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Todd Nelson replied to Kevin Hester's discussion Andropilot - discussion for Android ground controller users/developers
Hex Air Robot posted a blog postHex demostrated in San Francisco
At HAXLR8R’s demo day, ten hot hardware startups presented their products after completing a 15-week accelerator program in Shenzhen China. The program is designed to help entrepreneurs with innovative hardware concepts and prototypes and help turn them into commercial realities.Yes! Hex is one of them! Here are some pitcures of the…See More
昆緯 柯 replied to 昆緯 柯's discussion Mission Planner MAV 1.0的simulation部分 in the group Taiwan ROC ArduPilot Group"我確定是穩定模式，我全都設成stabilize"
Assistant AdminJoshua Johnson commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Flight of a "Cyclocopter"
"Probably the same way as a traditional hex or quad by increasing and decreasing motor speeds."
Martin Seven commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Flight of a "Cyclocopter""Efficient or not, it definitely lacks the mechanical simplicity of a traditional brushless direct drive prop. Which means it's going to be heavier, less sturdy and more expensive.
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Manfred Dickgiesser commented on Jake Wells's blog post 1.2 Ghz FPV with 2.4Ghz control- Weekly Video #6"Great story
Next time you need these guys around ;-))"
DeveloperAndrew Tridgell replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.73 released
"For those of you struggling with the new ELEVON_OUTPUT option, I have added some docs here:
http://plane.ardupilot.com/wiki/arduplane-setup/first-time-apm-setup/reversing-servos-and-setting-normalelevon-mode/
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Johann Van Niekerk replied to Johann Van Niekerk's discussion APM 2.0 Died overnight! Flased both Mega2560 and PPM encoder and still dead !!!"No one ?"
Bill B replied to Toni Test's discussion Tips: APM and Arduplane"Thanks I'm in the process of installing a new 3D Robotics Ardupilot APM2.5 in my old T28. These are helpful tips. I have the basics working in stabilize and manual mode but still need to practice and get more comfortable before…"
Ryan Randels replied to Ryan Randels's discussion I'll Introduce myself - QAV400 Pilot With a Question!"Thanks Clint!
Unfortunately (well kind of, I'll explain in a sec) it looks like I found what the inherent issue with the setup was. For some reason my ESC was on its way out for some time now, what seems to be my last dozen flights. I thought…"
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Soviet87 commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Here's the page for local DIY Drones fly/meetup groups. Add yours (or make one)!"Southwest Virginia, Lenowisco-Drones
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Assistant AdminJoshua Johnson commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Flight of a "Cyclocopter"
"I've thought about the fact that a design like this would definitely work... But I am skeptical that its more efficient than a traditional hex or octocopter. "
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Andropilot - discussion for Android ground controller users/developers
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ArduPlane 2.73 released
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APM 2.0 Died overnight! Flased both Mega2560 and PPM encoder and still dead !!!
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Tips: APM and Arduplane
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I'll Introduce myself - QAV400 Pilot With a Question!
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Quadcopter Flight Control Board <$100
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Question about compass readings on APM 1 (1.4)
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Initial Tri Setup - No Yaw servo response
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PX4FMU lit on fire (with pics)
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APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released
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Maestro or Ardutracker for Antenna Tracker Servo Controller: PROS and CONS?
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Arducopter V3.0.0 RC Beta Feedback Thread
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Antenna Tracking Parameters
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Large Heli versus Large Multirotor - Which is Best in wind?
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Flight of a "Cyclocopter"
Posted by Chris Anderson on May 22, 2013 at 7:40pm 5 Comments 2 Likes
Every year or so, some research group posts a video of a "cyclocopter" flying. I'm not sure why (this article suggest they might be more efficient than traditional helicopters, and that people have been pursing them for a…
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Thirty Days (#16): More maker Faire
Posted by Joshua Ott on May 22, 2013 at 5:46pm 3 Comments 1 Like
DIY Drones at 39,000 Members!
Posted by Joshua Johnson on May 22, 2013 at 5:00pm 2 Comments 3 Likes
As is customary and traditional, we celebrate every new 1,000 members here and share the traffic stats. This time it's 39,000!
