator software.

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