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james sowell commented on Brian Boomgaard's blog post SolarSight, The University of Michigan SolarDrones UAV
Duffy replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Great upgrade!
I could tell it was going well from take off, nice and straight (never happened before)
Much easier to place in hover (it was tricky before, would either climb or decent)
it was windy but it felt very well placed in the air (but…"
Artem commented on Tommy Larsen's blog post Skywalker X8 - Video and Telemetry via 3g internet"Thanks Tommy, what i am trying to do is to setup raspi as a cellular router with an ethernet port for an IP camera and use its serial GPIO to connect to APM. this way raspi will act as mere router, most of the processing will be done by…"
Jim Townsend replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"OK, thanks.. I did read the opening info in this thread.. I got caught up with the compassmot thing and missed the check video.
So.. In the house, connected to my computer, it arms just fine. The Mag Field is…"
Soko replied to Soko's discussion APM not uploading in Mission Planner"Okay, thanks for the help. Let me know what you come up with! :^)"
Tom Pittenger commented on Nick Arsov's blog post Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper"@Phil, whoops, yes I meant Direction"
OG commented on OG's blog post 3 Axis Brushless GIMBAL system & Steadicam for Pro Users ARDUCOPTER, Hoverfly, CINESTAR,"
Here are some more pics for my setup :)"
Tony replied to Tony's discussion Communication Issue - Need Help!"Hi - No not clones. Its the real deal. I don't know if we got a few bad ones - but it seems weird that we have 4 separate systems all doing the same thing. I do have one that is working fine. But the others are…"
OG commented on OG's blog post 3 Axis Brushless GIMBAL system & Steadicam for Pro Users ARDUCOPTER, Hoverfly, CINESTAR,"
Here are some pics for my set up of the :
3 Axis Brushless GIMBAL system & Steadicam for Pro Users"
Kristoff Grospe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Interesting-sounding drones conference in NYC in October"DARC has opened registration. You may register at http://droneconference.org/register. DARC has also extended the Call for Proposals until June 30, 2013. Submit your proposal at http://droneconference.org/proposals"
"I think your decision for an FT Anycopter is a good start.
Please continue breathing. My document won't be ready in your time frame.
FT Anycopter -- Type #1 (in case you were wondering).
-=Doug"
"With boxcopters, Hcopters, stickcopters, Anycopters, and now NoodleCopters that makes me wonder if...
A thousand monkeys went into a thousand hardware/DIY stores and bought a thousand random items (and a thousand random purchases from the 3DR…"
James W Powell replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"adjusted THR_MID, same error, I honestly do not know how to read the log files, but here it is none the less"
Phillip Kocmoud commented on Nick Arsov's blog post Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper"Monroe, can you provide data to back up your claims? I am very interested...Tom, DCM = Direction Cosine Matrix?"
"Do you have a build log? Ive been thinking about making an APM RVJET."
Stephen Gienow commented on Glenn Anderson's blog post How to succeed without really trying"Glenn, would you mind weighing a length of noodle, along with a length of tape and rod? I'd like to calculate the arms' weight in grams per centimeter."
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ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
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APM not uploading in Mission Planner
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Communication Issue - Need Help!
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Advantages to types of frames?
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DM X serial to PPM
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Changing firmware resets everything to defaults?
Started by Ty in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Jonathan Hair 1 hour ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes
why is the height of the 3dr 915 mhz antenna the same as the 400ish mhz antenna? (3dr telemetry)
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IP video display in APM Mission planner
Started by keith soldavin in APM Mission Planner. Last reply by Nathan Moses 2 hours ago. 48 Replies 2 Likes
Preloading maps to APM Planner
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Vibration Isolation and Dampening of APM / PX4 for version 2.9
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ArduPilot 2.5 Return to home
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N00B Questions
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No images on Arducopter wiki
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Unable to arm firmware 3.0
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UAS demonstrates potential of unmanned aircraft for wildfire use
Posted by Thomas J Coyle III on June 19, 2013 at 12:07pm 1 Comment 1 Like
RVJET with autopilot APM 2.5
Posted by jim C. on June 19, 2013 at 8:30am 3 Comments 2 Likes
hello everyone, after two weeks of settings and adjustments, the achievement RVJET fly with APM 2.5 in auto mode
Flying weight: 2750 grams
autopilot: APM 2.5
Motor: 3020 1110kv scorpion
prop: 10x6
Battery: 1 x 5000 + 1 x 3000
firmware : arduplane 2.73
How to succeed without really trying
Posted by Glenn Anderson on June 19, 2013 at 6:00am 14 Comments 7 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 5 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 15 Comments 2 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 8 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 15 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 9 Comments 3 Likes
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Unmanned aircraft training goes on the road
By HEATHER R. SMITH AMRDEC Public Affairs To train operators of the unmanned aircraft Shadow, Hunter and Gray Eagle, the Army uses Institutional Mission Simulators, which are mockups of the ground control stations from which aircraft are operated in the…
GA-ASI and Fokker Team to Offer Predator B to the Netherlands PAS13
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Fokker Technologies, a leading specialist in advanced components…
Unmanned Research
A new organization called Unmanned Research has recently been formed in an effort to address the current void in standardization and approach to legalization of the UAS industry for civilian applications. The FAA has been stagnant for almost a decade…
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…
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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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