Based on our experiments so far the blimp envelope supplied with the blimpduino project has a payload capacity of about 120 grams when fully inflated. The blimpduino board weighs just about 80grams by the time we add in some velcro to hold it to the
Read more…Hi guys (are there any ladies here?)For some time I have been fantasizing about building a UAV and wondering what you could do with it, and if you can make any money from it!My fantasy project would be a fixed wing UAV designed to have a large enough
Read more…Sooner or later, someone is going to ask about a longer cable to connect their GPS to the UAV DevBoard.I am hoping that, sooner or later, someone will offer a longer cable with the correct connectors, maybe they do already, and I just don't about it.
Read more…Hi guys, well i´ve been thinking about the replacement of my FMA thermo sensors by 2 axis gyro unit(with code implemented for noise filtering) for my OSD wich gives me a pitch & roll visual indication for flying my UAV trainer,..is anyone here that a
Read more…I've been looking around for an altitude hold device for RC Helicopters using GPS for nearly a year now, and all have miserably failed.I just joined here, and am wondering, has anyone done this yet (Heli altitude hold)?Someone has tried it with barom
Read more…Do we need to supply a separate power source for an RC receiver, or does it power by connecting to the board somewhere? Thanks!
Read more…Hi all,I am looking into getting TX, RX, and servos for my (starting) UAV project. I already read bunch of posts and I think I'll go with 7 channel setup (vs 6 ch).I also read a post about possible video interference with DX7 TX (but I guess it could
Read more…Hi allI have decided that I want to learn computer programming using C, but before I commit myself I would appreciate a little input from some of you guys and would be greatfull of anything constructiveI have noticed that there are quite a number of
Read more…Is it possible to have two devices communicate with one gps receiver? I ask since I'd like to use an OSD and an ArduPilot with just one shared GPS receiver but don't know if it is doable with a serial interface. Thanks.
Read more…How does the ardupilto control its altitude? or for that matter hold altitude, is it using the co-pilot to make altitude corrections according to the GPS read out? Also how accurate would that be? Thanks any help would be greatly appreciated.
Read more…Any one please tell me,what specific feature the Rx/Tx should have, of which i am going to use with a Ardupilot & FMA co-pilot combination?i was thinking about a 3 or 4 channel Rx/tx,will it support the autopilot combination?
Read more…New to this type of stuff, kind of stumbled across you guys by accident but was hoping you could help me out with something.I ran across a site that sold a board that contained GPS, 3 axis gyro. 6deg accelerometer and several other features....can't
Read more…First of all i want to thank all the members for supporting and guiding me by clarifying my questions no matter how trivial it is.Now i have a clear idea over my airframe design,i am going for an airframe with inverted v-tail(ruddervator),and without
Read more…I'm relatively new here, so please forgive me for asking what might be a dumb question. But any insight is appreciated.A little research demonstrates that the amateur use of drones is 99.99% DIY. There's really no way (that I have found) to buy an of
Read more…This is the place to discuss the new open source IMU-based autopilot board by Bill Premerlani.
Now that the ArduPilot is available, I have a few questions about using the FMA co-pilot.1. Is it really necessary to have the proportional aux channel on a TX? Alternatively, the trim can be set on the FMA computer. I imagine that having it on the T
Read more…Does anybody have an opinion of using this Wing Dragon as a UAV? Is it too small? I like the easystar, but this has ailerons.http://www.art-tech.cn/english/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=150
Read more…It's a horrible video (I'll try to make a better one), but this may be of use to someone out there:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsNvcQqRkU4
Read more…I have a rotomotion autopilot kit on my shelf that I'd like to find a good home for. This was purchased back in August of '02. I had a buddy of mine who's a good hardware tech begin the assembly process. I think he installed the cpu on the main board
Read more…I'm trying to decide if I should get the 5 DOF IMU from SparkFun, or if I should get the FMA copilot.I've read the pro's and con's of both, but I was wondering if the replacement copilot sensor can be hooked up directly to an A/D converter.I imagine
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