Monday, February 20, 2012

Feb20

Researched creating flight plans for the autopilot
Still waiting on telemetry, should be in soon
Looked into controlling the camera servos with the autopilot, found that they cannot be controlled on the fly
Have to create a separate system to control camera servos

Monday, February 13, 2012

Feb13

Ran the interface for the autopilot again to double check still working
Talked with Eric about controlling the servos and camera using an Arduino Mini board
Looked into enclosure for autopilot board, one exists on store.diydrones.com

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Feb9

Installed the airspeed sensor
Connected the autopilot to Ardupilot Mega Planner and tested orientation and airspeed detection - successful
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNS1Pd4LLQM

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Feb2


  • Assembled autopilot 
    • followed steps from diydrones.com
  • Installed drivers so APM is recognized by computer, recognized on COM3
  • Downloaded Mission Planner 1.1.30
  • Ran APM Mission Planner, selected plane firmware
  • Uploaded new firmware
  • Need telemetry equipment to keep going, est ship date is February 29th
  • Need male header connectors to put airspeed sensor on