Re: [Paparazzi-devel] paparazzi help

[dalton abur]

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.

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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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