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MV Reddy replied to Pham Hoang Anh's discussion How to connect a RFD900 Long Range Telemetry with APM1"How to connect the ground segment to both antenna tracker and MissionPlanner?"
12-HAK commented on Hooks's blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking"The market will decide if the product is value for money. If its crap people wont buy it and word spreads very quickly in this sport.
3DR is a great company that has helped the sport but it isn't the only company that can. If another…"
Alex Snyder replied to Alex Snyder's discussion First time build and not sure why one motor won't spin"Thanks! I'll be sure to try and post back if anything happens"
Andy Little posted a discussionDIY Antenna Tracker
Hi everybody,I've been developing on an Antenna Tracker based around my Ardupilot Mega V1 for the last few months and am just about to start on Mk 2.The tracker is able to rotate continuosuly in azimuth. I wanted this feature so the tracker can be used for close range flying with low power transmitters.The telemetry on the prototype is acquired from the Ardupilot using Mavlink in exactly the same way as done by Minimosd. Hopefully will also be compatible with PX4 too. The data is then sent…See More
Hugues commented on Hooks's blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking"@12 HAK, I would agree with your argument at the ONLY condition that these alternate suppliers commit to a minimum level of quality. Otherwise these alternate suppliers are just damaging the image and the credibility of this very good opensource…"
Hugues commented on Matt Gunn's blog post Mapping Mission Ride Along"Nice, very nice. Love the gimbal on that plane. Can you explain again how you configured it to stabilize it ? You did not use the Hardware/gimbal menu of mission planner ? You used CH8 instead , how ?"
Bill Patterson replied to Craig Elder's discussion APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released"Do you have Sonar?"
Hugues replied to Frank Thingelstad's discussion Alt_hold and loiter acting crazy"Hello Prothorin,
I can also confirm that I had issues with the sonar 1260 that I finally removed for that same exact reason. Anyway the sonar is useless in practice. Theoritically it would be useful to increase altitude precision but only under…"
Hugues replied to Frank Thingelstad's discussion Alt_hold and loiter acting crazy"Hello Frank,
Check this post out, you will find examples of good anti vibes systems :
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/very-good-anti-vibration-results-with-following-apm2-5-mount-quad
In real flight, without balanced props (which is the case in…"
healthyfatboy replied to Martin Savonith's discussion Battery Monitoring could establish a permanent RTL mode you can't override"I posted a bug report on GIT and looks like Tridge already took care of it.
https://github.com/diydrones/ardupilot/issues/292"
JP Ashcroft replied to Terry Brooks's discussion Selling my APM 2.0 Mega on Xaircraft X650 Frame with Gimbal in the group UK Ardupilot Group"Hi Terry, Did you sell this kit yet?
If not, please let me know as I am very interested
Thanks, JP"
Euan Ramsay commented on Daniel's group Swiss Drone Group"I have a legal question for fellow swiss residents - do I need to be a member of a club to fly in CH? I have the liability insurance, but am not a member of a club.
Are there any special regulations for hobby flying I need to be aware of?"
DeveloperAndrew Tridgell replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.73 released
"Hi Iskess,
The current version of ArduPlane is not very sensitive to vibration at all. I've actually tried to maximise vibration with my planes to try to cause a problem and even with the APM hard mounted right next to a nitro motor with an…"
Hex Air Robot posted a blog postHex demostrated in San Francisco
The demo day was held at Autodesk.At HAXLR8R’s demo day, ten hot hardware startups presented their products after completing a 15-week accelerator program in Shenzhen China. The…See More
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How to connect a RFD900 Long Range Telemetry with APM1
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First time build and not sure why one motor won't spin
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APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released
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Alt_hold and loiter acting crazy
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ATmega32u2 firmware detect ?
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Battery Monitoring could establish a permanent RTL mode you can't override
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ArduPlane 2.73 released
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Mission Planner drops connection
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slight altitude climb in loiter and a PID question
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Now let's start the party: Skya 450 V2 with ArduFlyer 2.5 + u-Blox CN-06
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APM 2.0 wont power up from ESC's, only USB.
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I'll Introduce myself - QAV400 Pilot With a Question!
