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There are some really cool FPV setups out there now, with head tracking goggles and everything. Now I think it would be really cool if you could interface a flight simulator joystick with a plane, as opposed to the standard two-joystick/toggle switch
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Does someone has experience on Sparkfun FTDI basic 5V (http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9115)?
Can I use it + a normal usb cable for testing the ArduIMU+ v2? I check the port and voltage and should b
Read more…Has anyone tried using a camera w/ optical image stabilization versus a camera without? Have you noticed any serious difference in image quality? I'm thinking about making the shift from the Pentax Optio to the Sony Webbie. Any thoughts?
I have been out of the loop for some time but am now in the process of putting together a new ardupilot. I went looking for the version of the Configtool that is in the instructions which is supposed to be in the Google code repository. However I c
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I'm looking to use a MPXV5004DP sensor connected through a PIC to do certain things based on airspeed, in terms of the PIC and the ADC etc internally I kinda know what I'm doing, however, what I'm stumped on is the math used to get the airspe
My name is TY and this is my first post on DIY. I need some help on a drone project. I have started a company AERO-DOLLY to service the motion picture industry. I have been a modeler for more years than I care to mention, and also a cinematographer i
Read more…When I did the SVN update today with my arduIMU software, in labview when the arduIMU is connect, it no longer is printing out the pitch and the yaw and all the other data needed for the 3D cube to work properly. All it is outputting in the serial wi
Read more…What happens to a MEMS gyro's null point if it starts up while actively rotating? Does the internal hardware make any assumption about the initial motion of the sensor when it starts up?
Say the gyro is sitting on a 50 deg/s spinning turntable when it
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I am flying my ardupilot in a fast Elektro junior S, It runs ardupilot 2.4 and I have a FV-M8 GPS and DIY drones termopiles.
The question is:
How fast can be the attitute data rate and position datarate set without overloading the Arduino?
define ATT
I have read on the forum of varius IMU ad ARDUIMU 6DOF o Razor IMU 9DOF or an hack of ARDUIMU with a magnetometer ad a barometric sensor .
From my point of view the best solution for my project is an ARDUIMU with 9DOF and a bramoteric sensor ( the
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I'm getting a very noisy speed measurement (unusable noisy...). I suspect the pitot tube for being responsible.
I am using DIYdrones pitot tube. the silicon tube is about 40 cm (a little more the a foot) and the metal pipe is located at the wings le
can someone plz post a video or instructions on how to attach Rc motor to speed control to reciver/batery
Read more…Hello, I would like to know everything I need to have an onboard video camera that transmits the video live down to a laptop or some sort of screen on the ground while the plane is flying. I am assuming I need the ramsi osd and then any kind of camer
Read more…I have some questions about sim mode. I am using the em406.
Greetings. I am writing an article for Reader's Digest magazine about the particular stress endured by UAV pilots and crew during OIF and OEF. Newspaper stories have referred briefly to two stressors: Unlike airplane pilots, UAV pilots are frequently
Read more…I have connected the ICD2 and everithing works.
I am working on my ardupilot and I am currently trying to fit the servos I purchased into my Easystar. I bought the servos recommended http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDEL5&P=0 and they seem quite big for the slot already cut out o
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