"You know a Kickstarter project is a great idea. Maybe we should start a thread with a RFC on the design.
- Cylindrical is a must.- Interchangeable lenses is a must.- Selectable zoom is a terrific idea...maybe via a receiver (servo) channel on…"
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Bruno Bedard replied to Tony's discussion Alt-Hold climbing, but can't find the sweet "P" spot"Hi Tony,
In the "Standard Params" near the bottom of the list, it's called "Telemetry startup delay (TELEM_DELAY).
Bruno"
FYP left a comment for Randy"Hi Randy.
i realy hope u all can help me for IR( sharp 2Y0A02) obstacle avoidance..
currently, im ussing APM2.0 and code arducopter 2.91 version.
im now facing problem in reading IR sensor...
under file, examples, AP_RangeFinder,…"
Brenden replied to Richard's discussion Using Flying wings for aerial mapping"Good to hear about 2.7.3 and the X5!
If you get a chance, let Tridge and Paul know. They seem to be appreciative and responsive to feedback.
I am still working with Skywalkers and Penguins for now but I am following your X5 progress. I'm having…"
Richard Thompson commented on JB's group Queensland"Angus,
My quad is running on 30 amp DJI Opto ESCS and my telemetry the same make as yours and on the same frequency.
I have found the RTL mode a great way of getting out of trouble as well as loiter when you just need a few seconds to orientate…"
Thon replied to Geoffrey Budd's discussion Initial Tri Setup - No Yaw servo response"make sure you have your receiver connected correctly to the apm. Channels 1-4 are for roll pitch yaw and throttle. I use 5 to control the mode. 6 and 7 control camera point on my gimball"
Dr John Lannigan replied to Dr John Lannigan's discussion Crius and twin rotor UAV"Thank you matthew, could you give me any more info or advice on this?
Im surprised that the Crius has support for every configuration apart from a twin rotor! However i did have this niggling doubt that this could be the case and i may have to do…"
DeveloperRandy replied to Craig Elder's discussion APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released
"Nice video! Now that's a nice open space to be able to fly in!"
Wiki NinjaGary McCray commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Hero 3 with interchangeable lens mount
"What are we mice or DIY'rs,
This is a GoPro Hero3 Black with an interchangeable lens mount.
It's not rocket science, come on get out there and void those warranties.
BTW John I agree that the form factor isn't ideal for us.
We really…"
Richard Boyhan replied to Frank Thingelstad's discussion Alt_hold and loiter acting crazy"Check you THR_MID parameter. The default value is 50%. It needs to be set where your copter throttle hovers. INS_MPU6K_FILTER should be set to 20. Your zAccel needs to be between -5 and -15. Enable raw in logs fly a short flight and hover for 10…"
3D RoboticsJoshua Ott commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Hero 3 with interchangeable lens mount
"Yeah, good point. We should all get together and reverse kickstart this. I agree to pay x amount of dollars for a camera optimized for micro aerial cinematography. Maybe a gimbal built into the design, remotely interfaced control, etc"
John Tomelevage commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Hero 3 with interchangeable lens mount"Thinking about it a little more I am not really a fan of the GoPro design format. It is still a box and is always a kluge to install in most airframes and not aerodynamic at all. I think the ReplayXD cylindrical design has a lot…"
"Nice drawing. A+
+1 on clipping/pulling the Red & Black wires from the Quattro OR just pulling JP1 to isolate the Output 5V from the APM 5V/Vcc section.
The APM supplies drive signals and very little current to the Quattro inputs.
The…"
3D RoboticsJoshua Ott commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Hero 3 with interchangeable lens mount
"I talked with them today. They are offering serious equipment, and should charge a lot for it. I don't judge their business strategy, I just want to own a camera like this, and it won't be long before that option exists for $5000, then…"
KANCHANA ATTANAYAKE replied to KANCHANA ATTANAYAKE's discussion Soanr MB 1240"Thanks a lot guys, will try and see today. will let you all know how it goes. cheers "
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Posted by Joshua Johnson on May 20, 2013 at 6:00pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Venturing Forward: The Sky’s Not the Limit for UAV Enthusiasts
By: Kevin Solar of DIYDrones.com (DIY Drones News Journalist)
We live in a uniquely dynamic age influenced heavily by technological advances surging in every direction. It’s a time…
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From TechCrunch:
DroneDeploy is a web-based drone control and management platform. (Let that…
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Posted by Joshua Ott on May 20, 2013 at 5:00pm 13 Comments 1 Like
My dream has come true: a GoPro with interchangeable mounts.
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ContinueThirty Days (#14): 12-rotor demo at Maker Faire 2013
Posted by Joshua Ott on May 20, 2013 at 2:30pm 10 Comments 4 Likes
Joe and Justin give the Maker Faire 2013 crowd a demo of their new heavy-lift 12-rotor creation -- including an example of flying with only six motors operational. The downwash from this monster could be used for clearing leaves off the lawn or removing snow from the driveway, in addition to keeping a large camera aloft.
Techpod + APM 2.5 test flight
Posted by wayne garris on May 20, 2013 at 1:47pm 5 Comments 3 Likes
Hey everyone,
Got a little free time to get out to the field and do some flying yesterday. got a chance to engage the APM and see what it would do.
