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ADDING TELEMETRY

Hi dear specialists,
I got my easystar flying well with the 2.5.4 Version. Thermopiles
Now I added telemetry X-Bee 2,4 MGHz and ground station beta 2. Generally it works fine, but:
The Elevation shows always around 13000 meters.
Google Earth shows the sa

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Tx Antenna mod

I was perusing online stores yesterday, when I found several flat panel 2.4ghz antennas in the 15 dollar price range.  Coulld one of these be used on a Tx to extend range?  I mean, they have the nice ones, with a very tight beam, but then Ii'd have t

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Rocket IMU thoughts....

I've been following the IMU discussions with much interest.
The DCM imu work is very interesting, but it is fairly specific
to aircraft. Even then the GPS assumptions as applied to aircraft have significant faults,
Small UAV's will easily fly as speeds

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2.6 Success!

Hello All,


Got the bird back in the air again this morning.  2.6 is looking good with thermopiles!


I need to turn my servo gains down, as I'm driving a little drunk, but other than that.....


Altitude hold is excellent.


WP navigation is excellent in my bo

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anteena tracking

i want to do a project on anteena tracking based on maximum recieved signal strength so if any body provide me the circuit as well as the software because  i am much confused about how to move anteena automatically with the moving object please help

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2.6 Flight Testing

Hello All,


I downloaded the code that Chris linked to, and loaded it up on the plane.  EZ* with thermopiles.

I've got the stabilization tuned fine.

Here are my existing issues:

1)  I'm no longer getting a lock on my uBlox GPS.  I'm going to go back downl

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Fuel measurement

Has anyone had any luck measuring fuel flow or fuel volume in a glow fuel powered aircraft?

I was contemplating using a differential pressure sensor to calculate the mass flow rate between the tank and the needle valve, but I have a hunch that the ove

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