Octocopter chasing an airplane
Chasing a plane, doing some high speed low passes and flying far to test the homemade CloverLeaf and Skew-Planar Wheel antenas. Subscribe for more vídeos, ju...
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3D RoboticsJustin Cunningham commented on Jeff Taylor's blog post RTF Hexacopter from Event 38 - Aphex
"awesome stuff Jeff! I dig your aerial shots!"
pattersonimages commented on OG's blog post 3 Axis Brushless GIMBAL system & Steadicam for Pro Users ARDUCOPTER, Hoverfly, CINESTAR,"OG. I want to order one. Can you post a video of the gimbal in action holding a canon 7d / 5d3 ? or similar weight"
Phil Ellerbroek commented on OG's blog post 3 Axis Brushless GIMBAL system & Steadicam for Pro Users ARDUCOPTER, Hoverfly, CINESTAR,"Holding out for this instead.....
https://vimeo.com/user18920121/defytestfootage
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Aurelio R. Ramos commented on Glenn Anderson's blog post How to succeed without really trying"Hmm, I think that your frame should teach us all the following lesson: Vibration control is everything. And because your frame is not super rigid (and has, apparently, a very high damping coefficient) it soaks up all the vibrations when compared to…"
OG commented on OG's blog post 3 Axis Brushless GIMBAL system & Steadicam for Pro Users ARDUCOPTER, Hoverfly, CINESTAR,"The Martenez compat source code some one wanted this??: http://code.google.com/p/brushless-gimbal/downloads/detail?name=_043_A.rar&can=2&q= Debug software and firmware…"
Monroe Lee King Jr. commented on Nick Arsov's blog post Getting started with Matrix Pilot is now cheaper"The details are quite heavy reading. here http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Kalman+Filter plenty of information! The real world use of these filters you have to see and feel. Not just any filter will do it has to be designed and tuned for your craft. This is…"
Richard Boyhan commented on Steve Monro's blog post A beginner's experience to the Copter world"Nice post. Hobby King shipping to USA cities from the USA warehouse is bad and really really bad from overseas like Hong Kong or Singapore. Thanks again for sharing."
James W Powell replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Will do. However, I did take a screen shot of what I believe is the issue, compass x y z values never change when I raise the throttle, what could be causing this?"
Rob G replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Congratulations on the release.
Upgraded my 2.9.1b quad, verified the PID changes, did the compassmot cli setup (28% interference) - no issues.
Only time for a couple flights, alt hold and loiter seemed tighter. Like it so far.
Thank you all very…"
Tristan replied to John Mulligan's discussion Px4 Testing"Hi all,
I have finally get my PX4 to the air :)
I use it with ArduCopter 3.0.0 on big octocopter (Cinestar 8). It works really good !
I just have some glicht coming from the roll in according to the log, I have to upgrade my ppm encoder. By the way,…"
Brian Boomgaard commented on Brian Boomgaard's blog post SolarSight, The University of Michigan SolarDrones UAV"Hey James,
Thanks for the link, sUAS News is one of my daily stops. I've been trying to understand the logic associated with the tail configurations I've seen on a lot of UAVs lately. I get that putting the elevator behind the rudder…"
Duffy replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use"Here are the logs,
sorry no telemetry"
Dave Schilling commented on Glenn Anderson's blog post How to succeed without really trying"Hey Glenn, Very cool love simple. I had similar results with home built H-quad. Flew great and only had to adjust gains a little. Did have a turnigy motor fail but that's sadly common on those cheaper brands. Also like your lurker…"
3D RoboticsCraig Elder replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
"I just added this note to the discussion but I will also post the information here for those of you getting email updates.
Added by Craig:
Please watch Randy's videos on setting up and flying APM-Copter 3.0 before you go flying. They are…"
Richard Boyhan commented on Jeff Taylor's blog post DIY Samsung Trigger for APM"Very cool. Nice work."
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ArduCopter-3.0 ready for wider use
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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?
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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
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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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UAS demonstrates potential of unmanned aircraft for wildfire use
Posted by Thomas J Coyle III on June 19, 2013 at 12:07pm 2 Comments 3 Likes
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 18 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 16 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 3 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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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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