Gender
Male
About
Location
Victoria
About Me:
I am a dried fruit grower in the Sunraysia region of Victoria, Australia. I also have a background in mechanical engineering. Very interested in the application of technology to improve productivity.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Interested in the application of automation and robotics to horticulture. I am investigation the application of easily available diy drone technology to a small rover vehicle capable of FPV or autonomous control for vineyards.
Hometown:
Merbein
Activity Feed
"@rsj,
Unfortunately I didn't continue with a stepper motor for steering. I built a rover that uses differential steering using two 12v dc motors and a Sabretooth speed controller. See photo below.
However I would encourage you to try and get a…"
Unfortunately I didn't continue with a stepper motor for steering. I built a rover that uses differential steering using two 12v dc motors and a Sabretooth speed controller. See photo below.
However I would encourage you to try and get a…"
"Very interesting! Do you have any more info on the servo's? And can an APM 2.5 be plugged into it?
Cheers,
Stephen"
Cheers,
Stephen"
"This is a great project Andy. I am presently working on a very small, low weight (low risk)experimental remote control/autonomous tractor/vehicle for weed spraying in my vineyard. I am planning on using a stepper motor for steering. I have been able…"
"Hmm, after a bit more googling I am starting to think about uploading some custom firmware to my 9x or maybe getting a 9xr..in the mean time I'll do some work on my rover's chassis.
Cheers,
Stephen"
Cheers,
Stephen"
"Just another quick update. I followed the following post http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/configuring-turnigy-9x-with-ard...
And managed to get the four "stick" channels to work. But not the switches yet. However at least it's a bit of progress!"
And managed to get the four "stick" channels to work. But not the switches yet. However at least it's a bit of progress!"
"Unfortunately after reloading the APM's PPM encoder firmware I still have the same problem. After some reading on the Internet I see that the Turnigy 9x does not have a fail safe mode. I am wondering if this could be part of the problem?
Cheers,…"
Cheers,…"
Hello All, I am setting up and configuring my APM 2.5 with the Mission Planner. All is going well but I can only see one channel (Ch1, steering) of my Turnigy 9x transmitter being received and read. I was wondering if anyone else has had this…
Hello All,I am in the process of designing and building a rover that uses a 24v geared motor with a Sabretooth speed controller for drive and a Leadshine stepper motor and controller for steering. I can control both with a Turnigy 9x RC transmitter…
