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I've read through as many helicopter-autopilot discussions here as I could find. I'm trying to quantify what the issues are with going from a fixed wing autopilot to a helicopter autopilot. What I've been able to gather, is that vibration seems to
What program or flight simulator do I need to use the joysticks of my futaba tx to practice flying? Do I need a special cable to connect the tx to the computer?? If so...link??
Read more…The title says it all. I like the Easy Star but will it work well with an IMU?
Should I buy something that has ailerons?
Been a long time away from the website, and I gotta say you guys and gals have made some significant improvements to an already impressive system. I hope to be back in the field playing with our UATs this summer.
My setup is Ardupilot 2.6, IMU, Ublox, Xbee pro 900 mhz, kyosho calmato 60 sport trainer (aprox 8 lb) 4 stroke saito 100 and 24 oz fuel tank. previosly I been flying with IR sensors (ardupilot 2.4) everything were ok, since I've changed to IMU things
Read more…I purchased this with full knowledge it wasn't ready to go out of the box. I'm starting this thread to consolidate efforts to utilize this GPS in the multiple projects here at DIYdrones.
I'm working with the UAVdev board and the MBED micro controller
How about a wii motion plus and a nunchuck as the IMU ? Code is working via I2C bus....
Earl
Code here...not my work but from areoquad. Has the latest gyro code.
AeroQuad.zip
Hey Folks,
I was curious about the Xbee range in free space. I put together a spreadsheet with a derivation of the Friis Equation (somebody check my work if they get a chance). I know very little about 802.15.4, so I cannot speak in an educated mann
I've hooked up my new Ardupilot to my ESC and am not geting the power LED (or any others). While trouble shooting I was checking to see if I had power at the servo pins and accidentally shorted the power pin to the signal pin and the power light came
Read more…I have the ping code as a replacement for LV-EZ0 sensor code.
Earl
Sonar.pde
Hello Everybody,I wanted to know the kind of vehicle required for flying at a takeoff height of 2000mtr and flying upto 5000mtr.Will the DG1000 fibreglass electric glider satisfy this requirement.Or a bigger banana hobby model with a wingspan of 101
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I recently bought this GPS receiver containing a SIRFIII chipset. I want to use this great deal (yes, its really just 17 Euros) with the arduIMU board and thus had to adjust the already included EM406 code a little (slight different initialis
Hi, I currently am making a UAV. I will the the electronics by the end of the week. I AM A TOTAL noob at this. Is there anyone that is willing to help me?
Hey guys,we tried uploading the ardupilot program to the ardupilot board and encountered the following error.avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51.Can somebody help us up on
Read more…Channel one of my Rx has a y splitter servo cable which goes out to the ailerons and to the rudder. But when I turn the stick to a direction....the ailerons move to turn the plane the way I want it to go...but the rudder does the opposite. I can't re
Read more…Hello all, I'm planning to buy one Skywalker EPO for FPV.
Wondering what are the max/normal/min cruising speed of Skywalker EPO??
Thanks!
Hi, everyone. I purchased a full set of ArduPilot from DIY Drones store. Now I encountered a problem in testing XY sensor
http://store.diydrones.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SE-0002-01.
Today after I load the test programme into the ArduPilot boa
Read more…I just realized I needed the uBlox adapter board for my GPS so I had to pay S&H twice in one day. Not mad at anyone but myself on this one but I want to make sure I have everything I need now:
I have
-4 digital servos
-uBlox GPS module
-uBlox adapter bo
Read more…Can anyone recommend a good model or a source for a 7-10" color LCD monitor for ground station viewing?
Thanks in advance!
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