Hi Everyone.

I would like to share my experience using navio+ as flight controller.

At first when discovered navio i was a little skeptic if this board could really be as good as it looks. I read all the documentation over at Emlid.com and i finally decides to order one for testing.

When i got my hands on this board, i immediately fell in love. Nice layout and solid connectors and at last, this board fits beautifully on top of the RPI.

Then i installed Real Time Kernel for RPI and Ardupilot. Installation went painless, just following theirs instruction line by line.

An important note! You dont need to be a linux geek to get this going. Everyone is able to put this togheter.

After the installation is complete, you can launch anyone of the supported vehicles:

• APMrover2
• ArduPlane
• ArduCopter-quad
• ArduCopter-tri
• ArduCopter-hexa
• ArduCopter-y6
• ArduCopter-octa
• ArduCopter-octa-quad
• ArduCopter-heli
• ArduCopter-single

Typical ArduPilot start command:

sudo ArduPlane -A udp:<GCS_DYNDNS>:14550

Then just use Mission Planner and connect using UDP option.

So after several days with bad and ruff wheatear, the sun was finally shining and i immediately packed up for maden flight.

Today i was flying for 60min using Navio+ as flight controller and 4G for video and telemetry.

I have one word; Awesome.

My aircraft Skua FPV was rock solid after running Autotune function.

My setup:

• Navio +
• RPI 2
• 4G USB Cellular adapter
• Logitech C920 webcam with gstreamer
• Logitech Gamepad F710
• GCS ( My Laptop with Mission Planner )
• Airframe Skua FPV

This brilliant board keeps everything in one piece, specially when using 4G / 3G cellular. There is no need for extra converters as i used before with APM or pixhawk in conjunction with RPI.

I simply connect the 4G usb to RPI2 and start the Ardupilot with UDP telemetry option. Simple as that.

Guys at Emlid currently works to get the Odroid-C1 support for Navio+ .

APM autopilot port for Navio+ currently works with:

• Raspberry Pi Model A
• Raspberry Pi Model B
• Raspberry Pi Model A+
• Raspberry Pi Model B+
• Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

I will post an « HowTo configure RPI, Navio+ and Cellular network » at my website: UAVmatrix.com

So for those of you that are skeptic, try it. you won’t be disappointed.

Emlid gives you great and fast support at theirs community section.

Regards

Bernt Christian Egeland