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AeroQuad Forums http://aeroquad.com/ The AeroQuad is an open-source hardware and software project dedicated to the construction of remote controlled four-rotor helicopters, also known as quadcopters or quadrocopters. en Thu, 17 May 2012 22:47:38 GMT vBulletin 60 http://aeroquad.com/images/misc/rss.png AeroQuad Forums http://aeroquad.com/ Necessity of the Barometer http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5461-Necessity-of-the-Barometer&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 22:31:04 GMT Hey Guys, Well, I decided that I will invest another $100 into the quad and wondered about purchasing a Barometer. As of right now, I have an... Hey Guys,

Well, I decided that I will invest another $100 into the quad and wondered about purchasing a Barometer. As of right now, I have an accelerometer and the Gyro, and I am quite curious on what the barometer does before I make a purchase. I have the old v2.0 shield, and i don't understand much of what any of the sensors do except that they help stabilize the soldiers.

What does the Barometer allow me to do? Also, along with the Accelerometer and Gyro, what do the three do in unison?

Thanks,

Zav ]]> General Discussion Zaveirich http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5461-Necessity-of-the-Barometer <![CDATA[Meetups & Fly-Ins]]> http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5460-Meetups-amp-Fly-Ins&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 22:18:38 GMT As recommended by Honk, I'm starting a thread to help those of us flying AeroQuads and other multicopters a place to possibly arrange meets.

So here's my first entry.

Is anybody going to the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend? I'm going and I'm thinking about taking some gear with me to do some flying (not at the Faire itself, but nearby, maybe up in the hills). And of course I want to hear Chris Anderson talk about "Autonomous Quadcopter Drones" at the Faire on Saturday. ]]> General Discussion xtrmtrk http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5460-Meetups-amp-Fly-Ins effects of vibration on components? http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5459-effects-of-vibration-on-components&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:58 GMT Hi all. I've been SLOWLY putting together my first quad and reading as much as I can. I noticed on the Cyclone frame that the ESCs have their own vibration isolated mounting plate and I wondered why that is. I understand that the sensors need to be damped and i've seen many UAVs with ESCs mounted directly to the arms, so I started wondering: (as it relates to a UAV for FPV and aerial photography)

1. Do the ESCs really need isolation from motor vibrations?
2. What components are most in need of vibration damping? or, put another way, if we listed all control-related components in order of their sensitivity to vibration (need for damping), what would that list look like?
3. what are the different effects and severities of not bothering to damp out vibrations for these components?

thanks! ]]> General Discussion ESGarriott http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5459-effects-of-vibration-on-components Futaba 8FG http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5458-Futaba-8FG&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 18:11:29 GMT I recently bought a Futaba 8FG because I no longer live with someone who owned a Spektrum DX6i... I got it all set up, got the dual rates and expos... I recently bought a Futaba 8FG because I no longer live with someone who owned a Spektrum DX6i... I got it all set up, got the dual rates and expos going, but I still was having a hell of a time flying. I tried tuning the PIDs a little differently but as you might imagine that didn't help at all.

I've now tried to do the TX calibration 10+ times and it simply sucks. Every time it calibrates, pitch and roll get centered somewhere in between 1460 and 1490. You'd think I could trim this away, but it turns out there's something screwy with the trims or the RX (Futaba R6208, comes with the 8FG). I set the step size of my trims to 1 so I could fine tune it as best as possible but no matter what I do, the trims still won't work.

If I trim roll/pitch upwards to get them closer to 1500, I can hit the trim about 7 times before it finally changes what the software is reading from the RX, but it changes it by 40+! Basically, I can't trim it one or two notches at a time, it simply doesn't do anything for the first few clicks and then all of a sudden jumps really far.

I've confirmed this is also happening with the sticks - they're centered at 1460 but as soon as I move the stick it jumps by about 40 and then acts normally. Basically, I can never get either the pitch or roll channels to read 1500. I turned off all my dual rates and expo to see if that was causing it but to no avail.

Honk - I know you use a Futaba T8FG, how in the world did you get it set up right? I can fly but it's frustrating having to correct all the time when sticks centered actually means 1460, not 1500...

Also, I've tried to turn off all the switches that I don't need and only assign things to the switches I want to use, but one of them is still doing something. Switch SE causes all four stick channels to jump around when I change it, and I haven't been able to find what setting this is. It's not Pitch or Throttle Curve, it's not dual rates, it's not any mixing... it's stumping me and is incredibly frustrating.

I knew setting this thing up would be more difficult than the Spektrum I'm used to but this is ridiculous - I literally can't get the sticks to center correctly and trimming seems to be useless. ]]> General Discussion wooden http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5458-Futaba-8FG Connector choice http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5457-Connector-choice&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 15:41:44 GMT Hi,

I just started building my first Aeroquad. Previous week I received my Cyclone frame, motors and propellers. Yesterday I received the lipo's, and the charger.

The lipo's are the ZIPPY Flightmax 4000mAh 3S1P 20C, which have HXT connectors?
The charger is the Turnigy Accucel-6, which has a XT60 connector.
And I am using the Daedalus Power Harness, which has EC3 connectors.

As can be seen, none of the connectors is matching, which makes charging and using the Lipo's a bit difficult... :D

Now I am wondering what is the best approach?
One option would be to use converters to connect the different connectors, another option would be to solder other connectors?

