Members

UDB Members and Our Planes

This is a repository with some info about the pilots and planes in the UDB community. It's fun to learn a bit about each other, and it can be very useful to be able to learn from each other's experience when setting up a new plane.

MatrixPilot is able to control a wide variety of airframes. To help us make sure the code keeps working correctly for lots of different configurations, it helps to know who's able to test what kinds of planes. So if you're up for helping us test, let us know a bit about your plane/s and we'll add you to this list.

Member
Plane
UDB, TX, RX, Other HW
Config Overview
Problems? Solutions?
Firmware Version
Config Files

Ben Levitt (Mountain View, CA)
Multiplex MiniMag
Red Board, Spektrum DX7, Spektrum AR6100, XBee 900
Standard Airframe. Inverted. Inputs: Throttle, Aileron, Elevator, Mode, Rudder. Outputs: Throttle, Aileron, Elevator, Rudder, 2nd Aileron.
UDB Gyros pick up some RFI from the XBee.
current trunk
ben-minimag-options.h

Ben Levitt (Mountain View, CA)
Multiplex AcroMaster
RedGreen Board, Spektrum DX7, Spektrum AR6100, OpenLog
Standard Airframe. Inverted. Hovering. Inputs: Throttle, Aileron, Elevator, Mode, Rudder. Outputs: Throttle, Aileron, Elevator, Rudder, 2nd Aileron.
Problem: It crashed at the SparkFun AVC, so it needs rebuilding...
current trunk
ben-acromaster-options.h

Sid
Custom made glider type airframe with Rudder + elevator (hand launched)
Red Board, Futaba 9Cap, Thomas Schurrer UHF rc, Remzibi OSD, Video Tx 2.4 Ghz / UHF rx Antenna converted from flexible wire to rubbuer duck
Standard Airframe. Inputs: Throttle, Elevator, Mode, Rudder. Outputs: Throttle, Elevator, Rudder.
NO major issues yet.. Have flown this setup more then 65 hours... Maybe more... I am still using [r141] version on my airplane and I find it is very much reliable.. I can have coffee w/o looking at her when while she is doing RTL overhead till the battery lasts. NO Joke I actually do that sometimes. I am successfully using same battery to power motor , udb and my video gear by adding some ferrite rings w/o any problems.. NO degradation on the range etc.. Perhaps I have enough distance to keep things apart.
[r141]
sid-custom-options.h

Tom Posey - Dedadz (Santa Clara, CA)
Multiplex Easy Star
RedGreen and Red Board, Futaba T7C, XBee 900, I2C magnetometer, ArduPilot GroundStation, EM-406, Oilpan
Standard Airframe, Brushless motor, Inputs: Throttle, Elevator, Rudder. Outputs: Throttle, Elevator, Rudder
Bleeding edge is fun - problems are opportunities. 32 hours flying with UDB!
current trunk
varies all of the time