Comment by Jiro Hattori on April 25, 2014 at 2:06pm

It looks nice and compact hardware.

However, the APM seems to be not a good flight controller or software for small copters.

So, I have curiosity on special firmware for "Paramotor Drone". 

 

Moderator Comment by Roberto Navoni on April 25, 2014 at 2:35pm

Hi Jiro , 

yes the hardware is powerfull and compact based on our last revision of VRBrain . 

This is kind of Paraglider with motor where we put VRBrain .4.5 . We start from APM Plane and search right configuration for use with Paraglider . In actual revision it work fine when you are in air . The FWB , RTL , Loiter and auto mission work fine , but autolanding is hard .. so we are working to implement better control on Parachute when we are near land .... We are working with Ivan the CEO of MIM Paramodels that is a great expert engineer in Parachute design the best here in italy :)

Best

Roberto

Comment by William Davidson on April 26, 2014 at 4:29am

Will this hardware be available for purchase?

Moderator Comment by Roberto Navoni on April 26, 2014 at 4:41am

Yes the hardware will be available for pre order in may . The official presentation of new Virtualrobotix Boards : VRBrain Micro 5.1 , VRBrain 5.1 , VR GPS and new Groundstation : VR Pad and Glass Station will be at Makefaire in california . The 17-18 may. I'll present it at this event and will be available in california for more info .

best

Roberto

Comment by Jiro Hattori on April 26, 2014 at 4:55am

I love Skud85 style copter. I had no luck on 250 copter with APM.

Will "VRBrain 5.1" get CC3D position ?

Moderator Comment by Roberto Navoni on April 26, 2014 at 9:13am

Could be , the VRBrain is a lot more advanced of CC3D and support Openpilot firmware ,too i try some time it , but i prefer a lot APM Copter , some user that have CC3D use APM Copter derived by VRBrain version on their board and they are very happy of our firmware :)

Comment by titeuf007 on April 26, 2014 at 1:24pm

are you an idea about the price of you great little board?

why you don t use black pcb board?(green is not beautiful lol)

Comment by criro1999 on April 26, 2014 at 8:31pm

Hi Roberto,

Would you please share your configuration (parameters) for APM for paraglider? 

Comment by Martin Szymanski on April 26, 2014 at 11:47pm

Neat. Back in my third grade science project in late 70s I made a cloud chamber. I made 3rd place. Sometimes teachers dont know. Even some of them told us Diesel Engines have higher RPM because of the high freq turbo sound. Amazing.

Moderator Comment by Roberto Navoni on April 27, 2014 at 12:21am

@Criro

basically the parameter depend of kind of parachute that you use . When i start to test the Paraglider i use standard APM Plane , connect motor as a Plane and use 1 servo configuration for control the lenght of Paraglider aero brakes. I connect this servo to roll control ... Then start to check the PID and search the right setup ... is not so simple but is possible. What kind of paraglider are you using ?

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