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T3 Competition

We are coming to the end of the next round, who's up for giving me a hand sorting it out and perhaps making the judging a little more subjective.


Summer is fast approaching for most people here so its time for everybody to fly hard.

You have all had a

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ArduIMU Binary Message Problem

Hi Guys,


Today feels like very slow progress. I guess its the end of the week and I'm not thinking straight. I have a question regrading the binary Message protocol used in the main loop in ArduIMU. I am trying to send the Gyro Rate values through to

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ArduIMU bug?

Hi guys,


I am using ArduIMU as the sensor module for an autopilot I am building along with the wonderful open sourced DCM code. I found that when I print the ToDeg(Gyro_Vector[i]) from 0 to 3 instead of getting values from -300 to +300 as I expected I

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Ardu IMU and drift

Hi,The ArduIMU seems to be a very good product and I have a small question about it.What kind of drift can be expected of it if the IMU is used in a slow and vibration free ( 0-20 kmh) vehicle after some time?For example, after 5 minutes? 20? 60?Than

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How to control four motor using RC?

How to control four motor using RC?
We are using AT89C2051 for generating PWM for each motor and already controlled speed of each motor by varying duty cycle using a push button.Still we are unable to control four motors using RC. We programmed for se

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Airframe Selection

I am currently in an organization that is developing a UAV for a competition and I am on the airframe selection committee.  Our team needs an airframe or RPV that will be able to carry a small payload as well as all the components and sensors require

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Noob AP question image patching

  I haven't done any AP stuff yet, can someone tell me what software to use??   I have a keychain camera that shoots 720p video.  I intended to capture still shots from the video, then patch the stills together into one large image.   Can someone lin

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Kickstart advice

Hello.

I'll start by introducing my self, I'm an experienced RC pilot (6y+ exp) on both fixed wing and CP I/C helicopters. I have a Private Pilot Licence and 200 hours experience there. I work as a network administrator but have no experience in compo

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Ardupilot GPS vs Servo Direction Testing

Hey Everyone,

 

Our goal is to eventually get Ardupilot 2.4 up and running in our Easystar... here is our equipment:

 

Ardupilot Arduino ATMega328 Board (red board)

Shield V2 kit (blue board)

EM-406A USGlobalSat GPS

Spektrum Dx6i transmitter, Spektrum AR611

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EM-406A output junk

Hey everyone,


I'm having some trouble configuring my EM-406A to output. About half of the time, the output is just junk. I have 3+ satellites in view, have tried all sorts of different baud rates, and searched all over and can't seem to figure it out.

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XYZ Sensors

My high school students are building a drone, but we're waiting for your XYZ sensors to be back in stock.  Any idea when they might be available?  We are scheduled to test fly in April, and our project is due on May 5.  If they aren't coming back, ca

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XYZ horizon sensor

Any idea when these sensors will be in stock?  My high school students are building a drone, and they're running out of time.  They need to test fly in April, and the project is due May 5.  Are there alternative sensors we might consider using with o

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ardupilot code 2.5 and GPSemulator.exe

 

hello evrybody, tested GPXemulator.exe and code ardupilot 2.5.I wanted to give the responsability the code ardupilot 2.5 to test a simulation with GPSemulator.exe and in the windows "status" I does not communicate with the program.

when I the version

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Problem getting and holding GPS lock

I'm having problems with getting and holding GPS lock with 2.5. 


The GPS EM406 test application locks on almost instantly, and gives a position in the serial monitor, 

Version 2.4.6 for the easy glider seems to work fine,.but when I load 2.5, it initia

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