The new FY-3zt pilot! will soon be available.

Hi All,

I made a little video clip of the Groundstation yesterday!

Let me interduce the FY-3ZT autopilot for small UAV.

Yes! it's made in China.
Yes! it will be low cost. Price level (not set yet)
No! I didn't test it yet. Working on it.

The company who made it call it FY-3ZT! Lets call it jealouspilot. Just a joke.

The Data modem I got with the test sample is the small 2,4 Ghz. (Also provide a long range 433 Mhz 500 mW like the one on the picture.

The 2,4 Ghz

I don't know about the power of this modem. (but for amateur flying, It will be just fine LOS).

Some of the software was on Chinese So I had to find the right driver by my self. It wasn't a problem just a little annoying.

This is the Autopilot system: It's like "PnP" Everything fits and ready for installation.

This is for Ground station Plug into PC via USB. Also more or les "PnP". (I know this is not the best antenna bla bla) This was what was in the box)

The driver for USB to Serie was on Chinese!.

And now for the Commodore 64 look a like GSC.

You are able to fine tune the settings in Air.

FY3-ZT provide high-precision attitude through to use 32 ARM7microprocessors, integrate
GPS receiver, three-axis MEMS gyro, three-axis accelerometers, pressure altimeter, inertial
strapdown attitude algorithm and combined with Kalman digital filtering and data fusion
algorithms .

Integrated UBLOX 5th generation GPS receiver, 4Hz output, 35 seconds fast positioning time
and accuracy of 2.5 meters CEP.

50HZ inner attitude control, 4HZ outer navigation control.

Multi-channel mixed-control output can be easily adjusting the mixed-control. Including
normal layout none mixed rudder control navigation, elevator and aileron rudder navigation,
elevator and aileron mixed-control navigation, none ailerons rudder navigation. And can
adjust the neutral position in real-time.

Three kinds of control modes: Manual remote control, Auto balance remote control and
Automatic navigation control.

Two kinds of automatic navigation control modes: Air route navigation mode and Mouse
pointing flight mode.

Integrate automatic and manual remote control, higher reliability and practicality, and is
compatible with all common RC remote control facilities, and to provide Servo output
checking.

Auto-return protection of communication interruption.

Distance Automatic photography.

The ground station software contains electronic map that can change the route and tasks online,
real-time semi-autonomous remote control, and can real-time record flight data and play back
off-line.

Adjust and save all the control parameters on line, with the convenience standalone parameter
adjustment software.

Contains the autopilot power supply voltage monitoring, electric aircraft power voltage
monitoring, GPS accuracy of detection and autopilot temperature detection.
Technical parameter.

This is what I have! Feel free to ask and comment!.

Latest documentation

FY-Autopilot.pdf

HOOKS.

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3D Robotics

Chris Anderson April 2, 2010 at 10:36am

Mike, that may well be the case--"perpetual beta" is an occupational hazard of open source ;-). At any rate, Ti think we're getting close to maturity with 2.6, and we're shooting for commercial quality out of the gate with Mega, so perhaps this will become a live issue. Personally, I'd be happy for any commercial manufacturer to make our gear, even at lower prices than we charge. Our core competence is not manufacturing, but technology development, which is why we like working with third parties such as Sparkfun who are better at making hardware in high volume than we are.
Mike April 2, 2010 at 9:37am

Chris I am not surprised as I get the impression ArduPilot is probably not near mature enough for a commercial release.
T3

Krzysztof Bosak April 2, 2010 at 9:29am

"I'm actually kind of surprised they haven't done so already. "
Maybe the term plug&play in IMU autopilots is uncomfortably fuzzy term.
Teejay April 2, 2010 at 9:25am

@Hooks - Thanks for the documentation. Would be quite interesting in how much this goes on retail. :)
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Chris Anderson April 2, 2010 at 8:59am

If the price is under $1,000 I think it can do well. There is definitely a market for a plug-and-play IMU-based autopilot that isn't export controlled.

We open source guys can't offer plug-and-play due to regulatory restrictions, but if a Chinese company wanted to make and sell our gear as a plug-and-play package, they would be free to do so under the terms of our open source license, which allows commercial resuse. I'm actually kind of surprised they haven't done so already. Maybe we're evolving too fast and they're just waiting for us to slow down and stabilize on one platform ;-)
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Robert Krogh (hooks) April 2, 2010 at 8:26am

Documentation on the FY-3ZT Autopilot in English
Teejay April 2, 2010 at 6:06am

@Hooks - I've browsed around on the manufacturer site... there's a PDF of the FY-3ZT... that might be the latest version... can't understand it though since it's in Chinese... ;)

But yeah, post some reviews on it...

I just hope the GCS' UI can be QA'd to have better looking fonts and the typos and grammar fixed. :D Or better yet, if it has a customizable UI. :D

The GCS has some similarities with the MicroPilot Horizon GCS. ;) But very few... like the tabbed side menus.
Teejay April 2, 2010 at 5:57am

@Hooks - The price was on a classifieds post by the manufacturer itself.
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Robert Krogh (hooks) April 2, 2010 at 5:56am

@Teejay
About the documentation you found! I think it is another version.
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Robert Krogh (hooks) April 2, 2010 at 4:54am

@Chris! I know it was a joke, no problem.

@Teejay I also have the FY21-AP RTH unit works very great, but I don't like the OSD as it is now.

About price:
Don't hang me! but I think the system we be around 800 -1000 USD.

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