In case soldering other connectors is the best approach, what would be the connectors to choose? Should I solder EC3 connectors to the lipo's, or would it be better to solder a HXT connector to the Daedalus Power Harness? ]]> Power Systems yamahabest http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5457-Connector-choice Flight over F1 circuit (Valencia) http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5456-Flight-over-F1-circuit-(Valencia)&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 13:01:00 GMT Hi from Spain, using a Sony DSC-TX10 in a Quad DIY , with HK board I made this video over Marina Real (F1 circuit)... Hi from Spain, using a Sony DSC-TX10 in a Quad DIY , with HK board I made this video over Marina Real (F1 circuit)

Hope you like it ]]> Flight Videos antiguogrumete http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5456-Flight-over-F1-circuit-(Valencia) AeroQuad kit - Gaui 330X compatibility http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5455-AeroQuad-kit-Gaui-330X-compatibility&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 12:03:31 GMT I am thinking about using the aeroquad kit with arduino on a Gaui 330X Quad Flyer. Is it possible to use the ESCs, motors, frame that are already... I am thinking about using the aeroquad kit with arduino on a Gaui 330X Quad Flyer.

Is it possible to use the ESCs, motors, frame that are already provided in the Gaui package with an aeroquad kit + arduino instead of the built-in GU-344 kit?

Any ideas? ]]> General Discussion gmastoras http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5455-AeroQuad-kit-Gaui-330X-compatibility Configurator custom plot definition.jpg http://aeroquad.com/showwiki.php?title=Images:Configurator+custom+plot+definition.jpg&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 10:46:06 GMT Configurator custom plot definition Configurator custom plot definition

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]]> Images Airwolf http://aeroquad.com/showwiki.php?title=Images:Configurator+custom+plot+definition.jpg Configurator custom plot.jpg http://aeroquad.com/showwiki.php?title=Images:Configurator+custom+plot.jpg&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 10:37:47 GMT Configurator custom plot Configurator custom plot

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]]> Images Airwolf http://aeroquad.com/showwiki.php?title=Images:Configurator+custom+plot.jpg Maryhill Freeride Spring 2012 http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5452-Maryhill-Freeride-Spring-2012&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 08:29:39 GMT In downhill skating, this is one of the most coveted events because it allows riders to haul down world-famous Maryhill Loops Road in packs as large... In downhill skating, this is one of the most coveted events because it allows riders to haul down world-famous Maryhill Loops Road in packs as large as you dare. As one might guess, crashes happen often. I've only missed one of the 7 or 8 of these events, and I brought my quad and filmed a bit this last time.

This video is a compilation of half a dozen people's GoPro footage from the weekend, my quad footage, and some Canon 5D footage.

Enjoy!

]]> Flight Videos wooden http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5452-Maryhill-Freeride-Spring-2012 <![CDATA[My first video's]]> http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5451-My-first-video-s&goto=newpost Thu, 17 May 2012 01:54:47 GMT Getting better one battery at a time. Still ossilating a bit. http://youtu.be/pzVE9gwEmBI http://youtu.be/5kmtlV6VRXs Getting better one battery at a time. Still ossilating a bit.

http://youtu.be/pzVE9gwEmBI

http://youtu.be/5kmtlV6VRXs ]]> Flight Videos nick818 http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5451-My-first-video-s Forum Error http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5450-Forum-Error&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 23:11:30 GMT

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That appears at the top of the forum when I'm on the main forum page. ]]> General Discussion wooden http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5450-Forum-Error Flying in Rate Mode at last!!! http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5449-Flying-in-Rate-Mode-at-last!!!&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 21:25:06 GMT I've managed to get off the deck in Rate Mode at last.
Not the most skilful flying you will ever see but I'm chuffed.

I've been grounded now for a while having upgraded to V3 Sw and not being able to get it to work.
However I finally tracked the problem down to my Spektrum Rx which I have now returned for repair.
I installed an Orange RX which has much less jitter and I'm back in the air.
Nice and stable in Attitude Mode although I do still get a constant anticlockwise drift in yaw (used yaw trim to correct).
In Rate Mode it's much better and even in fairly windy conditions I've actually managed to get off the ground - and no broken props despite two upside down landings.

I was also testing my new undercarriage, thanks to who ever it was suggested using slices of plastic drain pipe, and it works really well - nice and springy and quite resilient.

Mike

Edit: Re uploaded video in correct format ]]> Flight Videos MikeD http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5449-Flying-in-Rate-Mode-at-last!!! Ever Present Danger, Pt 2: Flying Flesh Saws http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5448-Ever-Present-Danger-Pt-2-Flying-Flesh-Saws&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 16:48:58 GMT Name: ER_1.jpg
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Here's a few more pics:
https://plus.google.com/photos/10988...44660372380545

Higher or lower, forward or back, It could have been much worse..

So, Safety Glasses are a bare minimum now..

That and a flight buddy.. It's hard to operate a touch screen phone when your hands are covered in blood.

Is there a market for CNC/3d Printed/hotwire cut prop shrouds?

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]]> Pictures octovir http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5448-Ever-Present-Danger-Pt-2-Flying-Flesh-Saws Frame stock http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5447-Frame-stock&goto=newpost Wed, 16 May 2012 14:35:43 GMT Hello everyone, Please excuse me if there are any already-running threads about frame stock, but I am interested in starting a build, but both the... Hello everyone,

Please excuse me if there are any already-running threads about frame stock, but I am interested in starting a build, but both the Kinjal and the Cyclone frames are out of stock, is there an ETA on either one's availability?

Thanks in advance ]]> General Discussion shabby http://aeroquad.com/showthread.php?5447-Frame-stock