A place for West Australian UAV / UAS enthusiasts or businesses to discuss topics, arrange meets or share experiences.
Hexicopter
Hi AllPurchased a FlyPro X600 and I am trying to sort out what would be the most suitable camera to use for FPV and some video/stills photography. The supplier has wired it up for a GoPro 3. That model is a little out of date but a good camera to start with although if I am going to purchase a camera I would like to only spend on a one of that last for sometime. I have had a look at the specs for the for what I will be flying it for Sony FDR-X1000V. The software has stabilisation and some…
Read more…
Comments
@JB - I have not started down the road of the APM yet so I should not really be giving advice. The real advice is from this posting that had similar problems to yours.
http://diydrones.com/group/apmusergroup/forum/topics/apm-2-5-on-ard...
There is some interesting analysis of the logs by Tridge. I have purchased some 5.0V power supplies from here http://www.futurlec.com.au/Mini_Power.jsp. It has a PI filter on the output that I hope will be able to filter out any noise.
Anyway I will be ordering the APM next month to start experiencing these problems in my Penguin. I think I will separate the power and have the BEC only powering the servos on the output rail with a seperate battery and power supply on the input side and remove JP1.
Thx Stephen for the advice I'll keep an eye o the power. ATM the APM is connected to 60A ESC BEC thats rated at 4Amps, I've never had a problem with it so far, and the ESC only pulls around 25A peak on 4S. But i'll try running it on it's own battery and BEC next time, and see if the problem persists.
From the sounds of it the Penguin looks like a good platform. You can only try it I suppose, it's not that expensive if it dosen't work out.
BTW I'll check the logs as well. Thx.
@JB - what do the logs say? There has been quite a bit of discussion of this behaviour on the Arduplane group and it seems to come down to power. The APM seems to be EXTREMELY sensitive to the input voltage and any dip seems to really affect it. Have you seperated the power supplies.
BTW think I will buy a Penguin for my first APM plane. I cannot fit the APM in the Bixler2 and a decent battery. It is flying OK now however I need a neutral trim setting. Later on I might scratch build a Mugin look alike. It really is just a plywood box with wings.
Thats ok guys, thanks for the response anyways. Cyas when you get back.
Was flying the skywalker today, bit windy +35kmh, but she was doin alright in stabilise mode until the APM2 wanted to flip her on her back....I dunno what it was thinking, flicked to manual, recovered, gained some hieght, tried stabilise again, two minutes later same thing, repeated that a few times. It was just strange, might be the same thing Hai had with his X5's. Not confidence inspiring.
But on airframes: I'm not overly impressed with the skywalker either. Looks cool in the air but the tail is flimsy (even with extra carbon rods). It's also a bit of a slug in the air, "stability" comes at the price of slow roll rates. The other thing is that I really am beginning to hate the whole transporation and setup time required with the skywalker. Personally I'm going to try the Zephyr next, I want something I can rock up with, put some lipos in and fly. I suppose it doesn't just come down to how it flies, but also how much time it takes to get it up there in the first place.
I haven't seen the Penguin yet, but from the sounds of it, it probably ticks the right boxes for at least some of the things. I'm just a fan of wings...so I ordered 2 Zephyrs tonight. I wonder how long they'll take to come from the US. It's likely to be a late Christmas for me...
As for the APM...it might be in for early retirement if I don't figure out why it wants to fly upside down after two minutes. :( "Homebrew" ARM based autopilot here I come!
Guys I would love to attend, as the weather looks pretty good, but I flew into Sydney today and I will in here for the weekend for work.
As for airframe...
My Skywalker (the one on special) is very good but flimsy in the tail. It does fly very very well though and is stable.
I also have a raptor 2m which is unsinkable... but suffers from lack of access if you want to fit an autopilot. Also quite a bit of adverse aileron yaw. Wing attachment is a little suspect but seems to be holding up ok to everything I throw at it.
I've seen a hugin in the flesh and they need reinforcing in certain areas and require a long landing strip. They aren't easy to disassemble for transport. Also mistakes are expensive as they aren't foam.
I have to say that the finwing Penguin is unbeatable at the moment.
Sorry guys - will make it one day.
However still have the make the choice:
Skywaker on special
Hugin or
FPV Raptor?
Thoughts?
:( Well I'm still up for going if anyone else is...if no-one else is going let me know by morning then I won't bother driving up either...
Sorry - meet up is off - Wife just torpedoed it.
Will be offshore next weekend so it will have to be after Christmas - have a few days off
OK Thanks for the link Stephen.
So shall we meet in the northern part of the carpark there at 9am, I'll be staying until after lunch to make it worth the trip, does anyone know if there is a BBQ there too?
Anyone else coming?
-
10
-
11
-
12
-
13
-
14
of 31 Next