JAB1a Posted October 17, 2012 Author Posted October 17, 2012 @plexer - Thats a bit of kit!, it would be good to hear your progress on the build, what type of frame configuration are you going to use?
plexer Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 At the moment I'm thinking an X quad I though that was a good price for that mega board and seems that the multiwii s/w works best with a mega now for the features but it gives me options to run most fligh software I think. Ben
pcstru Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 So you are using the Mega as the main controller and adding in some off board gyros?
plexer Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 So you are using the Mega as the main controller and adding in some off board gyros? That's the plan. Ben
JAB1a Posted October 17, 2012 Author Posted October 17, 2012 I am using Spekrum dx6i, its a great bit of kit for the price, Idealy I would of gone for a 8 or 9ch system to allow me scope for future projects but 6ch's do my quad fine, at the moment I am only using 5ch's, If i were using a plane for FPV then I would of gone for 8/9ch's for pan and tilt on the FPV camera. Im using a Rabbit Flight Controller which some reports are it uses stolen (/borrowed) code from MultiWii, so far I have found it to perform beyond my expectation and is so easy to setup/tweak. X configuration is the best for photography etc but I think + is more stable better for beginners. do you have any plans for your quad (fpv etc) or is it just a fun project?
plexer Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 I think multiwii is open source anyway so don't think there is a problem with code being used elsewhere unless it's no atributed. I found this 10 channel transmitter/reciever combo that looked a good price Devo 10 --- BuzzFlyer UK and with having a flexible flight controller I don't want to limit myself. I'm going to use it to patrol the school field with a camera feeding into our ip camera system <---- JOKE I'm quite interested in looking into using it for still aerial photography. Ben
pcstru Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 I found this 10 channel transmitter/reciever combo that looked a good price Devo 10 --- BuzzFlyer UK and with having a flexible flight controller I don't want to limit myself. Personally, while I have some Walkera kit for micro helicopters, I'd steer clear of their transmitters. They are not compatible with other 2.4Ghz stuff. For that money look at the Spektrum kit instead (Dx6i is about the same price).
JAB1a Posted October 17, 2012 Author Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) 10ch's! now thats the ticket. I have had a few Walker products before and always found their quality to be less than ideal but in the last year or so they seem to bounced back with some amazing gadjets, 3 position switch is an added bonus, the spekrum only has 2. Great price! @pcstru I think I agree with you, much prefer the Spektrum gear If you are thinking of towing up a DLSR etc into the sky I would suggest you go for the Hexacopter/Octocopter route, much more stable and can carry some very heavy loads. With regard to Rabbits code, well its a long story and I will leave it at this, they used some opensource code in their source code which they have not released and are selling it so they broke some licencing thing.......seems a very heated/touchy subject which I don't realy understand or want to get involved in so no more will be said by me Edited October 17, 2012 by JAB1a
plexer Posted October 17, 2012 Posted October 17, 2012 I only have 1 DSLR at the moment and I'm not currently thinking of sticking that underneath. Will revisit the radio gear when I get to that stage. Ben
JAB1a Posted October 18, 2012 Author Posted October 18, 2012 ideal have you got your other parts aswell yet? Baro, Mag, Gyro, Accl?
plexer Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Nope just the brain at the moment Looking at cheap wii controllers on ebay atm for the accl and gyro. Ben
pete Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Has anyone seen a follow-me quadcopter setup that works via GPS? Say you've got a guy on a bicycle broadcasting his GPS coordinates, quadcopter is launched and goes to his coordinates then stays on station following the bicycle until dismissed? (let's pretend there's no other objects for said quadcopter to fly into, for the moment)
plexer Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 this one seems to be tracking a light beacon but if you have a wireless telemtry link to the quad then I'm sure you could stuff it gps co-ordinates with some code mods. Ben
plexer Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Availale with arducopter AC2_FollowMe - arducopter - Arduino-based autopilot for mulitrotor craft, from quadcopters to traditional helis - Google Project Hosting Ben 1
Earthling Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Some really nice videos on this thread, and it all looks like an interesting, fun pastime. How is the video captured? Beamed back to a laptop on the ground or to a SDcard or what?
JAB1a Posted October 18, 2012 Author Posted October 18, 2012 the DJI Naza flight controller seems to have this function if your looking for it. The Naza seems to be an excellent FC, its position hold etc seems to be the best for under £200 1
pete Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Hmm, my excuses to not starting building one are evaporating. That, plus wireless charging on a landing pad would be pretty cool - like an airborne roomba. I shall name it skaffen-amtiskaw.
JAB1a Posted October 18, 2012 Author Posted October 18, 2012 @Earthling, cheers for the words, Im loving making the videos. Video's are all shot using my HD Extreme Cam which is attached to the Quad recording onto SD, the end goal (saving money) is Full FPV where you transmit the video feed to a pair of goggles or monitor to fly first person
Earthling Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Hey, thanks for the vids, thoroughly enjoyed watching them all. About the same feeling of serenity as watching a hot air ballon flight. I especially like the one from within the old keep, castle, tower, whatever........which I realise now, you must have done blind, as it were. I'm very, very tempted to have a go myself.......I need a new outdoor pursuit. Since I gave up refereeing, I've missed being outdoors, with a purpose other than playing in the garden with the grandboys.
plexer Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Loving the arduino got it hooked up to the computer in the man cave and playing tunes using a speaker I found in my box of cybot bits Ben
plexer Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 Going to play with hooking it up to the motor board on this little fella for now. Ben
JAB1a Posted October 19, 2012 Author Posted October 19, 2012 @plexer Great to hear its all working, have you done many projects with microcontrollers?
plexer Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 @JAB1a played aruond with some pics years ago but that was using other peoples code and integrating them kept meaning to look into picaxes but didn't get there. I also backed the digitemp arduino jobby on kickstarter so have some of them coming to play with. Ben
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