Turbine mounted onto Quadcopter

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Hi

I’ve mounted a small turbine to a quadcopter as a booster for lift (using BOOST function). Does anyone out there know how I can trigger the start sequence on the turbine without engaging the quadrotors?

thanks

mark.

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Nice! Can we see pictures? :nerd_face:
If you fly only with the booster, how are you going to achieve stability?
I think the idea is that the booster takes care of the lift, and the normal motors stabilize the drone. So I think that you cannot engage the booster only.

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TurbineBooster
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See image. I’ve changed to CubePilot now. Stability still quadrotors, additional lift via turbine throttled via booster function. Only problem, I can’t actually start the turbine safely via the boost function.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

thanks

Mark

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So, I created a simple Arduino sketch with a nano to control the turbine. So far works well simulated in flight. Next is to strap a turbine and go fly.

Feature request raised here: Arducopter - Booster Motor Start for Turbines · Issue #26410 · ArduPilot/ardupilot · GitHub