Did the first autopilot flight this morning :) With all that stuff in the nose the CG is a handful.The return to launch works perfectly, the roll control is about spot on with PID default setting, pitch is a bit out but not to bad.Waypoint mode did n
Read more…Hi allAs the nights are drawing in and its starting to get dark at about 1830 I am looking to purchase a video camera for my aircraft that has night vision.Does anyone know of a decent camera? or has one and can recommend it to me.thanks
Read more…Hi All,I have just had my first ardupilot delivered with the ground station. I have built the ground station without any problems and programed it with my FTDI cable. I then went on to the arduPilot itself.I have built it without any problems, howeve
Read more…Hi all,I made a little mistake when, showing my girlfriend how fun it was having an autopilot in my hand, I connect the ESC to one of servo-in in the wrong way.Flaaassshhhh, the little 10µf capa between out2 and out3... RIP.I take a time to calm down
Read more…Hello everyone. I purchased an ArduPilot board back in February of this year. I am having a hard time locating what the difference between my ArduPilot board (green PCB with ATMEGA168 chip) and the current one that is selling, (red PCB with ATMEGA328
Read more…With 2.1 code i get gps lock within 10 sec. , after update to 2.3.1 i dont get gps lock.I use it without shild und sensors.With GPS simulation it works fine.
Read more…I downloaded the code for the new ArduIMU and am trying to open it but when I do it says the Labview file is later then the current version of labview. Is there a way to update labview or a way around this? I have Labview FRC (First Robotics Competit
Read more…Since it is only a question of a few weeks maybe a bit more, I guess, before the new Mega is released I'd like to start speculating on what that will be like. Chris and team feel free to chime in as you wish ;)We know its AtMega 1280 and it will be I
Read more…I know that most of you guys are partial to ardu pilots but I have seen that some people here roll with the paparazzi system in the planes. I have just started to build an IMU off that site that uses the LPC2148 processor. Well I dont know much about
Read more…I am interested in using an Electric Sailplane as a platform for autonomous aerial photography for long flights of an hour or more, hopefully two. I know that people have used the Aero Master as a UAV platform but what about large electric sailplanes
Read more…Hi all dear guys,I' m back after long time spent to work abroad, just to start again with more entusiasm.Ok, the question:- I have implemented succesfully a Kalman filtering for my stabilization IMU so I can get good outputs and results just from acc
Read more…Ok im looking to build or even bye if they exist? I want to use my joystick coupled to my laptop teatherd thew my rc radio.to control my plane maybe im wording it wrong but i cant seem to find it ..a device to connect to my pc serial or usb to act as
Read more…I am an engineering student who has limited knowledge of UAVs. I was looking for a basic list of suggested components and systems for a UAV, or if I could find some reputable sources on the topic and where to look.
Read more…HELLO, I HAVE A FULL MICROPILOT MP 2128g FULL AIRBORNE UAV AUTOPILOT SYSTEM IT IS ON EBAY RIGHT HEREhttp://cgi.ebay.com/MICROPILOT-MP-2128g-FULL-AIRBORNE-UAV-AUTOPILOT-SYSTEM_W0QQitemZ120470944880QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0ca0b
Read more…Hello Everybody,I want to fly multiple batteries and video gear (approx 1kg total weight) on my EasyStar for longest possible time. Can you recommend which motor and propeller to use on my EasyStar? Did you ever fly EasyStar with 1kg (or more)? If yo
Read more…Hi Guys,Is anybody really good with Digi x-tend modems.I have to have the baud rate set at 38400 and the over air rate at 9600 (to get more range).I can control the rate of strings sent at 38400 (1Hz – 5Hz) but I can’t change the baud rate.Now the pr
Read more…I've been getting the following error when trying to upload to my ArduPilot 328 using the FTDI cableavrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51This is on an ArduPilot that was wor
Read more…Hi everyone,I'm a final year student in microelectronic engineering. I've been working on inertial measurement units and GPS for almost 6 months up to now and I think you've done a very good job there !For my part, I work with a 3 axis accelerometers
Read more…Thought this link was worth posting. The English manual has just been written.http://gpspp.sakura.ne.jp/rtklib/rtklib.htm
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