"Interesting discussion. I take it you can't just do tight circles on the way down. I can't imagine actually reversing the motor. Sure it can be done but props are not effecient running backwards. Heck, whatever works for you I suppose. Just doesn't…"
"Oh my gentle Jesus... I imagine your palms were sweaty wondering if you were gonna see your plane back! LOL! trees all around and it goes solo mission over a lake. Gotta love it!"
"The Helicopter part would be extreemely fun. I fly them and have one that I would love to put some UAV guts into. The flight characteristics would be much different as you transition to about the 3 foot high mark where the helicopter will fly much…"
Ok this is my ArduMega Setup. I am using the ArduPilot Shield V2, A locosys 4hz GPS, SCP1000 Pressure Sensor (not connected to I2C yet) and the IMU ADXL330/LISY3000 Breakout board. Here is the picture... Stop laughing geez... I have the 2.6 version…
I have that connected to my Mega right now. Battery and air pressure sensor seems to be doing fine. I am using that unit to provide the 3.3v to the GPS (locosys).…"
"I used Serial1. to read from the GPS on my Mega. I can definately see a lot of new configuration options needed :) Maybe I will regret that later but right now can't see why."
Hi, I purchased the Ardupilot Mega and a bunch of components for a UAV project on my Easystar. The problem I am running into is that the components require 3.3v. I don't see any source coming from the Ardupilot Mega that can provide the 3.3v yet I…