This is a compilation of the best moments from many flights I have done at my local flying club with my homebuilt APM quadcopter this summer. Some parts of the video is FPV flying but most parts is noral visual flying. The quad has a homebuilt gimbal made out of wood, which is a little bit to soft, causing some vibration problems. Therefore I have cheated and stabilized almost the entire video in post production to make it look smoth.
My setup:
- 3DR APM 2.6 flight controller with GPS, Current sensor and telemetry.
- AX-2810Q-750KV motors.
- 13×6.5 Carbon fiber propellers.
- Turningy Multistar 30A opto ESCs.
- Zippy Flightmax 8000mAh 3 cell LiPo battery.
- Quanum 2208 gimbal Motors.
- Martinez Open Source gimbal controller V3.
- Cheap board-camera from ebay for FPV.
- GoPro Hero 3 camera for video recording and FPV.
- Hobbyking 3CH video switch.
- Hobbyking GoPro FPV Lead.
- Hobbyking 15cm Reinforced plastic Undercarriage.
To quadcopter weighs about 2 kg. I can fly for almost 15 minutes on a 3 cell 8000mAh. It hovers at 40% throttle and it climbs very fast while applying full power. The fuselage is built out of balsa coverd with Oracover. The quad is eciped with a FPV-system and a homebuilt stabilised 2 axis GoPro gimbal.
I use the APM 2.6 flight controller which I am very satisfied with! Overall the Ardupilot feels like a very reliable system to fly with. It has lot of failsafe features and a really good battery monitoring system. I use the Droidplanner app with telemety on my phone which I have in my pocket when I fly. The app reads out loud battery status for every 10% discharged, as well as which flight mode is active whenever I change mode. When the battery remaining drops below a threshold I have set, the copter automatically returns home and lands itself regardless of flight-mode and how and where I fly.
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