Arctic UAVs: GoPro Flight

Sunday, April 10, 2011

GoPro Flight

Make sure to watch in HD and full screen

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JeffMay 9, 2011 at 8:17 PM
Here's the next step: "Drone's 2D photos converted to make 3D models" http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/05/drones-2d-photos-converted-to.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
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Acronyms and Terms

· APM- Ardupilot Mega board, commonly includes the IMU shield (also refers to the firmware loaded on the board)

· IMU- Internal Measuring Unit, Blue sensor board on top of the APM that contains a pressure sensor, 3axis accelerometer, a x-y gyro, and a z gyro.

· RTL- Return To Launch, a auto mode where the plane will fly to its take off location and loiter.

· Loiter- A mode where the plane will lock onto its current point and circle around it even in wind conditions.

· GCS- Ground Control Station, a program that runs on a computer to display readouts sent from the plane.

· AMP/APMP- Ardupilot Mega Planner, program that is responsible for loading firmware, flight plans, interfacing with Xplane simulator, and has a simple ground station.

· HIL- Hardware In Loop (simulator), a mode where a flight simulator inputs data to the APM which sends outputs to control the plane in the simulator, used for testing autopilot function.