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Windows 7 64bit and ConfigTool 1.4.14TDI

Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Mather Sep 18, 2010. 30 Replies

GWS C130 as a platform for Ardupilot?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Smith Aug 14, 2010. 1 Reply

Power Requirements

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Jim replied to Con's discussion 'Suitable plane in Europe' in the group ArduPlane User Group
+1 for the Multiplex Twinstar II, very easy to find both in your LHS and online, cheap, and can take a battering! Great for carrying loads if you do a simple brushless upgrade. Jim
Oct 7, 2011
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Jim commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'ArduPilot Mega home page'
Hey Guys.  Has anyone attempted to upgrade the chip on their APM1280 board to a ATMega2560 by hand soldering?  Are the boards the same other than the chip, or are there revisions to the PCB that make this direct chip replacement…
Aug 17, 2011
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Jim replied to Simone Chiaretta's discussion 'Which firmware for the Turnigy?'
I would totaly recommend the er9x firmware. It even has Ardupilot connectivitiy now.   Jim
Aug 17, 2011
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Jim commented on Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk's blog post 'UK UAV Drone Zone Meet June 2011'
Looking forward to it :-)
May 12, 2011
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Jim commented on Jim's blog post 'Alternative 868mHz transceiver for Europe'
@johann - wow, I didn't know 868 was banned in SA, I guess 2.4 is the only way to go if we are aiming for a common DIYd supported telemetryplatform outside of the US.
May 7, 2011
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Amilcar Lucas commented on Jim's blog post 'Alternative 868mHz transceiver for Europe'
It looks like the only European options are: RFM22, RFM 23 or twig. I have a couple of RFM23 modules, but had no time to test them yet.  
May 6, 2011
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Johann Van Niekerk commented on Jim's blog post 'Alternative 868mHz transceiver for Europe'
Hi Jim I understand your point of few but what you also must understand is that with new radio's cones we problems that the APM deb team hadn't taken into account and why will they if the biggest part of the community is running on…
May 6, 2011
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Jim commented on Jim's blog post 'Alternative 868mHz transceiver for Europe'
Martin, i'm just getting a bit fed up with digi, perhaps its time to look at their competition. 2.4ghz is never going to be the best solution for any of us, 868mHz is what we should be using to retain parity with our american cousins and free…
May 6, 2011

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Alternative 868mHz transceiver for Europe

Posted on May 6, 2011 at 5:06am 12 Comments

Hey Folks.

While looking around on the interwebs today for alternatives to the Digi Xbee 868 modules for use in Europe, I found this from http://www.rfsolutions.co.uk.  It's specifically the Tiny Pro with external antenna that caught my eye. (The…

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Twinstar APM takes to the sky!

Posted on April 20, 2011 at 10:03am 8 Comments

 

 

Today I flew my Twinstar with APM in the hotseat. It's the second flight I've had with it wired in, but yesterday I was only using the stabilise mode. It's been a couple of great days from a weather and wind point of view, so ideal for testing.  The Stabilise mode is lovely.  The Twinstar (mine has a stock power system) when it is trimmed up is a super stable platform anyway, so I'm not too surprised that stabilise didn't have a massive impact, but it was…

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First flight coming up!

Posted on June 18, 2010 at 2:42pm 8 Comments

Hey Guys.


Just wanted to let you know that after what seems like ages playing with wires and getting things working, it looks like we are about to take to the air for the first time with the Ardupilot and ArduIMU installed and active. 'We' are a team of three from the UK ( Jim, Paul and Iestyn) who have decided to get into UAVs for the engineering challenge.…
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Games tech of interest?

Posted on June 14, 2010 at 6:07am 2 Comments

Hey Guys.


I know some of this has been discussed before, but does anyone want to speculate on how interesting the MS project Natal (now called Kinect) and the rumour that there may be a 3D camera on the new Nintendo DS could be for amateur UAVs?


Would a 3D camera be useful to us? I'm guessing not really on a relatively high altitude (>10m) fixed wing airframe, but perhaps for multi-rotors it would be great. If the 3DS really does contain a 3D…
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At 11:20pm on August 2, 2010, space_nutspace_nut said…
Hey Jim,

You back in town yet?
At 4:02am on August 3, 2010, JimJim said…
Yes I've been back a while, and congratulations, those videos look ace. the NMEA parsing stuff looks really good. I've suffered all sorts of issues that have kept be back from this project, I am still trying to get a stable airframe to start flying with an ardupilot, I get about 1 hour flying time a week if i'm lucky :(

I've also spent some time trying to get to grips with android.processing.org, and have my first app running on the phone. Hopefully this may allow us to use a smart phone for a ground station one day.

I've been meaning to sit down and get to grips with GSvideo so I can reliably get the ground station video feed working, maybe I'll get time to do work on that this week. How have you been getting on, did you have any luck with arraylists?
Jim

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