I have a question for the DIY community. I'm looking at a situation here where I will have 4 or 5 (maybe 6) devices to power. They all can run from a standard 4.8v RC receiver pack.
Does anyone have or anyone used the Sky Surfer by BlitzRCWorks from bananahobby.com?
http://www.bananahobby.com/1937.html
Just wondering how it compares to the Easy Star.
Thanks for any info!
Read more…
I am a long time R/C modeller that has dozens of aircraft hanging in the garage. Recently, I took to converting some to electric, and now I'm looking to take one of the smaller ones and try to make some money. Here's the idea.
As an avid boater, I
Read more…What is the Ardupilot's power consumption without servos and GPS ? It is rather small, but I would like to know what it is so I can gauge battery life. I spent a few hours looking for it, but was not able to find it. Thanks!
I am trying to built synthetic vision system for small airplane using Sparkfun component connected to my laptop
I used Razor 9DOF IMU AHRS board connected to FTI then to my laptop,
My question is how to fined a software which can give output from Raz
Read more…Hi all
I have a quick question about ardupilot. My aircraft has twin glow fueled engines and I know we use throttle control in autopilot mode for electric motors but what I was wondering is if there is any way I can get it to control the servos in my
Read more…Hi folks,
we are two guys from italy working on a drone for our high school final project.
Right now we are working on the ardupilot telemetry, and we have a question:
In the original project the Adafruit adapter board is used to reduce the signal volta
Does anyone suggest about the frame of reference of IMU with respect to which roll, pitch and yaw are outputted.
IMU is giving roll, pitch and yaw values. With respect to which system its giving these values.
Thanks in advance
Aditya
Hello everyone,
So I have a question about flight termination/failsafe modes, what setup is everyone using?
I am looking for a failsafe device that will trigger a parachute in the event of signal loss and cut power to the motor (electric) or possibly t
I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. As a junior studying aerospace engineering, I've been looking for internships for the summer of 2010. I love building autonomous vehicles and would like to work at a company that builds them. I've been doing
Read more…Ok so I know what I want on my uav, but I don't know what type of plane to get. I was originally going to get an EasyStar but thought an auto pilot, camera, and fpv system would be to heavy and it wouldn't have enough room. I'm not sure if thats ev
Read more…I'm trying to power the ArduIMU+ v2 without the USB connected. For example, when I put it on my robot, I'm not going to have USB. I applied 7.2V to the VIN>6V pins, but none of the lights go on.
Must I apply voltage (regulated 5V?) to the 6-pin FTDI
Hi,
(Scrap this, as after looking at the SLAM page, it looks like they used the Hokuyo scanner . It generates the same sort of image as the images in the videos is you have a spare 350 grames available and $5500 then indoor lidar is for you. That said
Hi guys,
here is an other bloody beginner. Last week I finished the hardware. Easy-Star, Ardupilot with Atmega 328, GPS EM406. Loaded the latest Code 25.02 and everything looked fine so far. The testruns in the different modes were successfull (Stabil
Hi, All
My ArduStation battery voltage displays as “1236.0000000000”on the readout.
Is there an easy way to remove the zeros behind the decimal point to read like this “1236.” Instead of “1236.0000000000”?
Thanks for the help
Johnny
Read more…I am simulating GPS via the FTDI and not able to get GPS lock. Are all the servos and sensors required to be attached in order to aquire GPS lock?
I am currently attaching the bind plug, applying power, turning on RC radio, sending GPS via GPS emula
Read more…I am a layman, for micro-UAVs might be interested in the hope that used for aerial photography. I have several questions ask:(1) For Draganflyer X4,This UAV can do DIY?(2) where the production of such UAVs do have friends?(3) If the DIY drone, about
Read more…Hi all,
well, from my old-fashioned opinion there is currently too much discussion about the best way to do AHRS in this forum. Kalman versus other approaches like Bill Premerlani's one. Remember that the whole DIYDRONE story started with the Paparaz
Read more…I was wondering if it would be possible to have an EasyStar with autopilot and a camera for aerial photography and an FPV camera. I didn't know if it was possible so i came to the experts(you guys). Anyway if there would be a problem and other thin
Read more…Ok so Im kind of confused. I want to run a video camera that recommends a 3s 11.1V Li-Poly with JST plug and a plane that uses 11.1V 1000mAh Li-Po Battery and the ardupilot that iIdon't really get how/where the power supply comes from and also I was
Read more…