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Internship

I'm a Sophomore at the University of North Dakota working on a bachelors in unmanned aircraft systems. I have almost all my ratings (private, instrument, commercial, and multi-engine). I would like to get an internship this summer. If anyone has any

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Basics of UAV stabilization

I'm pretty much a newbie in this area and I was trying to understand the basic ideas around an autopilot.

This are actuallty 2 questions:
1 - can someone recommend some readings about autopilot algorithms and similar stuff?
2 - I wanted a confirmation a

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xtend 900 1w spsma

am i able to use the XTend 900 1W RPSMA - 40 Mile Range with a high gain antenna in place of the XBee Pro 900 Wire Antenna with the XBee Adapter kit - v1.1 for wireless telemetry with the ardupilot mega to utilize the Frequency Hopping Spread Spectru

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GPS for UGV

Is there a recommended GPS unit for UGV's? Does the IMU work well enough with regular GPS modules to keep a vehicle on the road?

I'm just wondering if i were to program a rc car to go around a large track, what would i need so that it would not go off

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Propeller DCM code

Well here it is, the first DCM propeller code (that I have seen).  This is based on the wealth of work put forth by Bill Premerlani and others on the Ardupilot/matrix pilot side.  I must admit that this is the first enormous coding project that I hav

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Mediatek Problems

I am having problems with my recently purchased mediatek GPS, i'm quite new to this so there is probably something obvious im doing wrong....

 

I have the mediatek GPS module and the adaptor bought as bought from the DIY drones store and the basic arup

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DO I Have Every Thing?

I am New to this and already I am addicted! I am with a group of people who are trying to build a UVA for a school project. I am wondering if you guys (and Girls) could just go over our shopping list and see if we have everything. also if you think a

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outback uav challenge

hi new to the uav world just took an interest in the last week i have been flying rc aircraft for a while now but i am keen on the outback challenge.

 

my question is , is the ardupilot mega able to be programed to suit the rules of the competition the

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Output died on MUX

Hey guys,


Has anyone else experienced a failure in the APM mux?

I've been playing around with my APM and today I was playing with the dancing servo demo with some (really crappy somewhat dead) servos i've have scrounged from crashed planes.

Now I've not

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Setting Up a test Bed

Hi all...

 

new to this, so sorry if I'm reposting or have this in the wrong place, but can't find any info on this

 

As I say I'm new to all this... I want to set up a test environment in my workshop

However I don't want to use batteries in this setup, i

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