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Which cameras to use ?I need to find out what the best camera would be to use that will give us the best pictures at 300mts or 1000feet above take off point .

Accelerometers/ADCs/filtering for a quadrotor IMU

Hi,

REGARDING THE CAPABILITY OF UAV

i want to ask that will we start flying our uav in any direction and it will get oriented toward the starting point automatically or we have to start through the starting point.

CCD Camera Network Downlink?

I'm looking at the Prosilica High resolution CCDs and all of them are 802.3 or Firewire based. What can I use to connect the camera to for downlink? Should I connect it to an onboard wifi card of some kind or a mount an entire router on the RC plane?

Component fell off new Ardupilot?

I just got my ardupilot, but noticed something wrong. Next to the 8 pin square chip I noticed a lop sided black component. I touched it and it fell off. After comparing to the image in the manual, it appears there was nothing there in the first place

Throttle Jumper Cable Question

I've noticed in the new manual on the wiki (http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot/wiki/SolderingBoard) there are two jumper cables connected on the bottom instead of just one, can someone explain why there is the need for two of them now? Will there be

IMU datalogger

Hi folks,

this is a newbie question about a datalogging version of a ArduIMU or ArduPilot.
For my glider I want to have some datalogging of GPS data, acceleration and gyros logged on SD-Card or something else. It is also possible to send all these data

Strange problem - one servo works but two (Y-connected) don't?

Have a very weird problem at the moment, I have my ArduPilot (328 board) aileron servo output to a Y-lead for a servo in each wing half, however just suddenly the servos appear dead but when I plug the servo's in singly they work.

The Y-lead is fine

Any use for an Ipaq?

Hey Guys.

I've just been given a box full of Compaq Ipaqs!  There are loads of H3660s and a couple of more recent ones, a 3950 and a 3850.  None of them have BT or WiFi, but the more recent two can be expanded with wifi compact flash cards fairly easy

ArduIMU+ with PTZ Camera

A simple question for the GPS (orientation sensor?)

I'm trying to use  the ardupilot setup to control an unmanned ground vehicle :D:D:D:D:D:D!

I was going through much of the documentation but still couldn't find the answer to a little question of mine.

Does the robot not need to know it's orientation

Making of a highly stabilized quadrotor

Hey actually i m interested in doing a quadrotor ...

gps Kalman filter needs to be done do??

gps used in dynamic positioning using Kalman filtering to be done and then use?

Looking for help in designing the control system for a quad-rotor craft

Hello all,

I was hoping I could get some answers to questions I have regarding building the control system for a quad-rotor air craft.

I have a spectrum DX5e transmitter and receiver combo and I have the quad-rotor built.

Now for the questions:

1.  I

Does anyone have ArduIMU+Pilot firmware ?

Hi All,

I am working on dynamics model development of my aircraft. I want to use ArduIMU+Pilot as a data acquisition hardware. I am going to disable all autopilot functions and make the board perform measurements and send it down through XBee. In ord

Another uBlox GPS question

Hola Amigos, I'm having issues with my uBlox GPS.  I've taken a lot of time reading the instructions and reading other's posts regarding their problems before deciding to post here.

First off, I built an adapter cable to be able to test the GPS via u-

ArduPilot Voltage connection

In the instructions, it says I need to connect the battery directly to the spot indicated to allow battery voltage to be transmitted back to the ardustation.

I would like someone to confirm that connecting an 18.2 volt lipo batttery directly to this l

ArduPilot manual update?

While I was setting up my first wiring on an ArduPilot last night, I noticed the manual shows Input 1,2, and 3.  The board itseld though, is clearly marked 1,2,3, and 4.  This made me wonder a few things...

1- I assume the newer board can use ailerons

The Micropilot or AttoPilot route?

Hi Guys,

Will this GPS work with Ardupilot?

I was going to get the EM406 1HZ GPS for $60, but saw that this d2523t 4hz GPS is only $20 more. I see that it has a similar connection, and output. I don't know if it will work though, can someone verify weather its compatible?