Re: [Paparazzi-devel] paparazzi user edition?

[Tilman Baumann]

I think a lower hanging fruit and much more effective for beginners would be some ready to fly setups.

Clear straight forward hardware basis. Some cheap common airframe like from hobbyking that everyone can buy.
Straight forward wiring diagram and RC integration.
Parts that can be easily acquired everywhere (outside US).
And a pre-tuned airframe config that 'just works'™. Also with good annotations.
Perhaps a way to generate that from some 'meta' file which describes which functional blocks are used. (Telemetry type, IMU type)

Same for the GCS layout.

And perhaps some way of creating basic flight plans. Perhaps online with google maps...

I don't think the systems complexity is really a problem. Except for the 'get you going first' stage.
I'm not sure if it matters that it does not run on Windows. These days...


Ideally someone would start a kit business like diydrones. Where you can get functional units like pre-bound telemetry sets or pre-calibrated IMU.
All with the right wiring harness and so on...
There are quite a few drones or FPV shops. Has any of them ever voiced any interest?


On 23/05/12 04:04, wang yao wrote:

hi

i have been flied as a user for about 4 years,begin in 2008. At that time the project was the only one open source UAV in the world. i was so excited flying with it. and 4 years has passed,now there are more open source UAV project, they are easier to use,has better UI, config pages that you can quickly config your airframe. 

paparazzi project has a more powerful code,so i think if we can develop an user edition to make paparazzi easier to use for beginners? i think the user edition will have these features:

1. better GCS UI, that have everything needed on one screen. you can view board/airplane condition here. as well as  multifunction PFD

2. support for MAVLINK.

3. airframe/board config pages. you can config most popular Fixwing/Multimotor/Heli by graphical interface

4. different language support.

i have some picture of the openpilot gcs(attached files).

is paparazzi user edition possible in the near future? if so, what can i do to help?

Cheers

Wang

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