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  Brian May 6, 2012 at 8:10pm

  I'll post what I can as well.  I have a couple to setup.  One will be an original with FMA co-pilot on a flying wing (stryker) and the other will be  the later AP(l) with an Ardu-IMU on a Raven.  I flew a setup exactly like yours Anwar last year but had to retire the ArduPilot because it stopped switching back to the off position properly.  I had close to 100 hours on that sucker, but it was too hairy when I would not get the throttle back after being in autonomous mode :(  I still have it just in case someone knows a fix... 
• Sebastian S. May 5, 2012 at 2:33am

  Hello Anwar,

  I had the same situation. I got the hole system on an EasyStar in the air after one day. Stable mode was solid from the first second but the tuning of the auto mode took me more than 20 flights. I plan to dokument my way. If it is ready I will inform you.

  Best regards

  Sebastian
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  Anwar Ali Khan May 3, 2012 at 5:06am

  My combination of hardware consist of only:

  1. Atmega 328 board

  2. EM406 GPS with cable

  3. FMA Co-Pilot and

  4. FTDI cable

  Any one who has been using only this combination of hardware is requested to please guide me about the software etc. Thanks.
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  Anwar Ali Khan March 26, 2012 at 4:38am

  Since August 2009 I have just completed my purchase of basic hardware. Money was not that much an issue for this basic stuff but how to send the money and how to get the stuff was an issue because I live on the other side of the world where purchase through internet is still not possible. My first FMA Co-Pilot got lost in the postage and it took me over two years to get another one. 

   

  I had opted for the FMA Co-Pilot option so I have not purchased the air sensor shield. I have got the mini board, GPS and the data cable.

   

  Two years back I had completed studying a book on C++ but now I have to restart everything from zero.  Any suggestions to start the project now please?
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  Brian October 20, 2011 at 7:46pm

  @ Mike - Thanks.  It's been a while, I've been getting my new Nitro-003 (AKA RQ-11 Raven) setup.  I had a few mishaps and can say that anyone who wants one of these should get one, they fly GREAT, but you MUST set the throws to what is recommended.

  Anyway thanks for your details on the old board, you said, "7 deg was 70 then became 700, PID was .35 for eg, then became 0.035"

   

  Did you mean 7 deg was .70 or 70 as above?

   

  Looking forward to getting the new plane up using the ArduPilot (L) versus the FMA Co-Pilot I've been using.
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  Cronselaar October 8, 2011 at 8:06am

  How feassable would it be to try and use a Wii + and Nunchuck as our IMU. Look at all the Quads that use them today on rcgroups. MultiWii, Baron pilot ect. It cant be too hard? If it would be possible to do that and fit it on the memory with all the Autopilot code...
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  Graham Dyer September 16, 2011 at 11:33am

  It seems we need a coder or two, and a plan. Maybe the first part of the plan would be to fix a few small things and then later explore the capabilities further. My coding is rudimentary at best, anyone keen to help?
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  Garth September 16, 2011 at 10:01am

  Still keen to explore the mileage in this mini wonder
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  Brian September 1, 2011 at 10:34pm

  Thanks Mike.
• Lyn Rees August 23, 2011 at 4:34pm

  Sorry I'm late joining the party! Do you guys think the Mongoose IMU could be made to work as a replacement for the ArduIMU? I appreciate it has no dedicated GPS input but I'm sure the GPio's could be made to work. What do you think?