"With using Paparazzi opensource http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/AR_Drone_2/getting_started it flew quite nice, quite speed from point A to B. Will try with more wind > 5Bft and see how it behaves then"
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Nick Arsov commented on Nick Arsov's blog post Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper"Yes, indeed...the AUAV3 is performing awesome... :-)"
Christian Konecny replied to Dave C's discussion Arducopter Tuning Guide"Mine is covered. I found some comments/statements from randy somewhere concerning exactly that behavior:
"The descent on forward flight is I think a barometer effect. if you increase the inav_tc_z to 7 instead of the default…"
Brian Boomgaard commented on Brian Boomgaard's blog post SolarSight, The University of Michigan SolarDrones UAV"Hey Ludovico,
Had a look at your plane, looks like an interesting design. In our teams history we've had some wings with removable trays where the solar cells were below a clear film similar to yours, recently disassembled them to get the cells…"
Muhammad Abdul Hadi left a comment for Mazlan"Ahlan wa sahlan ....... wa marhaban......ya akhi
in other words.....
Welcome brother :) hehehe
Masha Allah I am glad you accepted the invite bro.......now we can learn together :)"
Mitchell Yazdani replied to Mitchell Yazdani's discussion What do I need to start"What is the difference between
http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__9090__Turnigy_20A_BRUSHED_ESC.html
and
ArduCopter ESC 20 Amp
There is a big price difference?
"
DeveloperR_Lefebvre replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Excellent, thanks."
Sean Headrick commented on Nick Arsov's blog post Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper"That plane had a beautiful autonomous flight at the AVC"
LTMNO replied to Jon von Weymarn's discussion Telemetry to Turnigy 9X (with FrSky FLD-02 Telemetry Display Screen)"Gentlemen, I am very excited to read this thread... Thanks a million for putting the hard working in making this happen. For months now I have desperately been seeking this solution for the IO Board and FrySky. I will upload the latest…"
Monroe Lee King Jr. replied to Mathieu Hingant's discussion Hexacopter ESC 5 and 6 do not want to arm."Hake sure your throttle value drops below 1000 in radio config and recalibrate."
LTMNO replied to Anderl's discussion er9x Frsky firmware, What is displayed?"Bill, thanks for pointing me in this direction.... I needed this life line...
Cheers!"
Waladi replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Thanks Randy for the issue raised, hope it will be fixed soon."
Daniel Allen commented on Glenn Anderson's blog post How to succeed without really trying"Do those foam arms flex easily? If so, that would be an amazing fluke that your quad is able to fly.
Am I jealous that your first was so easy? Yes. But great work, I learned a thing or two. I also started with that silly…"
Stephen Gienow replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Randy put a screenshot in the OP of the default PIDs."
DeveloperRandy replied to Maqbool's discussion Quad does not take off in auto mode in the group ArduCopter User Group
"Bertzil,
I don't think the hover throttle is the cause of the rough landings. It's more likely that the alt hold is not working well because it needs to be tuned better or because the frame has a lot of…"
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Telemetry to Turnigy 9X (with FrSky FLD-02 Telemetry Display Screen)
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Hexacopter ESC 5 and 6 do not want to arm.
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er9x Frsky firmware, What is displayed?
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Hardware in the loop simulation
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ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released
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APM 2.5 2.9.1 loses altitude in alt hold mode when yaw input applied.
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Digi XTend & APM
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Px4 Testing
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How to succeed without really trying
Posted by Glenn Anderson on June 19, 2013 at 6:00am 2 Comments 3 Likes
My quad is flying better than it should. I almost feel guilty.
I slapped together a frame in a few hours. I use cheap props mounted on long shafts with cheap collets. The motors are not precisely aligned to the frame. The props are not balanced perfectly. Motor centers form a rectangle not a square. APM is strapped to the frame. I never bothered to calibrate compassmot. CG is not in the center of the…
Continue Printing (tiny) batteries
Posted by CrashingDutchman on June 19, 2013 at 4:33am 0 Comments 4 Likes
Novel application of 3D printing could enable the development of miniaturized medical implants, compact electronics, tiny robots, and more. It will probably take a while before this will be used for the hobby markt, but I though the story is nice enough to blog about it.
