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I just realized that this project uses R/C servos for steering, and ESC (fwd/rev?) for the drive motor. My old truck frame has neither! I can probably swap out the simple DC steering motor; but what's a
good ESC to…"
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APMRover 2, a fun UGV project for full autonomous recon missions...
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 2:30am 232 Comments 12 Likes
Hello to ALL, the new firmware for APMRover v2 has been tested successfully on my rover on may 1st, 2012 on full autonomous reco mission following a navigation plan. This new release of the APMRover v2 works on the APM v1.4…
ContinueFull autonomous Cross Country Soaring flights with the ThermoPilot v6.x
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 5:34am 45 Comments 15 Likes
Full AUTO-AUTO LANDING with the ArduCopter v2.4xp with a Quadcopter and an Helicopter.
Posted on February 20, 2012 at 12:30pm 33 Comments 6 Likes
Here some videos samples of 8 full AUTO-LANDING tests flights that I have done with the firwmare ArduCopter v2.4xp1 (JLN mod). I have updated the official ArduCopter v2.4 firmware with a special Auto-Landing mod that I have developped and tested successfully in the previous…
ContinueFull autonomous slope soaring with the ThermoPilot v5.2
Posted on February 12, 2012 at 9:23am 36 Comments 11 Likes
Here a video a the latest firmware of the ThermoPilot v5.2 (2012 version) which uses a new algorithm (MLA) tested in HIL mode on Xplane v9.70 during a full autonomous slope soaring flight in high mountains. The ThermoPilot is a full enhancement of the ArduPlane v2.28 which adds the Thermal Hunting capabilitie and some…
ContinueArduPlane v2: Full autonomous flight HIL simulation of a Nimbus 4m electro-glider drone
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 1:59am 31 Comments 5 Likes
Here a video of the test of a Nimbus 4 meters wingspan electro-glider piloted by the firmware ArduPlane 2.28xp1 (updated version with a JLN mod). Test done in HIL mode with the AeroSIM-RC v3.83 simulator connected through the AP Mission planner v1.1.30 on an ArduPilot Mega board v1.
Test Mission…
ContinueArduCopter with the APM v2: Long duration LOITER test (GPS position Hold) with the firmware v2.2 B4xp1
Posted on January 25, 2012 at 1:14pm 10 Comments 3 Likes
Here a video of a long duration LOITER (GPS position Hold) with my QRO quadcopter piloted by the ArduMega v2 board and the firmware ArduCopter v2.2 B4xp1 (with JLN mod). The flight is very stable and secure.…
ContinueArduCopter in Action - Flying an Helicopter in HIL mode
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:17am 12 Comments 1 Like
Here a video about the HIL tests of the firmware ArduCopter v2.2 b2xp2 (with JLN updates) with an Helicopter in H1 mode (Raptor 30 type) on the AeroSIM-RC simulator.
The tested features are:
- STABILIZE mode,
- LOITER mode (GPS position Hold),
- RTL (Return To Launch),
- AUTO mode (GPS…
ArduCopter in action: Testing the QuadCopter (HIL mode) on X-Plane v9
Posted on December 30, 2011 at 6:34am 59 Comments 6 Likes
ArduCopter in action: Testing the QuadCopter (HIL mode) on X-Plane v9
Here a video a the ArduMega board (2560 or 1280) with the firmware ArduCopter v2.1.1b (JLN update for X-Plane) connected on the X-Plane simulator throught the APM Planner in HIL mode. The QuadCopter QRO has been modelized for X-Plane v9.0 (or greater) so as get a closest replication of a true QuadCopter UAV.
This is a very good method for testing all the features of the ArduCopter…
ContinueArduCopter v2.1 firmware: Full test flight
Posted on December 18, 2011 at 4:55am 5 Comments 3 Likes
In this video you will find a full test of the ArduCopter v2.1 that I have done with my QRO (Quad Rotor Observer) done on december 17, 2011.…
ArduCopter V2 in Action - Full navigation in AUTO mode
Posted on December 10, 2011 at 1:57pm 13 Comments 3 Likes
Here a video of a full autonomous navigation in AUTO mode of the QRO (Quad Rotor Observer) with the firmware Arducopter v2.0.56a. The waypoints have been recorded in flight with the Switch on Ch7.
Successful tests of modes: ALT_HOLD, LOITER, AUTO, WP_SAVE, STABLE, SIMPLE.
The heading is locked with the help of a 3 axis magnetometer, the altitude is only locked by a barometric pressure (no…
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Ardupilotdev: Private developpement on ArduPilotMega
You will find some private developpements and improvements based on the ArduPilotMega developped by Chris Anderson and Jordi Munoz at:
http://code.google.com/p/ardupilotdev/
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KM6VV commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post APMRover 2, a fun UGV project for full autonomous recon missions...KM6VV commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post APMRover 2, a fun UGV project for full autonomous recon missions..."Hello Jean Louis,
Just found this project, after following Ardupilot for heli for a while. I would like to use an Arduino Mega and a 9DOF Razor IMU (SparkFun)
9DOF IMU
Along with a 66 Channel LS20031 GPS 5Hz Receiver, also from SparkFun…"
Franco Borasio commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post APMRover 2, a fun UGV project for full autonomous recon missions..."Hello Jean-Louis,
I've made tests with last version, but the situation isn't changed.
With slewrate=1 the car go backwards for 4 meters and after very very slowly become to go forwards, if you rise the value, the proportion is: less…"
DeveloperJean-Louis Naudin commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post APMRover 2, a fun UGV project for full autonomous recon missions...
"Hello Robert,
Good news about the update of Mission Planner by Michael Oborne, I shall soon test it with the Xbee telemetry on my rover.
Regards,
Jean-Louis"
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