I'm pleased to announce that we've joined forces with the other Arduino-based powerhouse in the aerial robotics world, the AeroQuad quadcopter team, to extend the ArduPilot platform to whirlybirds of all kinds. The project, called ArduCopter, will use the ArduPilotMega and IMU shield hardware along with a low-cost custom platform that will be available commercially to provide a full quad UAV with both stabilization and GPS waypoint navigation. It builds on the awesome work of Jose Julio in ArduPilot quad development, with the excellent full-systems integration of the AeroQuad team. We expect that first code and hardware will be available this summer.
And here's the impressive work of the AeroQuad team:
Another team is also extending this to traditional helis, starting with the Trex 450 heli (and its equivalents), which should be ready for release this fall. Along with Blimpduino, this should make for 100% coverage of all aerial robotics platforms on the Arduino platform, with shared libraries and ground stations across projects. Go Arduino!
We'll be setting up a proper microsite here, along with dedicated tab, for the project in the next few days.
If you haven't already seen this preview of what the ArduPilot/ArduIMU combo can do with quads, check this out:
And here's the impressive work of the AeroQuad team:
Here's the announcement from the AeroQuad team:
ArduCopter - The Full Featured UAV Multicopter!
Hey guys, as many of you know the AeroQuad has teamed up with DIY Drones on developing a very full featured multicopter! Chris from DIY Drones has proposed the name of this new effort to be called the ArduCopter! It will be based on the ArduPilot Pro Mega (APM) and the APM sensor board currently nicknamed the Oil Pan. Here's an initial feature list and software road map. Please chime in! Your input is valuable! I'll keep updating this front page until we agree on the first version of the ArduCopter's capabilities.
ArduCopter Feature ListSoftware Roadmap
- 6 Degree of Freedom IMU stabilized control
- Gyro stabilized flight mode enabling acrobatics (loops and barrel rolls)
- GPS for position hold
- Magnetometer for heading determination
- Barometer for altitude hold
- IR sensor integration for obstacle avoidance
- Sonar sensor for automated takeoff and landing capability
- Automated waypoint navigation
- Motor control using low cost standard PWM Electronics Speed Controllers (ESC's)
- On board flight telemetery data storage
- Mounted camera stabilization capability
- Wireless command & telemetry for long distance communication
- Capability to fly in "+", "x", hexa and octo configurations
- Battery level detection
- User configurable LED flight pattern
- Capability to use any R/C receiver
- ArduCopter Configuration and Ground Control Software
- Realtime graphs of flight data
- GUI for configuration of PID and other flight parameters
- On Screen Display integration
- Waypoint programming using Google Maps
- Mixertable view to auto configure "+", "x", hexa and octo configurations
- Initial baseline using Jose Julio's v3 software
- Provides absolute angle PID flight control
- Obstacle avoidance
- Waypoint navigation
- Generalize basic ArduCopter functions (ie. Separate PPM receiver input and motor control functions into separate libraries. Allows future coding of PWM vs. I2C ESC's)
- Emphasis on developing new capability into easy to use C++ libraries
- Integrate user defined EEPROM storage capability
- Develop/optimize AeroQuad serial real-time command/telemetry for ArduCopter
- Integrate AeroQuad Configurator for external software configuration of ArduCopter
- Rename Configurator to Ground Control Station and integrate graphical programming of waypoint navigation
- Integrate AeroQuad rate PID control
- Integrate mixertable configuration for multicopter configurations
- Integrate AeroQuad camera stabilization
- Integrate I2C motor control
- Develop capability to wirelessly control ArduCopter directly from Ground Control Station (USB joystick controller from laptop or through waypoint programming)
Comments
http://www.rc-airplane-world.com/rc-helicopter-transmitter-modes.html
Both Airplanes and Helicopters can be flown on Mode 1 or Mode 2 but usually heli people fly mode 2 as they like all cyclic controls (ailerons and elevator) to be on the same stick.
Here are the definitions :-
Mode 1 - Left Stick is Elevator and Rudder and Right stick is throttle and ailerons
Mode 2 - Left Stick os Throttle and Rudder and Right Stick is Ailerons and Elevator
Note there is also Mode 3 and 4. I can fly on all :)
See http://www.helitown.com/TransmitterMode.html for more information.
Regards T
I went on HobbyKing and I found 2 Turnigy 9X 9Ch:
Turnigy 9X 9Ch Transmitter w/ Module & 8ch Receiver (Mode 1) (v2 Firmware)
Turnigy 9X 9Ch Transmitter w/ Module & 8ch Receiver (Mode 2) (v2 Firmware)
They cost exactly the same price, but the one with Receiver Mode 2 is out of stock, while the one with Mode 1 is still available.
I'm a super newbie when it comes to flying RC-things (I had RC car and a RC landsailor) so it might be a stupid question: which is the difference between mode 1 and mode 2? Can I use both to pilot the arducopter or do I need just the one that is out of stock (Mode 2)?
Thank you
Simone
I am new to this forum , but have been watching the UAV development for some time .What would the possibility of using ultrasonic wind speed/direction sensors to help correct drift in windy conditions ,we reverse this principle with sailboat electronics by using accs and gyros connected to wind sensors to produce accurate wind readings as the wind sensors are usually on top of the mast and are always moving in a 3 dimensional pattern .
just a thought
http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=694448482
http://www.facebook.com/video/?id=694448482#!/video/video.php?v=432365653482
But now lz solve my motor arm and disarm issue...
I do not have any esc connected...
I have only the APM and the OILPAN connected to the pc with the rx connected to it...
I left the boards on the table....
May be there is a problem with the code...
Please tell me which version should I download and upload it to the APM...??
in both modes
on ground and in air, it's drifting (positive values)
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