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Quadcopter Control-Function Layers
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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 0 Comments 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 1 Comment 2 Likes
The demo day was held at Autodesk.
At HAXLR8R’s demo day, ten hot hardware startups presented their products after completing a 15-week…
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.…
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Thirty Days (#15): Maker Faire Bay Area 2013
Posted by Joshua Ott on May 21, 2013 at 1:00pm 0 Comments 7 Likes
The Ardupilot controlled transducer boat part 2
Posted by Burkhard rieck on May 21, 2013 at 12:00pm 7 Comments 5 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…
The Ardupilot controlled transducer boat part 1
Posted by Burkhard rieck on May 21, 2013 at 12:00pm 1 Comment 5 Likes
In this blog I would like to share my experiences with my new project, an autonomous transducer boat, controlled by an Ardupilot.
After a long time of reading blogs, searching parts online and planning, I started my project. My plans are to…
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APM 2.5 from hobbyking
Posted by Hooks on May 21, 2013 at 11:33am 43 Comments 0 Likes
Hmmm Now hobbyking is selling:
ArduPilot Mega V2.5 Flight Controller USB/GYRO/ACC/MAG/BARO
72 USD for the hobbyking APM 2.5…
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Posted by Gisela & Joe Noci on May 21, 2013 at 8:52am 6 Comments 12 Likes
Some developments on 2.4GHz video link and 868MHz datalink antenna systems:
Measuring the 2.4GHz Antenna SWR
The Ground Tracking Antenna…
ContinueNew micro-cameras emulate insects' compound eyes
Posted by Chris Anderson on May 20, 2013 at 10:30pm 6 Comments 10 Likes
ROS, APM and the Kinect
Posted by David Gitz on May 20, 2013 at 10:00pm 3 Comments 4 Likes
For a University Robotics class I completed a project that integrates ROS (Fuerte), an APM and a Kinect Sensor.
For some reason all the text that I had written was lost when I posted this. I didn't really say anything besides what I didn't already say here: …
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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
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Environmental Monitoring
By Rodolfo Quevenco, IAEA Division of Public Information It’s a sight you don’t often see at the headquarters of the IAEA in Vienna. With a whirr of its 6 rotors and a puff of dust, a remote-controlled vehicle takes off and hovers above the heads of Agency officials and staff, and then flies along a pre-determined path. The cylindrical, clover-shaped aerial vehicle with a mounted camera on board is one of the latest breed of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) – commonly known as “drones” – available today. The demonstration was held as part of a consultancy meeting on the parameters for using UAVs for rapid environmental monitoring held at IAEA headquarters from 14 to 17 May 2013. The consultancy meeting was organized by the IAEA’s Physics Section within the framework of the IAEA Action Plan on Nuclear Safety. One of the aims of theAction Plan is to ensure the ongoing protection of people and the environment from ionizing radiation by facilitating the use of available expertise and techniques for environmental monitoring. The meeting was attended by environmental mapping and UAV experts from Germany, Japan, Switzerland and the USA to review and evaluate the current state of detector technology and methods, particularly in [...]
OSU Students Design Storm-Penetrating Drones
STILLWATER, Oklahoma - Engineering students at Oklahoma State University have designed storm-penetrating unmanned aircraft. School officials say the drones are designed to fly into thunderstorms, including the super cells that spawn tornadoes and obtain meteorological data vital for weather forecasting. “Oklahoma, along with many regions in the U.S., has to deal with severe weather year-round, but the often violent thunderstorms witnessed in the springtime are particularly worrisome,” said Jamey Jacob, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor who supervised the project. “Better prediction methods can save lives, but this also requires more data about how storms form.” The aircraft were designed by students in the school’s MAE department. The drones will collect information about weather systems that can be used for both immediate forecasts of the storm’s path and strength and for predictive models. Three teams of students, the Barnstormers, the Flying Honey Badgers and the Stormtroopers designed an aircraft with corresponding onboard sensors, ground control, launch and recovery systems that could be deployed from a catapult or unimproved surface, such as a dirt road. The drones are controlled by a pilot on the ground and relay data back to a ground crew. Bookmark It Hide Sites
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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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