"awesome!ive been hoping someone would implement this on APM based on previous hacks.Id be interested in the details as id like to try it with the USB to PC telemetry device."
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Does ACM support the configurator?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Anderson Apr 27, 2011. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Arducopter NG 1.0 testing results....
Started this discussion. Last reply by SciFly Apr 29, 2011. 4 Replies 1 Like
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ModeratorSciFly commented on Janne Mäntyharju's blog post Showing APM telemetry data on Hitec Aurora's screen
ModeratorSciFly commented on DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner's blog post Aluminium Arducopter parts - first attempt!
"If you used nylon or PC hardware on most of the parts, then they would act as convenient shear points, saving the more costly and important components. A note about those parts vs the arducopter ones, they lack grooves for arms so the leg screws…"
ModeratorSciFly commented on Ivan's blog post Complete acrylic ArduCopter set on Ponoco, with spare parts
"Any thoughts on Delrin? I assume its heavier, but at least its durable and Ponoko offers that material (3.2mm is closest thickness) ."
ModeratorSciFly commented on Nuno Guedes's blog post Smallest and lightest quadcopter in the World?
"Heres a micro 12 motor.....
http://www.rcmovie.de/video/3df3541e34320daa4090/12-er-Ufo-JumpJet-Mod
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ModeratorSciFly commented on Nuno Guedes's blog post Smallest and lightest quadcopter in the World?
"Pretty incredible, is that bluetooth?"
ModeratorSciFly replied to Dany Thivierge's discussion Need inputs on soldering or not motor/ESC/PDB ...
"I agree with Sebastian.
I tried the other way for upgrade flexibility (using Deans connectors soldered to the PDB and ESC's) but Ive had several motor cutouts. Basically, I would do a maneuver and a deans connector would loosen ever so slightly…"
ModeratorSciFly replied to SciFly's discussion Arducopter NG 1.0 testing results....
"I actually set my preferences in Arduino to the folder of the software I will use, say ArducopterNG. The folder must have botht the program folder and the libraries. Then I close and reopend Arduino. I open the code from the drop down menu and make…"
ModeratorSciFly commented on jasonshort's blog post ACM at the AVC
"Sadly, all we had was a line on the heading, which was (from memory) 155 degrees. Its amazing how you lose depth perception of a small object like that in the air, theres really no telling how far it was form Sparkfun at the time it went…"
ModeratorChris Anderson replied to SciFly's discussion Does ACM support the configurator?
"It's confusing now, so very easy to see how people might not be clear on this. SciFly spent the weekend with us at Sparkfun, so he's no n00b!"
ModeratorSebastian Gralla replied to SciFly's discussion Does ACM support the configurator?
"you should have seen that configurator does not support MAVLink, and that ACM does not support these simple serial protocoll configurator uses
sorry..."
ModeratorSciFly replied to Christopher Cooper's discussion GPS hold worked!! Well, until I tried to yaw
"Ive had great luck with ACM- I realized I just need to turn up my yaw stab P using HK GCS (I couldnt find it in the code)."
ModeratorSciFly replied to SciFly's discussion Does ACM support the configurator?
"OK, Ive used HappyKillmore GCS in MAVLINK mode enabled with great results.
What do you mean, that I should "AT LEAST" read filenames?I've actually been through the latest code line by line.I didnt know that MAVLINK support and the…"
ModeratorChris Anderson replied to SciFly's discussion Does ACM support the configurator?
"ACM will use a configurator built into the Mission Planner, and of course it still uses the CLI if you prefer that. It will not use the old LabVIEW Configurator."
ModeratorSebastian Gralla replied to SciFly's discussion Does ACM support the configurator?
"no, it does not not support the old configurator
it supports MAVLink which offers you a big choice of ground stations (like qgroundcontrol)
(and please, one of the files is named "MAVLINK" it is beta code, so you should AT LEAST…"
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Does ACM support the configurator?
I started with ArducopterNG 1.0 in acro mode with great results. The setup was a breeze when using the LabVIEW Configurator 1.2.2.I've switched to ACM beta available from the trunk in search of the latest features. I hope I didn't miss the asnwer to this question elsewhere......(pardon if i did) My question: Is the configurator supported?Or does all configuration need to be done in the CLI??If not, is support planned, or will it be retired as legacy upon the official release of ACM 2.0?I've…See More
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- About Me:
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I'm a techy scientist looking to hit the air with cutting edge (+ open source ) technology to study earth's dynamic behavior such as volcanic activity, fires and landslides. My heroes are Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla , both crucial characters in the advancement of science and mathematics during this last century. A trained earth scientist and self taught engineer, I'm hoping to join the two disciplines by building an open source flying scientific laboratoy.
A main goal of mine is to promote the routine collection of scientific data by young researchers through hands-on technical workshops.
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- I want to build ontop of and extend previous autopilots to develop an airborne scientific observatory, aptly named SciFly. Included on this open source platform will be a host of atmospheric and imaging sensors in addition to navigation and communication equipment.
