Any idea on how to implement indoor navigation around a circuit indoors?I understand that for the outdoor concept, GPS is used.What about indoor,I have colour sensing track lines but I would prefer to find an alternative as the lighting intensity wou
Read more…I am using an easystar for a development testbed while design continues on our own airframe. Currently flying with a Fatuba 2.4ghz radio, is the fatuba going to be useless with a 2.4 video system?THanksRuss
Read more…Could I hook up an x-bee directly to a video camera and hook it's partner [x-bee] to a tv or video capture card and have a video tx/rx? Here are the parts I would use:2xx-bee2xx-bee explorer1xcamera1xfor programing the x-bee'sjust throwing an idea ou
Read more…Ok I really wish there was like a forum area that covered it all.... Anyways I have no problem with designing and getting airplanes to fly. But the self piloting and the positioning systems I need help.What is the most basic stuff I'd need so that I
Read more…Hi allWhich xbee wireless telemetry system is everyone using. I have been having a look on www.digi.com and have spotted the xbee pro 900rf module(http://www.digi.com/products/wireless/point-multipoint/xbee-pro-900.jsp) and the xbee pro 868 rf module
Read more…Hi,I am getting the following error when attempting to upload the code.avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51I have assembled the board with shield and the LED sequence is as
Read more…Hi, can you please help me about how swept and delta wings are manufactured in the factories , i need information specific to their cross section details.
Read more…I'm quite the noobie when it comes to rc planes , I've had some small electric planes like the x-twin etc.Now I want something more advanced and more fun for a project.I've chosen the ardupilot project to begin with because it looks fantastic fun to
Read more…Hi all,I am attempting to do some flight simulations using MATLAB-FlightGear interface, but the interface won't work. I have MATLAB 7 (ie R 2007b) and FlightGear 1.91. Can anyone advise me
Read more…I am new here, hi to all and greetings from Ireland! I am thinking of building a quadcopter can anyone tell me would it easier to build and control a tricopter
Read more…Greetings,I'm running the latest beta code, and everything seem to be working on the mock-up, so I installed it in the Twinstar. The only thing that bothers me a bit is the high throttle, and down elevator that you get when turning one the nav functi
Read more…Hello all,I have got wireless telemetry working with the board but now I can't determine if I sensors are gathering data on the board. I have loaded the code that lets you view your x and y readings from my fma xy sensor but I am not getting any favo
Read more…Is it correct tht the FMA CO-PILOT behaves differently in places with diff. temperature & terrain?Will it work for India's temp. & terrain?
Read more…Hi,I currently have infront of me a very large working model of an MQ-9 Reaper. In the near future it will require an autopilot system that can direct the aircraft through a list of waypoints and on my command from the basestation follow a different
Read more…hello,i m totally new in aeromodelling .i hav experince in robotics.well i want to Design and make a wireless remote controlled aircraft, which has all six degrees of freedom including yaw, pitch and roll and that can complete a specified path in the
Read more…Hi,I'm playing around in on the paparazzi center and the GCS and trying to get to know how everything works. I put in my decimal lat and long coordinates and ran a simulation. When i want to fill the screen with google map tiles i get the following m
Read more…I am a complete beginner and based off the info on the site I am going with an EasyStar. My question is, what is the breakdown of exactly what I should buy now (brushless motor, good transmitter, etc...) to prepare it for possible UAV use in the futu
Read more…Hi everyone,I'm just starting to compile the list of equipment that I'll need to get my UAV project off the ground. My problem is that I intend to use my UAV in mountainous terrain and therefore Infrared horizon sensing circuits seem inappropriate. S
Read more…UAV DevBoard Pilots:This topic concerns an efficient way to transfer data through the transmitter of a USART using transmit interrupts.There are two general approaches to sending out a message through a USART. The simplest way to do it, but not the m
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