It sounds daunting Ari given my knowledge of programming and software is absolutely minimal. If I was to purchase an APM2.5 I would probably have to buy an electric v-tail glider as well to test it out before launching with the rocket glider. Sounds like quite a bit of money.I have an APM 1 and an APM 2.5. I'm unimpressed with their ground station software. Programming a mission, even something as simple as "glide to this point and circle it until you get to 50' AGL, then fly a straight line on a bearing" is beyond my programming ability, and I am a software engineer by trade with a graduate degree in cognitive science. Ari.
I would probably have to buy an electric v-tail glider as well to test it out before launching with the rocket glider. .
Or I could put a balsa v-tail on my Easystar.
Warning: I brake for invisible squirrels
Here is the video of the glider. Unfortunately the flight is over pretty quickly, but the glider and booster both came down intact. I should have applied some left rudder to pull the glider out of the spiral and prolong the flight. The question is how to improve the design and get more altitude? It was launched with a G80-4t (cost around $60)and got to 616ft so that is a lot of money for a short flight. Obviously I need to look at trimming down the weight and streamlining the deign but an RC rogallo glider is always going to be a reasonably heavy payload. [video=youtube;B_B3rSx0-bQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_B3rSx0-bQ&feature=youtu.be[/video]
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