Re: [Paparazzi-devel] paparazzi help

[antoine drouin]

I think you'll save yourself time, money and frustration by starting
with a small foam plane before switching to your big vehicle. You
could get familiar with the autopilot on a zagi before mounting it on
the big plane.
Poine

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:55 AM, dalton abur <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Thank you very much for the information and the clarification.
> The purpose of my project is research and it the plane would need to be able
> to carry some heavy payloads and go long distances so I really have to be
> sure i have something that will work. I would have wanted to start with
> smaller planes but I have restrictions from the sponsors and will therefore
> need a lot of help especially with paparazzi since I have already bought
> one.
> ________________________________
> From: Stephen Dwyer <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 2:21:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Paparazzi-devel] paparazzi help
>
> Hello,
>
> While Paparazzi is fantastic, I will list some other commercial
> autopilots you could compare as well, as you requested. It looks like
> you are planning a fairly large project. What is the application?
> (Commercial, research, hobby....)
>
> Micropilot: http://www.micropilot.com/
> I personally have used the MP2128g. Small, fairly easy to integrate,
> nice and stable hardware, lacking in software stability and ease of
> use, good support if you can afford it. Fairly good performance and
> reasonable feature set. I have flown it on a few 10+kg aircraft, once
> tuned it worked well. This is my opinion, others I am sure have had
> different experiences.
>
> Cloud Cap Piccolo: http://www.cloudcaptech.com/
> Used in commercial and military UAVs, has export restrictions, pricey
> but proven, I have seen a variety of university student teams use it
> successfully in the AUVSI SUAS competition.
>
> Procerus Kestrel: http://www.procerusuav.com/productsKestrelAutopilot.php
> Never used it.
>
> Attopilot: http://www.attopilotinternational.com/
> Never used it. Newer company, based on Parallax Propeller multi-core
> processor, best to look elsewhere for thoughts on its use and ground
> station etc.
>
> There are others, but I can't think of them off the top of my head.
>
> -Stephen
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Reto Büttner <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>> Hi Dalton,
>>
>> sure Paparazzi can. The larger the plane, the easier for the
>> autopilot. Time constants are longer and devices can be larger and
>> heavier. The paparazzi easily handles Y-UAV (12kg) and UMARS (25kg):
>>
>> http://www.imes.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/imes/projekte/leichtbautechnik/umars/projektbeschreibung.html
>> www.y-uav.com
>> http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/Gallery
>>
>> I hope you are aware of the effort needed to build and operate a large
>> size plane. If you have no experience in autopilots start with small
>> planes.
>>
>> Cheers, Reto
>>
>> 2011/2/15 Dalton Abur <address@hidden>:
>>> I need some help on the paparazzi
>>> can the paparazzi handle uav with the following specs
>>> 1. wingspan 4m
>>> 2. range > 100km
>>> 3. altitude > 3500m
>>> 4. weight approx 60 kg
>>>
>>> Also can someone  please recommend other commercal autpilots that can
>>> handle
>>> this
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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