"Thanks for your honesty! I'm willing to keep working! The 2 things that you did that really help was you where honest about the possibility you accidentally damaged the board. And second because you where honest about having a clone, we may…"
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Monroe Lee King Jr. replied to Dale Charnock's discussion APM Project vs DJI NAZA and WOOKONG" I disagree. Your entitled to your opinion. Have fun! Happy flying! "
Soko replied to Soko's discussion APM not uploading in Mission Planner"Thanks for all your help. It is a clone, but since your support is so great I will not be getting a clone anymore. :^)
I am definitely willing to try to see if we can get It working! Thanks again. I will go through the setup…"
Phil Ellerbroek replied to Matt Gunn's discussion Anyone successfully gotten their camera to trigger on waypoint?"MOre info.....
With 1.0 board, it had the relay. Then with 2.0, it had the built in GPS that was not U BLOCK. And then now the 2.5 has U BLOCK, but I don't know if it still has the relay.
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Monroe Lee King Jr. replied to Soko's discussion APM not uploading in Mission Planner"Damn so close!
Hummm. Interesting indeed.
Just for the record this is a 3DR Board and not a clone? I don't care either way but I need to know for troubleshooting purposes.
Let me think about this tonight and get back to you tomorrow.
The last…"
Phil Ellerbroek replied to Matt Gunn's discussion Anyone successfully gotten their camera to trigger on waypoint?"From what I understand, with APM going back to the 1.0, there was a built in relay and at every waypoint you could have the relay snap a shot via a servo. It may be the case that with the newer 2.5 board it no longer has the relay built into the…"
Soko replied to Soko's discussion APM not uploading in Mission Planner"Here is the screen shot of the reset."
Sayan Andriyanov replied to Dale Charnock's discussion APM Project vs DJI NAZA and WOOKONG"Even it's an open source, it doesnt mean that it has right to be be a crap. It's being selled by price which is definitely more than the prime cost. Chinese manufacturers sell APM 2.5 for $80 which is 1.5 to 2 times cheaper than at 3DR,…"
Chad Phillips replied to Riley's discussion APM 2.5 Extending The Log Capacity"For a more capable logging solution, you might consider this:
SSR-1 $149 http://www.slerj.com/ssr-1.html
Like OPENLOG and LOGOMATIC, it also uses microSD/SDHC. In addition, it…"
Mike T commented on Adam AKAV8R's blog post DJI has officially released the H3-2D Gimbal for $699!"$700!! ill stick with my $100 rctimer one thanks...."
Jeff Taylor commented on Jeff Taylor's blog post RTF Hexacopter from Event 38 - Aphex"Nuno, I just posted a tutorial on making the remote shutter cables for Samsung cameras here:
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/diy-samsung-trigger-for-apm"
DeveloperRandy replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Dany,
Ah, right. I missed the PID adjustment advice with this release discussion. Stabilize mode hasn't been modified (with the exception that the stability patch which only kicks in when the motors are…"
Oliver replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Well, I just had a verbal discussion with someone far more knowledgeable than I am about this. He explained some of the difficulties in moderating the actions of the aircraft in response to a particular GPS disturbance, or even differentiating…"
DeveloperRandy replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"Jo,
"shoots off in the wrong direction" means it must be your compass. Try doing this:
Move your APM up and away from power lines, power distribution board, ESCs.
Do the "Live Calibration" of your…"
denism replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Oliver, I was flying close to "Around Georgian Bay". It looks like half of abnormalities are in Ontario where I fly! What is the source of this anomaly information? Can you please post a link?
Thanks!"
Muhammad Al-Rawi commented on Adam AKAV8R's blog post DJI has officially released the H3-2D Gimbal for $699!"Hmm... Buy this, or buy a small quad and DIY the gimbal for the same price...
Noticed cogging here and there in the videos on their site, especially at the end of the second."
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DIY Samsung Trigger for APM
Posted by Jeff Taylor on June 18, 2013 at 5:06pm 0 Comments 3 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 5 Comments 0 Likes
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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Parrot releases GPS module for AR.Drone 2.0
Posted by Chris Anderson on June 18, 2013 at 1:20pm 5 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 1 Comment 4 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 …
Continue$250 disposable drones could monitor hurricanes
Posted by Chris Anderson on June 18, 2013 at 6:52am 8 Comments 3 Likes
ASME Podcast - How Drones Can Help Predict Tornadoes
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…
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A beginner's experience to the Copter world
Posted by Steve Monro on June 18, 2013 at 5:00am 8 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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I talk a lot about the FAA and such and my concern for our community so I thought I'd give everyone a look at what's going on in the sky from the view of the FAA. Explain some basic things about flight charts and flight planning.
