It's been awhile since I've actually touched my project. More responsibilities at work and now enrolled in a business school makes finding time for 'real' work quite difficult. And by the way, I've been learning Android development for school (business school) so I might come up with an application for this project in the near future.
But nevertheless, I've had many chances to ponder on how I can speed up the development of this autopilot. It's been quite clear that flying a 2m glider is restricted to large fields which you have to drive to only when the weather is right. For prototype development, a slow turnaround for testing is your number one enemy. Trying to fly at work is also counter-productive because then time is taken off something work is not paying for.
So the decision made to change the platform upon which the autopilot is been tested. We went from 2m glider, 60cm glider and now we're going quadcopter. You may think what!!!!! You can't do that! I just did! Anyway, I figured the structure of the code will remain intact and might even be easier. So the only thing I need to do learn the art of building a quadcopter.
The challenge is going to be the response of the motors. By the looks of things the gyroscope will have it's work cut out but my reasoning is if I can make one that get's controlled by remote control, then the autopilot stands a fighting chance.
As a starter, here's an easy example to follow:
https://wiki.openpilot.org/display/WIKI/Basic+QuadCopter
Let the revolution begin!
But nevertheless, I've had many chances to ponder on how I can speed up the development of this autopilot. It's been quite clear that flying a 2m glider is restricted to large fields which you have to drive to only when the weather is right. For prototype development, a slow turnaround for testing is your number one enemy. Trying to fly at work is also counter-productive because then time is taken off something work is not paying for.
So the decision made to change the platform upon which the autopilot is been tested. We went from 2m glider, 60cm glider and now we're going quadcopter. You may think what!!!!! You can't do that! I just did! Anyway, I figured the structure of the code will remain intact and might even be easier. So the only thing I need to do learn the art of building a quadcopter.
The challenge is going to be the response of the motors. By the looks of things the gyroscope will have it's work cut out but my reasoning is if I can make one that get's controlled by remote control, then the autopilot stands a fighting chance.
As a starter, here's an easy example to follow:
https://wiki.openpilot.org/display/WIKI/Basic+QuadCopter
Let the revolution begin!
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