Hi;I'm developing a Ground Control Station for my homemade uav in C#. I also want to add the Flight Gear window to my project. Is there anyone who knows how can I do this?Thanks in advance...
Read more…Setup- Windows XP / Windows Vista (Virtual COM port Driver 2.04.16)- Arduino 0015 IDE (Arduino Duemilanove w/ Atmega328)- Sparkfun FTDI Basic Breakout - 5V- ArduPilot with ATMega328Problem- No connection to the ArduPilot board via the USB port-> Erro
Read more…HiCan the Ardu Pilot be used with glo engines or are can it only control electric motors?Mitchell
Read more…When flying from left to right in front of one and switching to RTL my plane makes a very sharp turn to the right towards home however once it's flown past home it's corrections are very small and the plane makes a VERY wide circle back to home. Why
Read more…I have been working with the ArduPilot trying to get it to work for same time now.Having unsuccessfully tried v1 I acquired the FMA sensors and set up v2.I am using a Mac and can load the software without problems.The FMA sensors are working fine, pr
Read more…Hello All,I'm finally at the stage of installing and ground testing the AP v1; however, I am having a problem with getting any type of control of the servos or throttle with the AP enabled or not (that is, switched on via CNTRL IN). The code appears
Read more…Can Hitec Optic 6 be used for switching Ardupilot between manual, autopilot and RTL? and if so how do you set it up??
Read more…Hey guys!So I am trying to do some very basic arduino programming to master the fundamentals, and something is not working as I expected it to. My board is set up with the PSEL in ESC powere'd mode, and I have a battery source applied to the 3rd inpu
Read more…I received my Ardupilot board(328chip) the other day. I carefully soldered up the minimum connections and used the FTDI 5V breakout board to upload Ardupilot. I upgraded the Arduino to the latest. Something isnt right now. My problem started with my
Read more…hey guys................thi s is an excellent forum for autopilot system development.I am doing my FYP on this particular subject. Is there any GCS software available that can be easily configured on any autopilot software and can communicate with an
Read more…I would like to learn about building UAVs from a technical first principles perspective, but I don't really know where to start.I don't really mind if it takes me years until I get something off terra firma. The satisfaction for me is the technical u
Read more…Part 1: latitude/longitude holdI am posting an example with relaxed altitude hold (+/-10m vs 50mAGL) using 6DOF IMU autopilot.GPS reception notoriously drops from 10 to 4 sats because of heavy roll (up to 40 commanded and some 50 achieved roll - 6-11
Read more…Hello all. I have been reading a lot of posts on these forums for awhile now as I'm trying to construct my own system which can send both flight data (speed, GPS data, etc.) and live video from the air. I am considering getting a 1.3GHz receiver and
Read more…Hi all, anyone know where I can get the Source Code for the Ground Station? I'd like to make some modifications in LabVIEW 8.6.1.
Read more…Hey guys, I've gotten far enough along in the planning process of my UAV to start asking power questions. I'll be using a NexSTAR EP (http://www.towerhobbies.com/products/hobbico/hcaa09.html ) for the airframe, a DragonOSD ( http://www.intelligentfli
Read more…Hello All:I am new in this forum but suprised to see many experts and fans here. Please give me a suggestion on recommending a suitable GPS module.The platform in my hand is a ESky-like coaxial helicopter. I need a GPS module for its precise position
Read more…Hi, quick question:I have an older ftdi to usb cable. The 5v kind. Works just fine on my 5v arduino clone. I noticed that the instructions here tell you to get a 3.3v ftdi. Yet... from what I can tell the system is powered at 5v. Will my current cabl
Read more…I would like to add some simple functionality to my autopilot, chiefly a signal sent every 10 seconds or so to fire a small camera. After looking a bit through the older posts, I am still a bit confused on how one would go about doing this, any sugge
Read more…I am about to do another paparazzi systems integration on a Nexstar. Since the GPS is on the AP board, I have to mount the AP where it has a clear view of the sky. Previously I have cut the fuse aft of the wing, and mounted the AP there, but I have n
Read more…So its times like these i wish i had an autonomous vtol type vehicle, i have lost a 2 meter sailplane in deep woods, i have no money but i was wondering if such a task,vehicle would be possible to do which im sure it is. But what if you were to take
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