Is there guide book for a newbie in here?

[j6789]

Hi,everyone, i am a newbie and interesting in Aerial photography.
i hope to see the guidebook for newbie in here.
Thanks.

[Feliksayk]

Here you go: http://carancho.com/AeroQuad/forum/i...hp?topic=232.0

[j6789]

Here you go: http://carancho.com/AeroQuad/forum/i...hp?topic=232.0

Dear Sir,

Thank you and i will read the information inthere.

[j6789]

Here you go: http://carancho.com/AeroQuad/forum/i...hp?topic=232.0

Hi,friend,
Your work is very good and it's content is all-around and clear. i will go on to learn it and
thank you very much!

[j6789]

Hi,Felix, i have read your message on 27 March and thanks.

[Feliksayk]

No problem!

[j6789]

Hi,Felix, thank you very much for you have send many message to me and i am interesting in your design and practice. If possible, please tell me how tall can your plane fly? Other, i hope to know the more message about your new plane.
Thanks.
Zhou

[Feliksayk]

The highest I've flown was around 200 feet (60 meters). I didn't have any FPV equipment on it, so going any higher would have resulted in loosing it as it become very difficult to see what is going on. You can check out the Pictures section to see the frame design. Good luck.

[genii6]

Hi,

I have read through your tutorial many times, each time providing me with inspiration, confidence and new insights. Its very well written and concise and I am slowly building up my tool/parts set to eventually build and fly this one day.

One of the features that are really important to a new pilot, is the hover ability. Has this feature been included with the sketch for the Arduino?

Another question, I have read through the xBee tutorial and was wondering if it is possible to forego the normal handheld transmitter and assume control of the Aeroquad using a laptop? Is it recommended?

My plan is to obtain and assemble the core parts (arduino, shields, ESCs, motors) first and try dry flying it without the frame. The GUI on the AeqoQuad configuration tool would also make testing easy.

Thanks!

[Feliksayk]

Hi,

I have read through your tutorial many times, each time providing me with inspiration, confidence and new insights. Its very well written and concise and I am slowly building up my tool/parts set to eventually build and fly this one day.

Hi Genii6. Thanks, good to know that it helped!

One of the features that are really important to a new pilot, is the hover ability. Has this feature been included with the sketch for the Arduino?

I'm assuming that when you say hover ability, you mean automatic hover with no user input. If so, then the answer is not 100%. After you build and test fly and tweak all the parameters, you'll still need to provide some corrective input to the quad when it is hovering, even in zero wind. This is because, currently, the quad is only utilizing gyros for stability. The gyros provide stability by making sure that the rates of rotation about the 3 axes are zero, but aside from them having small drift over time, there are aerodynamic effects which the gyros alone can not compensate for, at least for now. The stable mode is still under development, and when worked out, it should provide an auto-leveling feature which basically will keep the quad flat, correcting the gyros.

But if you build a good frame and make sure everything is working, you can get it flying very well.

Another question, I have read through the xBee tutorial and was wondering if it is possible to forego the normal handheld transmitter and assume control of the Aeroquad using a laptop? Is it recommended?

I can't say much on this, but a few people had that very same idea. I don't believe it has been worked out yet. I also don't think that the AeroQuad as of today would be safe to fly with a laptop as it is not being controlled by too many sensors, but only gyros. It is something that should be in the future though, where accelerometers, GPS, barometer, magnetometer should be implemented.

My plan is to obtain and assemble the core parts (arduino, shields, ESCs, motors) first and try dry flying it without the frame. The GUI on the AeqoQuad configuration tool would also make testing easy.

I don't think you'll be able to fly anything without the frame. You mean you'll have a temporary quick-build frame?

Felix