I was able to try out stabilize and RTH modes. both worked pretty well. Had problems with the OSD and after the first flight, I was getting glitches from the right aileron servo. I could not track…
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Posted by Stefan Landström on May 20, 2013 at 1:00pm 3 Comments 3 Likes
The video below shows an Arduino Nano connected to an AD9835 breakout board, filmed by an 808 #16 mini-camera. It's cropped to remove my chaotic desktop if anyone notices that the resolution doesn't match the default for the 808 #16 cam.
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Interesting way to view a quad....
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Robot Magazine July/August 2013
Arxterra envisions Telerobotic Parks that can be explored from your living room, using your browser and the computing power that already exists in modern smartphones. High bandwidth wireless internet and rugged rovers "will intrigue and…
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Hybrid Penta Copter
Posted by OG on May 19, 2013 at 6:15am 15 Comments 5 Likes
This is a very interesting Hindered multi copter. I was thinking of this same concept using a weed waker motor on a large quad & kk board. But the guys in south Asia have beaten me to it. well it a nice job in any…
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3 axis Camera Gimble connections.
Posted by Jared Reabow on May 19, 2013 at 12:30am 23 Comments 6 Likes
NEW APM 2.5 Pin out and Wire Diagram And Camera Gimble explanation
Hey guys i recently got the APM 2.5, when looking at the pins, I saw A0 - A11 Pins werent being used and i did not know what they were for so i was googling and found a PDF that stated
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A2-Current Sensor – Attopilot
A3- Optical Flow…
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Drone aircraft help Grand Forks police fight crime
by Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio GRAND FORKS, N.D. — In the locker room at the University of North Dakota football stadium, a handful of people wait for an early morning rain shower to pass so they can test a small four-rotor helicopter on the football field. As the clouds pass, the crew of university researchers and police snap together the 3-foot-long, 5-pound helicopter in an unmanned aircraft training exercise designed to show how small drones can help fight crime. It’s flown by controls on a tablet-like device that also shows a live video feed from the drone’s on-board camera. Small drones could save police time and money, but privacy advocates worry they might also make it easy for police to spy on people. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/05/16/technoogy/drones-police-tool?goback=%2Enmp_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1%2Egde_115534_member_241711045 Bookmark It Hide Sites
X47 B Touch and Go
An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator conducts a touch and go landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), marking the first time any unmanned aircraft has completed a touch and go landing at sea. George H.W. Bush is conducting training operations in the Atlantic Ocean. Next stop, the full stop landing amazing. Last Fridays touch and go comes one week after the first catapult launch from an aircraft carrier and was the first touch and go by a UA at sea. Bookmark It Hide Sites
The sUAS News Podcast Celebrates – Dies Natalis
May 9th 2013 marked the one-year anniversary of the sUAS News Podcast Series. We celebrated the occasion (and 200,000+ downloads) by airing a special “Really Big Show”, or episode #48 recapping the highlights and ground covered from the past year’s 47 information packed episodes. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/suasnews/2013/05/08/the-really-big-show The entire sUAS News team takes pride in the popularity of the show and all of the positive feedback. The numbers imply that folks from outside of the UA Kumbaya campfire circle are tuning in to hear about the technology applications and end-user aspirations. The Podcast Series was introduced as an additional content vehicle (manned). sUAS News believes in giving the public what the public wants, and multi-platform information distribution appears to suit this busy and technologically diverse audience. The ethos was to do more than just produce some Cavett-esque interview program, we wanted to try and build a groundbreaking experience. Part of that goal manifested itself by bringing the audience into the field for applications and conceptual firsts. Some, of those live locations are places that most people have only read about or imagined going to in person, and no, I’m not just talking about Vegas. We were all there together as hosts, participants [...]
Unmanned aerial vehicles spur demand for advanced foams
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly in the spotlight in trouble spots throughout the world, but they are also finding increased use in civilian applications. In parallel, suppliers of advanced thermoplastics such as Sabic are addressing demands for aerospace grade materials that meet a number of stringent operational requirements. The UAV market has potential not only for military purposes, but also for civil aviation applications, including First Responder support, wildfire mapping, weather monitoring and telecommunications. It is predicted that, if the opening of the National Airspace to civil UAVs occurs in 2015 as planned, the market potential for UAVs between 2015 and 2017 will be around $13.6 billion according to the AUVSI Economic Report 2013. The U.S. military UAV market is similarly expect to expand in the coming years: a report conducted byMarket Research Media states that the U.S. military UAV market is projected to grow at a 12% compound annual growth rate, reaching $18.7 billion in 2018. The report finds that the U.S. military UAV market will generate $86.5 billion revenues over the period 2013-2018. With this market growth, there is an increasing need for advanced materials that will allow the range of UAVs to be extended and their air time to be [...]
Does Navy drone spell end of the Super Hornet?
By Tim Logan Something happened on the deck of an aircraft carrier off the coast of Virginia on Tuesday that could eventually ripple all the way back to one of the biggest factories in the St. Louis area. The X-47B took off. It was a “watershed event,” said the Navy’s head of aviation, the first-ever launch of an unmanned combat drone at sea. While the Northrop Grumman-built X-47B hasn’t yet stuck a carrier landing — one of the hardest feats in all of aviation — Navy officials think that’ll happen this summer, and they hope that by the end of the decade drones will be a big part of their air combat fleet. All of which raises some big questions about the future of the plane that makes up much of the Navy’s air combat fleet today: The F/A-18 Super Hornet. http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/does-navy-drone-spell-end-of-the-super-hornet/article_93958ff4-3776-5132-aedf-db363c1ee8fa.html Bookmark It Hide Sites
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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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