You can get a look at what's going on above your head and plan better and safer…
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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 Authority, Graham Fire Department, Palo Pinto County Sheriff’s Office and Caddo VFD attended. Greg Ward, who has extensive experience with Channel 9 in Oklahoma City with video and audio reporting from aircraft, explained some of the capabilities. “The flexibility is endless, you can configure it a number of ways,” he said. The 4.4-pound aircraft can be equipped with forward looking video with a variety of possible lenses, infrared and thermal imaging among the options. He also said there are a number of options for flying the aircraft, from line of sight, to first person with a computer monitor, much like a video game to programming it to specific coordinates. “Flight time is generally two hours,” Ward added. “We’re putting auto pilots in all of these. It can return to the GPS location where it was launched, circles and waits to land.” Jerry Stuckey, the company’s CEO, said the aircraft is made on composite Styrofoam. “If something happens, if it runs [...]
NASA Tests Radio for Unmanned Aircraft Operations
NASA’s communications experts have begun flight testing a prototype radio as part of the agency’s contributions toward fully integrating civil and commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS). This particular radio is one of the first steps to provide the critical communications link for UAS pilots on the ground to safely and securely operate their remotely piloted vehicles in flight even though they are many miles — if not continents or oceans — apart. “So far the tests are going well and we’re learning a lot about how this prototype radio operates under various conditions, but we still have much more testing to do on this radio and others that will come,” said Jim Griner, a project engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Currently there is not a great deal of freedom for civilian uses of UAS over our nation’s skies. Police and firefighters, for example, must use off-the-shelf systems and fly under special Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approvals that restrict where and when remotely piloted vehicles can fly. “There are some pretty good limitations on those operations, but the work we’re doing to develop a new command and control radio for the UAS [...]
PSNI on G8 drones: ‘They actually look like big model aircraft’
THE POLICE SERVICE of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have revealed details about the unmanned aerial vehicles or drones they will be using during the G8 summit, which gets under way in Fermanagh tomorrow. As part of an unprecedented security operation at the Lough Erne golf resort near Enniskillen, the PSNI will be operating three of the unmanned aircraft over the next two days to give them an “eye in the sky” view of their operation. The drones will be used primarily for surveillance purposes during the summit and will deliver high quality images to police commanders. The PSNI will have 8,000 officers in the field over a 24-hour period with the existing force supplemented by over 3,600 officers brought in from police forces in England, Scotland and Wales. http://www.thejournal.ie/psni-g8-drones-953869-Jun2013/ Bookmark It Hide Sites
Trimble’s new UAS targets big survey, geospatial projects
Holding thumbs that the FAA will come through for them in 2015, Trimble unveils its latest wing. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based, publicly traded (Nasdaq: TRMB) Trimble, with $2 billion in 2012 revenue, uses positioning technologies – GPS, lasers and optics – to focus on applications requiring position or location, including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. Like the X100 but better Just like its predecessor, the Gatewing X100 – the market’s first commercial aerial imaging rover – incorporates mission planning, automatic field image acquisition and fully digital and automated image processing software. Trimble acquired privately-held Gatewing, a Belgium-based manufacturer of lightweight UAVs for photogrammetry and rapid terrain mapping, in April 2012. The UX5 carries a Sony NEX-5R mirrorless, 16.1-megapixel camera with a fixed focal-length external lens, which has a surface area nearly nine times that of the Ricoh camera carried on the X100, which was already 1.5 times larger than the biggest on the market at the time. The large field of view from the camera allows the rover to cover 50-75 percent more area to enhance efficiency and reduce operational costs. In addition to the increase in flight efficiency, the Trimble UX5 is capable of producing [...]
Washington’s $10B Unmanned Industry
By Rick Anderson Tad McGeer, multimillionaire godfatherof the state’s drone industry, was heading home the other day from his office in the rain-swept Columbia River Gorge town of White Salmon when he picked up his cell phone and dialed a Seattle reporter. In an earlier e-mail exchange, the reporter had asked about the growth of drone manufacturing in Washington, and McGeer had written back, “Are you jumping on the hype bandwagon, or do you want to discuss reality?” The hype he referred to was the drone-phobia that hovers over any discussion of unmanned flying vehicles, from the small model-sized planes that buzz Seattle neighborhoods to the multi-ton aerial robots that are used in war and prowl Washington’s northern border. To McGeer’s dismay, the public doesn’t seem to like them much—the airborne snoops fly right up and peek through your window, don’t they?—even though civilian drone use is growing and the Pentagon is expanding its drone air force, including four bases in the Evergreen State. Assured by the reporter that reality rocks, McGeer agrees to call. “I’ve got about a 20-minute drive,” said the 56-year-old Stanford aeronautical engineer, steering towards Hood River, Oregon, across the old two-lane toll bridge stretching three-quarters of [...]
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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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