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Having trouble switching to autonomous; How to switch from RC control to GPS autonomous
Topic Started: Jun 28 2015, 10:10 PM (359 Views)
Ron666

Hi everybody, I purchased a RC Kyosho Blizzard (the Red coloured one) and I am interested in converting it to autonomous operation. I know that there is a chip called an ArduiPilot, but I am not sure that it would work with this model.

If it will work, how would I install it? I have very minimal electronics knowledge and I am scared to make a mistake. I heard that if some components are not installed properly, then some of the circuits could get fried out.

So I need help.

Thanks

Ron666

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FrozenRC
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Based on a quick review of the ardupilot, it could work on the blizzard however I see several caveats.

* You WILL require a mixing ESC like the sabertooth
* Space is tight, you may struggle with room inside chassis.

I have to ask however, why? Are you hoping to create a blizzard to autonomously plow your drive way?

If so they ardupilot won't do the job. It appears to simply allow a vehicle to travel from 1 gps location to another. This would not be detailed enough to "plow" a drive way.
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Ron666

Thank you FrozenRC for your response. So it appears that the Ardupilot would not be a good choice. But "Yes" I am still interested in getting the Blizzard to autonomously plow the driveway.

Are there any other options?

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Ron666
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You're going to have to get into some sort of micro controller development board like arduino and the likes and look at using sensors for proximity. I would say do some searches on instructibles.com for some initial thoughts and equipment needed for what you are looking to do.
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