There were 2 million page views in the last month! (we get around 65,000 pageviews a day on average). It took us just 24 days to get this latest 1,000 members--we're…
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1.2 Ghz FPV with 2.4Ghz control- Weekly Video #6
Posted by Jake Wells on May 22, 2013 at 2:35pm 4 Comments 3 Likes
Last week(week 5) I tested out a new FPV system using 1.2 GHZ. It works great. The only problem I had was that it was locking out my 2.4GHZ control. So for the video I used my old 72mhz radio. Let's just call it glitch. It glitched me right into a patch of stinging nettles. So I ordered a low pass filter from Readymaderc.com. Then I commenced to building yet…
6 Modes on a Futaba T9CAP
Posted by Bryan Cherry on May 22, 2013 at 1:00pm 3 Comments 3 Likes
Here is how I got 6 modes out of my T9CAP 
Under AUX CH set CH 5 to Sw C
End points I set ch 5:GEAR to +/- 120%
Under Mix 1 Mix 2 Mix 3
MAS>…
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VR Copter X6+ VR Direct Drive Gimbal is coming ... the first fly ...
Posted by Roberto Navoni on May 22, 2013 at 3:25am 1 Comment 2 Likes
Dear Friends,
our Flight Teams beta tester star to test a VR Copter Fly Cam configuration. This is the hexa copter used by our beta tester for doing this video :
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Continue Hex demostrated in San Francisco
Posted by Hex Air Robot on May 22, 2013 at 1:30am 2 Comments 5 Likes
At HAXLR8R’s demo day, ten hot hardware startups presented their products after completing a 15-week accelerator program in Shenzhen China. The program is designed to help entrepreneurs with innovative hardware concepts and prototypes and help turn them into commercial realities.
Yes! Hex is one of them! Here are some…
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Data Bus mbed baseboards: Tindie Fundraiser
Posted by Bot Thoughts on May 21, 2013 at 2:30pm 0 Comments 4 Likes
Data Bus mbed baseboards are now available on Tindie as a fundraiser! I figured maybe some folks wanted to experiment with their own algorithms and want a head start on their 2014 AVC ground vehicle entry.…
ContinueThirty Days (#15): Maker Faire Bay Area 2013
Posted by Joshua Ott on May 21, 2013 at 1:00pm 0 Comments 9 Likes
The Ardupilot controlled transducer boat part 2
Posted by Burkhard rieck on May 21, 2013 at 12:00pm 8 Comments 6 Likes
As I already mentioned on the first page, mygoal was to construct a boat that could drive for at least 4 hours without charging while I could catch some fish :-). To reach that goal, my boat should weigh around 4 kg and the capacity of the batteries should be quite high. After a lot of searching in the internet, I…
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First flight for Triton
The Northrop Grumman-built Triton unmanned aircraft system completed its first flight May 22 from our facility in Palmdale, Calif. The flight, which was about 1.5 hours successfully demonstrated control systems that allow Triton to operate autonomously. Triton is specially designed to fly surveillance missions up to 24 hours at altitudes of more than 10 miles, allowing coverage out to 2,000 nautical miles. The system’s advanced suite of sensors can detect and automatically classify different types of ships. Bookmark It Hide Sites
Parrot AR.Drone 2.0, ‘Built for the elements’ The movie
‘Built for the elements’ is a non-standard movie filmed in slow motion – 1,200 frames per second – with a high speed Phantom Flex camera. A true technical challenge, it offers stunning images that feature the robustness and the power of the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0, definitely a one-of-a-kind quadricopter! The film will premiere May 22 on www.youtube.com/ardrone. The machine faced with the elements Lighting in chiaroscuro, a black set whose boundaries aren’t visible… The scenery is arranged. The singular shapes of the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 appear in a halo of light… Its engines pushed to their maximum, the quadricopter throws itself in a mad dash during which it has to brave the elements rising up in front of it, like water or fire… The extreme slow-motion enabled by the high speed Phantom Flex camera reveal the magical and fascinating spectacle of the sturdiness of the machine, faced with the elements: the flames sucked up by the rotational motion of the propellers; droplets exploding on its blades… The soundtrack, an astonishing metal rock version of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, highlights the beauty of the images and the power of the flying machine. Freeze frame To make such precise images, Parrot used, for the [...]
