My UAV. Done... it flies autonomous! this is awesome!

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This is my new proyect, inspired by Jad Berro´s UAV, i started to plan my own....

 

i began to work on the airplane, it was a broken trainer that i have got from a friend....

List of electronic equipment:

Ardupilot

Shield with airspeed sensor.

Ardu IMU.

Xbee tx.

Xbee Rx.

Receiver.

Servos.

Camera.

Video transmiter.

Gps.

Electric motor.

Lipo Batery.

Lots of cable.

 

i need to know how i am going to make the tail, V shape or inverted V...

 

 

 

It is ready for the first test fly, i hope this sunday y will post a video ot it......

 

Have allready installed the pushrods and controll horns, installed the receiver and programmed the radio.....

 

now i am going to install another servo to move the camera (tilt).......

 

too much things on something that will fly!!!!

 

" Update "

i have got the on screen display from remzibi´s,  :-)

a friend sent me the video googles YEEEEAAAAA!!!!!

tomorrow some pics testing the googles........ i can´t wait untill the video Tx system arrives!!!!!!!!!

again,

too much things on something that will fly!!!!

 

jejejejejeje

my new patch antenna for video rx.

 

gonna be conected to my ground control station.

 

ardupilot testing....

 

 

all the electronics  !!!!!!!

 

everything there, ardupilot, gps, xbee, receiver, arduimu, shield....

 

 

flies autonomous on programed misions

  • Actuators / output devices: Servos, electric motor
  • Control method: radio control, Autopilot.
  • CPU: Ardupilot with Atmega 328
  • Power source: 4000 mAh 3s lipo
  • Programming language: C Wiring/assembler - Arduino
  • Sensors / input devices: multiple sensors to have speed, altitude, and position of the airplane
  • Target environment: outdoor
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/robots/show/my-uav-done-it-flies-autonomous-this-is-awesome
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wohoooo

Gr8 job ! cant wait to see it fly. should have good flight characteristics ! are the wings prefabricated ?!

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Its

it was a broken trainer from a friend… i had to repair and modify the structure at the same time…

was like this:

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I repaired the wings, made new ribs, changed some wood panels, also eliminated de hidedral, had to make a deep cut in the middle to get rid of the angle between them, glued them together with the needed reinforcements, in the fuselagem y made a cut afther the wing placement and made a new firewall to mount an electric motor in pusher position, also repaired the nose of the airplane in order to leave more space to install the electronics.....

made some changes on the horizontal stab, it became a v shape tail, cool!!!!!!

today i think i will start the covering of the airplane with Monokote...

also have to look for a landing gear for it.....

 

 

 

 

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That thing looks like it can

That thing looks like it can fly :slight_smile:

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That little iron in the picture…

Oh I remember the days of doing Monocote…

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Camera

Installing a mini dome camera…

 

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Are you hoping to have the

can you mention the system you’re using for video transmission?

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video tx…

http://www.rangevideo.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=35_36&products_id=67&zenid=244b0cd77d18aed28b6cb4a7860ae237

 

 

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new tail booms

have just got new pair of tail booms from the helicopters world!!!

 

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the airframe is almost ready to fly, i think this weekend will be testing and i hope to take good video and pics in the air...

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Hello Adventgps,its looking

Hello Adventgps,

its looking good.   I like the choice of the V-shape tail over the inverted V style.

do you follow DYIDrones.com ?   its a site for amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.   they also have a podcast.

I learned about them from the RobotsPodcast on iTunes.

good luck this weekend.   I hope you have someone to help you take video.

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hi there

nop, i dont have someone to help me take the video!!! if someone is interested!!! you are all invited jejejejeje

yes sir, the idea and the hardware is from diydrones…

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video googles arrived

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In Napoleon Dynamite voice…

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"Lucky!!!"

BTW, your UAV is looking muy bonita senor.

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Amazing so far ! it has been

Amazing so far ! it has been about a month now since i last worked on my UAV ! :stuck_out_tongue: Im working on the CNC now. Plane looks superb !

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Dude, you did it!!
Great
Dude, you did it!!
Great job. The video looks great. That camera and transmitter system is the best I’ve seen - no static or cut out at all. Was that transmitting to a Laptop on the ground, or recorded in the plane? Was the arduino playing a role there? What’s next, make the robot perform flight patterns like figure 8, or fly to waypoints to the 4 corners of the field, etc
Congratulations!
Ps. I see you found a camera man…

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glad you like it, but no tx…

today was the first day of testing the airframe, had to make some adjustments, a little change in the ballance point and hat to fix the motor incidence… then mounted a camera to record at leasr one fly…

this week i will be getting my transmition gear and autopilot systems,  the sistems includes telemetry, ground datalogging, ground recording of video, and odboard gps…

olso got the remzibi OSD!!! arrives in two weeks…

 

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Weee…

Nice job! That was really fast to the first flight.

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I agree. That came together

I agree. That came together very quickly. Nice work and great video montage.

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hello people!!!

let me tell you that the video goggles have a little problem and i am returning them to the seller…

the video tx system is here in my country… so its posible that i can make a FPV testfly this weekend!!! recording on my laptop…

maybe the ardupilot arrives this week…!!!

OSD on its way to Miami !!!

now i am looking for a patch antenna 8dbi 1.3 gHz…

and a video tracking system for the antenna…

 

 

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**gound control station **

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