Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Paparazzi for a Quadrotor

[Felix Ruess]

Hi Jean-Claude,

quadrotor support in Paparazzi is still work in progress. As you found
out the airborne software is found under
paparazzi3/trunk/sw/airborne/booz . So far navigation is not finished
but you can fly the quad manually (and do some basic waypoint
following I think).
This page is a bit outdated but you can see some of the airframes:
http://groups.google.com/group/booz-dev/web/todo?hl=en
A new autopilot/IMU/GPS combination was developed for the Booz2 quad
as seen in the pictures on the booz-dev group. The hardware files can
be found under 
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/paparazzi4/trunk/hw/booz/?root=paparazzi

Sorry, we don't have proper documentation yet... In July I'll start
writing some up.

Cheers, Felix

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Jean-Claude Zunino <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello all,
> This is my first message here.
> I am French and discovered recently on the web UAV models and Autopilots for
> amateurs.
> I like electronics projects and have also in the past practiced a little R/C
> models( not a lot of airplanes ...)
> I found the "Paparazzi" open source autopilot and was very impressed by your
> work.
> Congratulations to all the persons who worked on this project.
> Although I am more an "hardware" than "software" guy, I have some basic
> skills in programmation/software(like Linux for example...)
> I think you system is very powerful and has a lot of great features.
> I am surfing on the Web to gather and learn lot of interesting and exciting
> skills involved on such a great project.
>
> I would like to build a quadrotor and use Paparazzi autopilot for it.
>
> I looked on your wiki and only found a few references to quadrotors :
>
> - a summary and some nice pictures of the "Nova" quadrotor from Anton
> Kochevar
> I sent an email to him to get building plans and information's.
> - 2 others users in Europe
>
> X-MicroDrones Paris, France Tiny 2.11, Quad-Tilt-Rotor VTOL 2008 Wiring
> completed, first flights soon... We're trying to adapt Paparazzi to a
> Quad-Tilt-Rotor VTOL able to perform both airplane-like and helicopter-like
> flights. Working on inertial measurement units implementation
>
> FelixR Edinburgh, Scotland Booz2 quadrotor 2008 remote controlled flight,
> working on Kalman Filter
>
>
> I would like to ask you the following questions :
>
> I was able to see in the source code the "BOOZ" section under
> paparazzi3/sw/airborne/
>
> 1)Is the latest version of Paparazzi software supporting Quadrotors ?
>
> 2)Are all the features supported ?
> If not,  could you please describe which are the ones I can use ?
>
> 3)Could you explain how to use and connect an IMU to the Tiny V2.0 ?
>
> 3)I saw in the HW section of CVS that you developed 2 years ago (if I
> remember well ..) an IMU for Paparazzi.
> Do you plan to release an open source HW IMU soon or do you recommend to use
> a DIY IMU ?
>
> 4)Do you have some documentation , even if it is preliminary or draft
> for all aspects of  Paparazzi usage with quadrotors  ?
> I am thinking about flight simulation if available, tests and validation of
> the IMU, user guide or workbook......etc...
>
> Thanks in advance for your time reading my long message and for your help to
> get me started.
> Best regards,  Jean-Claude
>
>
>
>
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