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This is the home for everything about amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Use the tabs and drop-down menus above to navigate the site. (About us/Site rules)
This community created the Arduino-based ArduPilot, the world's first universal autopilot (planes, multicopters of all sorts and ground rovers). The APM 2.5 autopilot hardware runs a variety of powerful free UAV software systems, including:
I'm new to all this--where do I start? Are amateur UAVs legal? (yes)
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Posted by Chris Anderson on June 18, 2013 at 8:00pm 6 Comments 1 Like
Designed for a duration of four days at 65,000 feet. The first flight was just 28 minutes and it sustained damage on landing, but otherwise the mission was a success. ]UPDATE: This was a year ago, sorry for missing that. It's taken several flight since then]
Via…
ContinuePosted by Jeff Taylor on June 18, 2013 at 5:06pm 1 Comment 6 Likes

In this post I’ll describe how to make your own cable to trigger the Samsung mirrorless cameras NX20, NX210 and NX1000. We’ll be using an ArduPilot Mega 2.5 to do the triggering but you can use any Arduino or even a soldered push button.
What you’ll need:
Posted by Adam AKAV8R on June 18, 2013 at 3:00pm 11 Comments 1 Like
Well the price has finally been released for the new DJI Phantom gimbal @ $699.00 and comes complete as shown below. The nice features are the ability to charge the GoPro while flying and the ability to output video to your video Tx all contained inside the arms of the gimbal. Full details …
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Posted by Matthew Schroyer on June 18, 2013 at 7:44am 2 Comments 5 Likes
Many of you might be aware of the situation in Turkey, where protests have been going on for longer than two weeks. Some of you on DIYDrones might also be aware that a man was flying a small RC drone above these protests, that is, until his aircraft was shot down by riot police.
I originally wrote about this on sUASNews,…
ContinuePosted by PX4 on June 18, 2013 at 7:30am 3 Comments 6 Likes
Our new video shows position hold (the position can be moved on the fly, so its actually full position control) using the PX4FMU autopilot plus …
ContinuePosted by Chris Anderson on June 18, 2013 at 6:52am 8 Comments 3 Likes
Posted by S.G. Sutter on June 18, 2013 at 6:30am 1 Comment 5 Likes
ASME presents a podcast on the application of small UAVs in the study of severe weather, especially tornadoes.
Here is the link to the ASME…
ContinuePosted by Steve Monro on June 18, 2013 at 5:00am 11 Comments 2 Likes
My dad likes remote control cars. My brothers like remote control cars. I like them too. As a family, we grew up playing with train sets laid out on the family dinner table. As kids we also used to enjoy playing with a “Thunderloop Thriller AFX Slotcar Set” and making things out of Lego. The things that typical boys enjoyed playing with.

So where do I begin with this flying journey? How about this last Christmas. It was the year of… strangely enough remote control…
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