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Parrot's Disco flying with Paparazzi UAV system

Posted by Gautier Hattenberger on February 24, 2017 at 2:02pm

This is the video our first flight of the Disco from Parrot using the Paparazzi UAV system. Most of the drivers where already available, except for the PWM output on Linux-based autopilot. Many thanks to the ArduPilot community and especially Andrew Tridgell for his help and tips to make this driver working for Paparazzi.

Original blog post: https://blog.paparazziuav.org/2017/02/24/flying-parrots-disco-aircraft-with-paparazzi/

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  • Gautier Hattenberger February 27, 2017 at 4:15am

    Telemetry is through Wifi for now, and the RC control is down with SBUS input. But since the hardware is really close to the Bebop2, I'm sure it will be possible to connect a modem if needed (not top priority for me at least). Have a look at this video from TUDelft using an Iridum modem for Satcom with Bebop2 using Paparazzi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVogmRistcw

  • DavidFolts February 26, 2017 at 5:16pm
    Gautier...ok, so you use the udp connection over wifi. Any initiative to control the Disco over long range rc, with full tlm, using the Paparazzi system?
  • Gautier Hattenberger February 26, 2017 at 2:16am

    I didn't investigate the USB ports at the moment. Also mavlink is not the native communication system of paparazzi, but we can still output some mavlink messages on serial ports. It is usually enough for display but controlling the plane is an other matter as our flight plans are different from the one of ArduPilot/PX4.

  • DavidFolts February 25, 2017 at 5:13pm

    Awesome! So, how do I get the Parrot CHUCK to output mavlink out its usb port so i can connect a tlm radio and bring back tlm over long range UHF radio link?

  • Gautier Hattenberger February 25, 2017 at 7:19am

    If it helps, most of the information we have can be found here:

    http://wiki.paparazziuav.org/wiki/Bebop#Features

    http://wiki.paparazziuav.org/wiki/Disco

    Bebop - PaparazziUAV
  • Pascal P. February 24, 2017 at 6:06pm

    The Parrot Chuck seems to be a nice piece of hardware, well integrated and ready to run its native Parrot firmware, Arduplane and now Paparazzi. But it is not easy to get detailed documentation on it. If anyone has a path, please show us. This autopilot probably would deserve more popularity.

    I guess this is what happen when a company proposes in the same time cheap RTF systems like ArDrone or Bebop, middle range budget like Disco and high end survey tool like Ebee. They are not very willing to give the key to pay for a simpler system and improving it to make it more powerfull by DIY touch.

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    Andrew Tridgell February 24, 2017 at 3:11pm

    congratulations!

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