? - What is something you don't want to hear on a "3rd Base Date" but ok to hear when you've opend your ArduPilot box from Spark Fun?
A - "OMG! It's so Small!"
i received my ardupilot today...and really, how do you expect me to manipulate this thing? it's tiny!!
thanks to chris and everyone else involved in the project for bringing uav tech down to my level. can't wait to get it flying!! which might be awhile, living in minnesota and all. i wonder if i could make an airframe out of snow...
@Olav. Not at the moment, but we are working on a version of the software that could support that. The hardware will be the same, and will use the FMA thermopile sensor heads.
The first hundred or so will have the diode; after that it will have the power regulator. I actually prefer the one with the diode since I'm powering the board with the Rx and it's impossible to reverse the polarity (+ is the middle pin in RC connectors), so I just bridge the diode to bring the board power up to 5V. Fewer parts and things to go wrong, slightly smaller board, etc.
But if you're intending to power the board with a separate battery, you might want to wait for the power regulator version. I'm not sure why someone would want to do that, but we did want to offer that flexibility.
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Still waiting for mine...
A - "OMG! It's so Small!"
Now the fun begins... :)
thanks to chris and everyone else involved in the project for bringing uav tech down to my level. can't wait to get it flying!! which might be awhile, living in minnesota and all. i wonder if i could make an airframe out of snow...
But if you're intending to power the board with a separate battery, you might want to wait for the power regulator version. I'm not sure why someone would want to do that, but we did want to offer that flexibility.
Thanks.
Nick
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