Hi,
i am planning to use a APM/Pixhawk with ArduRover firmware for a solar powered boat that will go for long distances. I have some first questions and hope you guys can help me ;)
- is it possible at all to use the Ardurover code for a boat with around 4m (~13ft) length? Since the code is more for small rovers, i can imagine, that we could run into problems here... Suggestions?
- what about big waves? Did anyone tried the code with a boat in a situation with big waves? is it possible? how is the navigation?
- since we are planning to power the boat with solar panels, the APM/pixhawk will power down from time to time. Is there a simple way, to tell the APM to continue Waypoints/everything it was doing before?
- we plan to integrate a satelite communication using the iridium satelite network. We want this connection only for status informations. Is there any comfortable way to achieve this (sending GPS/Voltage/temp etc)
I have more or less little knowledge on c# and python. If i need to add/change code where should i start? ;) Any good reference?
I hope you can help me starting this project!!
Any suggestions are welcome!!
Thanks a lot,
J.
PS.: i have posted this thread to the drone-discuss list on google but they kindly asked me to post it here ;)
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Hi Johannes. A lot of the questions your asking you can answer yourself by using an APM in SITL mode. You can then connect MissionPlanner to SITL and experiment as much as you like. I'd suggest you are going to want to do this anyway to become familiar with the operation and control of an APM via mission planner (or whatever GCS you choose) before you start using it with your vehicle. This page is a good starting point.
http://dev.ardupilot.com/wiki/simulation-2/sitl-simulator-software-...
Thanks, Grant.
Well, here's an idea, use the servo gimbals feature to keep the ardupilot level. it might reduce the mount of tilt and roll to give it more accurate headings and position calculations.
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