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  • Giovanni Esposito March 29, 2017 at 4:12am

    Great design, mine has a lot in common! Always wanted to try a fixed pitch tail rotor to save weight and complexity, but had no time and not sure was worth it. Is it? Does it work correctly?

    Were are you located in France? maybe we are not that far away and I can pay you a visit... 

  • Rob_Lefebvre March 28, 2017 at 4:44am

    Yeah, it would be nice to see the code to see what you've been working on and maybe contribute it back.

    H4 has been talked about for a while, but never made it into the code yet.  I never had anything to test it with, so never put anything in.  

    The DDFP tail code is broken in AC3.4 and 3.5, I have to fix it for my own uses.  I'm not developing the software since AC3.3 so there's been a lot of problems creeping in.

    There are a several companies that have been using the code for years and not contributing anything back to it.  I'd like to see that change, or it will stagnate.

  • HELIPSE March 27, 2017 at 10:53pm
    hi rob,

    Nice to read you, yes it's a nontrivial heli and there are many mecanical innovations inside .
    The arducopter code is a realy good code itself,and I have to congratulate you and all the developpers for your work, but we have to adapt it for several reasons.
    First we design big helicopters (the HE 220E is a small UAV for us ) and this result in some differences for the settings of the software.
    Secondly, we use a H4 cyclic-ring on our big heli and we have to adapt this too.
    We have also made change for the use of the direct drive fixed pitch tail, because it was not like we wanted.
    I can't give you all the details because i'm not the one who write the code but if you want I can put you in touch.

    Regards,
  • Rob_Lefebvre March 27, 2017 at 7:59pm

    Interesting looking helicopter.  What are the details on the "customised Ardupilot firmware"?  I'm curious what changes you made?

  • DROTEK March 27, 2017 at 1:23pm

    Hey guys, you're too modest !! 

    These guys do an incredible job. All their drones are manufactured from A to Z in their factory in France. Helipse, it's 15 years of experience in Helicopter drone manufacturing. We partner with them since our beginning and they show every day the robustness of our products with their drones. Thank you guys !

    Watch this short video, you can see that they do not rely on an existing base and how is built the new HE-220E ! 


    Product is available at an incredible price of 18370 € (19 963 €) --> http://drotek.io/2mN4dal 

    Pack content:

    - 1 drone HELIPSE HE220-E

    - 1 battery pack

    - 1 remote control

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