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Falcon F4 OpenPilot Nano compatible controller
« on: March 29, 2016, 03:04:46 pm »
I have tested a flight controller called Falcon F4 for some time and it has worked great. Up until now it has been mostly bench-testing while developing firmware and GCS in LibrePilot. I will use it in some flight testing as well now when the weather here in Sweden starts to get more humane and predictable :)

The hardware is compatible with OpenPilot Nano board but got the same form-factor as the normal sized boards.
Its not as cheap to buy as the Nano but it seems to be high quality.

Heres a link to the board: [size=78%]http://www.farwestrotors.com/[/size]


/Fredrik

Re: Falcon F4 OpenPilot Nano compatible controller
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2016, 04:34:04 am »
Our Falcon F4 flight controller is now shipping.  It is an STM32F4 based board with an MPU-9250 and MS5611 Baro.  It emulates a Revo Nano, but is a standard size 36x36mm, and has been tested with Libre Pilot.

http://www.farwestrotors.com/

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Re: Falcon F4 OpenPilot Nano compatible controller
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2016, 10:21:12 am »
I also tested the Falcon in a beta Version and it does a really good Job!
The Sensor noise floor ist really low and overall it seems to be nice and well done.
Unfortunatly I made a mistake and killed it during the basic flight tests...

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Re: Falcon F4 OpenPilot Nano compatible controller
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2016, 09:11:14 am »
This does look like a good alternate to OP hardware... I Assume the OP v8 and v9 GPS will work with this just fine?


I have tested a flight controller called Falcon F4 for some time and it has worked great. Up until now it has been mostly bench-testing while developing firmware and GCS in LibrePilot. I will use it in some flight testing as well now when the weather here in Sweden starts to get more humane and predictable :)

The hardware is compatible with OpenPilot Nano board but got the same form-factor as the normal sized boards.
Its not as cheap to buy as the Nano but it seems to be high quality.

Heres a link to the board: [size=78%]http://www.farwestrotors.com/[/size]


/Fredrik
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Re: Falcon F4 OpenPilot Nano compatible controller
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2016, 11:52:58 am »
Is there any reason why it is only the enlarged Version available?
I would like the small version for usage in micro helicopters.