RCU Forums - View Single Post - Autopilot!!!
Thread: Autopilot!!!
View Single Post
Old 10-03-2008 | 09:34 PM
  #6  
cmoulder
 
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,819
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: Ossining, NY
Default RE: Autopilot!!!

ORIGINAL: Toxic_G

I am a computer person myself thats how i found picopilot because i was making my own autopilot then i saw that. So i thought it would be easire to mod that instead of scratch building a pilot.

In that case, my advice would be to get the N + A version and forgo the T board (throttle) because the T and A tend to "fight" each other. Simpler just to set the throttle level where you want it before enabling PP.

If you plan fly out of TX range (not that I would recommend it), you MUST use a PCM receiver and have the failsafes set up correctly - neutral for control surfaces, PP enabled and throttle level at the desired setting - and you must do a lot of testing within TX range to make sure these are optimal and correct, or your sizeable investment may just fly away. If using a Futaba RX, you must also use the inline servo buffers because otherwise the signal pulses will "step on" each other.