Usually you define your flight '200m to the north then 300m to the takeoff point', then visit many locations and launch many flights without even connecting to the laptop. You program it once per pattern, for example a box around the takeoff point.
What is the minimal UAV functionality, what do you think?
And then you have it programmed to the new target, in one minute. Cycle power, takeoff manually, flip autopilot enable channel 10s later and let it go.
But they do much more (since they fly smoothly and precisely over locations).
Because there is no way to tell just go there, it has no voice recognition.
If you want point and click system with a map, you will spend a lot of time preparing maps for the local area, since internet connection is rarely working. What works are handheld GPS Garmin Receivers, so typically you type some zig&zags at home then just go to the field and fly relative pattern.
At the levels of TREX600 with equipment. AP is 1KEUR, UAV 1.2KEUR. There are amateur projects, that never end, and the ppl that start them spend 99.9% time indoors on software debugging.
The autopilot is a kind of one-task computer hence the prices.
nice!!!!
pinzgauernorcal 1 year ago
It can go out of radio range.
Navigation manual, 'Return-home emergency management'
section discusses that.
krbosak 2 years ago
thats way cool, to complicated for me
rctestflight 2 years ago
Usually you define your flight '200m to the north then 300m to the takeoff point', then visit many locations and launch many flights without even connecting to the laptop. You program it once per pattern, for example a box around the takeoff point.
What is the minimal UAV functionality, what do you think?
krbosak 2 years ago
Minimal UAV functionality? i think just going where you program it to go. when its on auto pilot can you have it go out of radio range?
rctestflight 2 years ago
When talking about minimal UAV fucntionality,
you plug via USb to your laptop, open HyperTerminal, type (coordinates from google earth)
@@@WPTWRITE0:45.123455,12.3890123,200,0,0,0
200 is the altitude in meters.
And then you have it programmed to the new target, in one minute. Cycle power, takeoff manually, flip autopilot enable channel 10s later and let it go.
krbosak 2 years ago
wow thats complicated
rctestflight 2 years ago
What is your idea to make it simpler?
krbosak 2 years ago
i dont have one, i dont really know anything about the UAVs i just fly normal rc planes
rctestflight 2 years ago
UAV are more complex than RC planes.
But they do much more (since they fly smoothly and precisely over locations).
Because there is no way to tell just go there, it has no voice recognition.
If you want point and click system with a map, you will spend a lot of time preparing maps for the local area, since internet connection is rarely working. What works are handheld GPS Garmin Receivers, so typically you type some zig&zags at home then just go to the field and fly relative pattern.
krbosak 2 years ago
ya I bet they are way more complicated, how much is a simple UAV system?
rctestflight 2 years ago
At the levels of TREX600 with equipment. AP is 1KEUR, UAV 1.2KEUR. There are amateur projects, that never end, and the ppl that start them spend 99.9% time indoors on software debugging.
The autopilot is a kind of one-task computer hence the prices.
krbosak 2 years ago
have you ever flown out of sight?
rctestflight 2 years ago
yes, but in the US this would be illegal.
krbosak 2 years ago
ah ok, i live in the us
rctestflight 2 years ago