Flying
I started flying RC helicopters two years ago. My first was the AXE CP which was pretty much garbage but taught me the basics, then for 3D i moved onto the BLADE 400- wow what a dream. I aptly upgrade to CF through, dropped the battery size and with the lessened weight, it sure did come alive. I got into 3D pretty heavily and to this day have never crashed the BLADE 400. Planes however are different story. My first was, appropriately so, the Easy Star w/ brushless hop up package and a CC 45A ESC and 6200 Spektrum RX. One day while testing the Ardupilot, I crashed into a tree and the plane was lost, less the electonics- they were promptly recovered- Thanks SAC FD. The parts were reborn into the FUNJET, which I have upgraded to a 4S, to make up for the low 2000 RPV motor rating. My hope is to swap the 45A for a 100A ICE controller as soon as they are available. Once that is done, I can increase my prop size (7 x 5) to make up for added components and a larger battery pack (3600 mAh). I also plan to use this ESC to power my Ardupilot driven Electristar Trainer, which is equipped with a CANON powershot 8 MP camera, pan tilt video (driven by remote nunchuk)
I have recently purchased a ParkZone stinson as a genearl uav testbed with plans o extend to a larger 25% scale stinson.
Software Projects
Working with good buddy Nicky to develop a web browser driven location project that will act much like Google latitude, except it will be used to link UAVs via onboard, GPS equipped cell phones. These platforms could be used for location, mapping and communication between each other and groundstation and remote servers for track playback and planning.
Im also looking into the feasibility of downscaling geophysical sensors (magnetometers, ground penetration radar,LIDAR) for attachment to large but low cost UAvs made of recycle R/C materials for low budget earth science research.
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Airframe collection site
Id like to start a airframe thread where everyone can post the tweeks that they have made to integrate ardupilot into their specific airframe. Given the diversity of applications on this site, I expect this to be a living and growing thread.
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ACV 2011 Coverage: Dramatic Aerial Runs
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 11:00am 5 Comments 1 Like
Heres a summary of Aerial Round 1:
The aerial heats started off with a blast as Team Lawn Dart one crashed into turn one's (familiar) tree shortly after an amazing auto-takeoff.
Team DIY- Drones equiped with Ardupilot Mega auto had a great run with an auto-take off but unfortunately did not finish the run (hawk sky pic below).
Team Arducopter was the first entry and had a smooth and dramatic run, making the first three corners well. Almost…
ContinueAVC 2011 : Team Autocrusher (ground) competes the course!
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 9:03am 2 Comments 1 Like
The team completed the course in 2:04 with a 30 sec time reduction for driving through the hoop!
Way to go team Autocrusher!
2011 Sparkfun AVC kickoff coverage
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 8:55am 1 Comment 0 Likes
Boulder, CO
Cold weather and light snow hasnt deterred dedicated competitors and spectators from showing up at the 2011 Sparkfun AVC.Attached is the morning schedule. The first heat had several large ground vehicles, including a wheel chair equipped 
Dinosaur of the sorts, which almost immediately headed for the trees.…
Great article on the benefits of ADC oversampling.
Posted on April 20, 2011 at 3:33pm 15 Comments 5 Likes
As you all probably know, the Ardupilot/ArduIMU uses ADC oversampling to achieve greater than 10 bit resolution of the internal ADC. I beleive they achieved alomost 12 bit resolution- not bad, I'd say.When I discovered this, I started using that approach to increase the resolution of cheap ADC's at…
ContinueFIRST Robotics Competition
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 6:00pm 7 Comments 1 Like
If you are familiar with the FIRST organization, you know that its filled with great students, mentors and of course robots. I have infact read rumors of DIY drones working with FIRST to develop a quad competition (awesome!). Lots of events around the country are happening…
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- At 9:45am on June 26, 2009,
ModeratorSciFly said… - OK, so the ardupilot works great on the easystar and is for many reasons, designed around the attainable and flyable Easy star. That stability comes with a price though (namely acting like a sail in high winds), and I'd like to move on to the funjet for many reasons, speed, power to weight ratio and quite frankly, it looks awesome fitted with copilot and telemetry, and gps. Is elevon mixing programming on the ardupilot easier than I envison or is is a programming nightmare?. Has anyone accomplished this and willing to point me in the right direction? THanks in advance,
- At 11:18pm on July 9, 2009,
ModeratorSciFly said… - OK, simple as it seems now, I think I have figured out how to incorporate ardupilot into this elevon jet. First, set up the TX with elevon mixing (AIL -> left, ELEV-right). Then set up ardupilot to use vtail mixing. Then take the RX AILE into the Ardupilot Rudder channel and the RX elev to the Ardupilot ELEV channel, then hook up the left servo to the ardupilot rudder o/p. Now take the ELEV servo to the Ardupilot ELEV o/p. Now when the mux is off you should have proper ELEVON mixing, but when the ardupilot is enabled, it will use vtail mixing, but will manifest it self as ELEVon mixing due to the swapped channels. Once proper servo movement is verified, then walah, you have a elevon mixing UAV. Testing is still required.
- At 9:09pm on July 27, 2009,
ModeratorSciFly said… - We all know Draganfly for their compact quad roto design equipped with multi band communications and paired with slick controllers. Well their UAV line seems to be expanding into fixed wing aircraft-albeit wih a unique spin. The Draganfly Tango is a multi channel video equipped bi-plane UAV with IR stabilization and gps navigation. Check it out here. It even appears to use elevon and 1/2 vtail rudder control Delete
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Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The third round was a reliablilty/aerial photography round for both planes and copters, which is now closed. Stay tuned for the next round, beginning soon.A list of all T3 contests is here.
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