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Pitot tube design

Hi
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

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Wireless live video transmission

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

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Sim Mode

I have some questions about sim mode. I am using the em406.

  1. If my xbees are set @57k do I need to change them for telemetry in sim mode (sim gps 38K)
  2. Should the gps led turn solid in sim autopilot mode? how about manual?
  3. can i reset the values of the si

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ArduPilot + XBee + ArduIMU?

Hi,

Just got my new ArduIMU board to replace my FMA Co-Pilot thermopiles?

Skimming through the documentation, but I couldn't find any leads...

Is there a way to use the ArduIMU with an XBee? Since from the board diagrams, they use the same wires on the

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Race Car Telemetry

G'Day GuysIve been looking at the site for some time now and finally decided to join up. Its a great site. I am currently working on a EPP Wing UAV as a first step into the realm of DIY UAVs.However, I wish to ask another question, my university buil

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Arduino blue GPS LED not on.

Hello all, I'm a new addition to the amateur UAV community, glad to be here. :D


Well, I'm using the EM406 GPS module with the ardupilot and no shield.

I've uploaded my ardupilot code with the correct header configuration, shield tpye -1 and gps protoco

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Sim Mode

When I change the GPS to 5 in the easystar file and try to upload, I get this  message

" error: redefinition of 'float dlat'"

how do i fix this?

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Mode Switch Testing

Hi, I have used the Mode Switch Test software to confirm I am set up for:

 POSITION 1 Manual
 POSITION 2 Fly_by_wire
 POSITION 3 Auto

When I move the elevator and rudder control sticks in manual mode the control surfaces move as expected.  When I do the

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ARDIMU + UBLOX GPS

Anyone that has this setup running, the arduIMU with a UBLOX gps directly connected to arduIMU, please give me any information you can on satellite locking, what you did when you had errors. I cannot get my gps to lock. Anyone please post your experi

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