Continue3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the…
Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper
Posted by Nick Arsov on June 18, 2013 at 11:30pm 7 Comments 0 Likes
Hi Everyone,
AUAV3 is now at a reduced price of $94.95 for a limited time.
There are several dedicated developers and most of the cool new features are at least in a beta form. We would like to see more users trying these boards and features. Also recently, 2 AUAV3's flew…
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Boeing's hydrogen-powered UAV takes first flight (last year)
Posted by Chris Anderson on June 18, 2013 at 8:00pm 6 Comments 2 Likes
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…
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DIY Samsung Trigger for APM
Posted by Jeff Taylor on June 18, 2013 at 5:06pm 2 Comments 7 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:
- Any 2 or 3 wire cable – I use a 30cm Futaba servo extender which I cut the female end off…
DJI has officially released the H3-2D Gimbal for $699!
Posted by Adam AKAV8R on June 18, 2013 at 3:00pm 14 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 …
ContinueParrot releases GPS module for AR.Drone 2.0
Posted by Chris Anderson on June 18, 2013 at 1:20pm 8 Comments 3 Likes
Man whose RC drone was shot down over Turkey protest returns to the skies
Posted by Matthew Schroyer on June 18, 2013 at 7:44am 3 Comments 7 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,…
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PX4FLOW Position Hold Beta and Source Code Release
Posted 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 …
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ETURNAS UAV at PAS 13
LE BOURGET, FRANCE: June 19, 2013 - Design Intelligence Incorporated, LLC (DII) and MicroLink Devices, Inc. (MLD) today announced the development of a new solar-optimized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called ETURNAS. The ETURNAS UAV weighs less than nine pounds and uses a reconfigurable solar wing…
Piaggio Hammerhead at PAS13
Visiting Paris airshow for the first time the Piaggio Hammerhead is certainly the most dashing UA entrant. Based on its existing manned platform the Hammerhead is a fast high performance machine as one might expect from the Italians. The Piaggio…
New Pix4DPartner‐ and Sponsorships
While Pix4D’s currentDesktop software Pix4uav isthe perfectsolution to convertUAV imagery into geo‐referenced 2Dmosaics and 3Dmodels, Pix4D’s goal isto keep on innovating and developing technology that can push the limits of 3Dmodeling even further. The current version of Pix4uav is used…
Bill Seeks to Restrict Drones
JIM PROVANCE SOURCE: THE BLADE, TOLEDO, OHIO June 18–COLUMBUS — If unmanned drones are going to hover over Ohioans’ heads, state law has to catch up with them, a lawmaker argues. State Rep. Rex Damschroder, the Fremont Republican and pilot, has…
UAS demonstrates potential of unmanned aircraft for wildfire use
Mark Engebretson Owners of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, based in Oklahoma City, were at Possum Kingdom Lake Saturday demonstrating unmanned aircraft that can be used over wildfires. Held at the Possum Kingdom East Volunteer Fire Department, representatives from the Brazos River…
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Maritime Heron UAV supports European airspace trial
Europe has advanced a project to prove the feasibility of using satellite communications to enable UAS operations in non-segregated airspace ...Brazilian navy begins UAS evaluation
The Brazilian navy has begun to evaluate two Israeli-made unmanned air systems for maritime surveillance missions ...Indian air force to launch micro UAS evaluation
The Indian air force is to evaluate several micro unmanned air systems from around 10 companies in early May ...VIDEO: Eurocopter demonstrates unmanned EC145
Eurocopter has unveiled an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV), based on its EC145 light twin, which has been in development since September 2011.Israeli F-16 downs another Hezbollah UAV
An Israeli air force Lockheed Martin F-16 has shot down an unmanned air vehicle launched from Lebanon by Hezbollah militants ...
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