"@Joseph Looking at the first picture you posted it seems that the APM is slightly tilted. That can cause calibration problems and lead to unstable flying so I think you better check for that and keep the APM module as flat as possible. Other than…"

"Craig,

you are right. You can use the 3.3V that the Arduino board has. It's between the RESET and the regulat 5V output. I hope this helps.

Andrea"

"Great news. There are a lot of infos in the article and in the website. Unfortunatly the algorithm has been removed to protect the intellectual property of the project.
Thanks Chris."

"I'm sorry. I got problems in cutting and pasting the code. Some parts of the code is cutted by the blogging platform.
I'll put on my website to be dowloaded.
Thanks,
Andrea"

"Craig,

you can download a "starting guide" about arduino and arduino programming from here (pdf) and here (pdf).

Those docs are a very good start for Arduino microcontroller.

Otherwise I can suggest you books like "Making Things Talk" and…"

"Craig,

the lock inplace has been implemented as at first the pan&tilt camera was meant to be installed on a qudricopter, so able to stand still (almost) at a certain position. And in that situation the "simple" lock of the camera does the trick.…"

"Dincer,

thanks there was a problem when pasting code. An "<" is interpreted as an HTML tag an not as a "minor" operand :)

Now it should be ok and the same code you got.

Please check. Thanks!

Andrea"

"Ciao Dincer,

as I told you the Nunchuck z-axis is almost unusable, or I've not been able to use it. But the x and y-axis are those that I used. If you uncomment "// printNunchuckData();" line you can see the reading and can see the values of the x…"

"Ciao Dincer,

thanks!

That's exactly what I'll do: use a Nunckuck as a controller for my RC airplane. Maybe the next post will have a simple schematic of it. It's very easy to implement and it can be used as a 3channel radio command. But more…"

"Ciao Dincer,

I've posted the how-to of the pan and tilt camera with the Nunchuck and Arduino. You already got and I'm happy it works for you as well.

Thanks for your suggestions. I was already thinking about that but for now I'll concentrate on…"

"Ciao Peter,
thanks for the info. For those interested here's the link to CRRCSim.

I've also found a very good soaring simulator, named Silent Wings that seems to have all I need for my simutations as it also has an output interface that I can use…"

"Thanks you all for your comments.

Chris,

I just added a picture of the Omei 2000 to the post as you suggested. For now it's a "bare" one but it gives an idea of the model.

I'll surely develop the project by steps and probably not all my "dreams"…"