Russia to test drones to monitor wildlife and track poachers
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Officials say they’ll test unmanned aerial vehicles at a nature reserve on Russia’s Pacific coast this summer to monitor wildlife and crack down on poachers. “UAVs are silent and can fly at a very low altitude to produce high-resolution imagery and detect poachers, their boats and vehicles,” Alexandra Filatkina, deputy director for development at the Kronotsky nature reserve on the Kamchatka Peninsula, told RIA Novosti Friday. Images from the drones will not only spot trails left by poachers’ vehicles but can also spot illegal logging sites and waste dumps, she said. Officials said the drones will greatly reduce the cost of aerial monitoring animals like brown bears, reindeer and snow sheep. Last year, the South Kamchatka Federal Reserve spent more than $32,000 on monitoring brown bears alone, officials said. The drones, which weigh about 5 pounds and have a range of 40 miles, will be equipped with inexpensive cameras capable of taking a photograph every two seconds, Filatkina said. The test at Kronosky will determine whether they can be used in other wildlife sanctuaries across Russia, she said. http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/05/17/Russia-to-test-drones-to-monitor-wildlife-and-track-poachers/UPI-44531368820052/ Bookmark It Hide Sites
DreamHammer Announces First Commercially Available Software that can control any Drone or Robot
SANTA MONICA, Calif – DreamHammer announced the beta launch of its drone control software. Called Ballista®, the software is an intelligent control platform that for the first time integrates unrelated unmanned drones and robots from different manufacturers into one system. Ballista is poised to become the industry standard for drone and robot control software for the multi-billion dollar global unmanned systems industry. “Ballista® is designed to the highest military and safety critical standards but goes beyond military applications to work with all unmanned drones and robots. It is commercial off-the-shelf software, when applied to different industries — for example,transportation, logistics, agriculture, law enforcement, etc. — can be used to link multiple drones into one master system, all controlled by one person,” said Nelson Paez, CEO of DreamHammer. “A drone could be as simple as a farm tractor or as complicated as an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle or a satellite. It can be anything with a computer interface that is leveraging intelligence, technology and diversified control. ”DreamHammer, which had revenues of $6 million in 2012, has been licensing thesoftware and providing support to defense, intelligence, and homeland securitycustomers as well as their industrial base of manufacturers and integrators inadvance of the general [...]
Rocky Mountain AUVSI “Unmanned Aerial Systems – 2013 Annual Symposium”
Date: May 30th, 2013 Proposed Agenda (subject to change) 7:30 – 8:30: Registration 8:30 – 8:45: Opening Remarks 8:45 – 9:30: Keynote Speaker 9:30 – 10:30: Break/Expo 10:30 – 11:15: Presentation 11:15 – 12:00p: Presentation 12:00 – 1:30: Lunch/Expo 1:30 – 5:00 Presentation 5:00 – 7:00: Networking/Expo Where: Wings Over The Rockies Air & Space Museum 7711 East Academy Boulevard Denver, CO 80230 Register now for the Rocky Mountain AUVSI 2013 Annual Symposium. Join us and do some networking! Includes Lunch! There are a limited amount registrations available so please sign up ASAP. Please follow the link below (pay via PayPal). Admission: $65- AUVSI Member $95 – Non-Member $145 – Non-Member (includes AUVSI Membership) Sponsorships: $2,000 – Platinum Corporate (Includes short presentation, primary venue sponsor, name on main banner and advertising. Includes 3 emplyee registrations.) $1,000 – Diamond Corporate (Sponsorships available for: 1) Registration (Lanyards) 2) Beverages (coffee, juice, water) all day. 3) Lunch 4) Networking event. All the above includes a booth 2 emplyee registrations and printed advertisement recognition.) $395 – Gold Exhibitor Participant (Includes 2 emplyee admissions, booths space and attendace to all daily activities) http://www.auvsi.org/Rocky_Mountain_Chapter_of_AUVSI/Home/ Bookmark It Hide Sites
UAV news from Flight Global
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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