I finally got around to re-assembling my QAV500 quadcopter with my Graupner receiver. Custom compiled ArduCopter 2.9 with hott-for-ardupilot modules and ran through the new calibration procedure.
It took about 5 minutes to do the auto trim setup once I had it outside, but after that it flew amazingly.
Project Hexa - Dual channel RGB LED strip flight+battery status module.
This is an arduino pro mini 16mhz with 6 PWM outputs coupled to an ULM2803 8 channel darlington array. This will power 2x 3 LED strips for each of the arms of the hexacopter. The channels will be
Project Hexa - Minor tweaks and 2nd flight!
Wrapped some electrical tape around the ESCs and wiring near the motors, this should cut out some airflow vibration that was happening, it will also make things a little more water resistant.
Did some PID tuning on the APM side of things.
Project Hexa - Maiden Flight!
Finally got things assembled, and firmware built with the HOTT modules (no GPS support, still causes random disarming).
Terrible first flight, to be expected, nothing has been tuned. But at least I now have a baseline.
Project Hexa - Quicky before i leave on vacation update.
Got the new graupner radio gear in place and somewhat tested. Basic telemetry data from APM over HOTT is working after much fussing and commenting out of code (GPS telemetry update method causes stack to wonk out and disarm everything)
Project Hexa - Almost completely assembled. This is an ATG-700-AL frame, with Ardupilot Mega 2.5.
Camera gimbal is assembled and works. Motors/ESCs have all tested well too. I think ill try and take it out for its maiden flight at lunch today!
Project Hexa - Rebuild!
After many many months sitting in pieces, I have started to assemble this again. I decided to rewire everything to make it super tidy.
Yesterday I received my black friday specials from 3DRobotics. I now have everything assembled with the new goodies and its looking good!
This includes the APM2.5 case, i had to mod this to allow for the extra headers I installed for UART access, and so that I could continue
More tweaks to the QAV500 platform. I moved all the electronics up to the front, this allows me to stick a battery on the top if need be. After my ESC timing changes I had an excellent flight today.
PIDs are 2.8.1 defaults with motor size medium (0.
Cleaned up my QAV500 quadcopter during lunch today.
Due to the size of the ESCs I am using (40a 6s capable), they do not fit in the intended space, and Initially I had them between the dirty (where the motors are) and clean (noise isolated for camera/controllers) platforms. However,