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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Gary Mortimer on March 22, 2011 at 12:55pm

Why bother converting an ARdrone?? Its not a platform that will ever be capable enough.

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Permalink Reply by Kyle Estes on March 24, 2011 at 11:27am

Hi Gary,

We are looking at the AR.Drone because it is inexpensive and we only need it for a basic demonstration of the software we are building. We are certainly open to alternative platforms. Could you recommend one?

Thanks,

Kyle

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Gary Mortimer on March 24, 2011 at 11:36am

Well with the multitude of controllers out there these days two sticks and four motors will cut it. You would get better performance out of the box from an Arducopter. I'm sure there are many people here that could build you a system and live close.

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Permalink Reply by John Johnson on March 25, 2011 at 11:05am

Kyle,

 

I called and left you a voice mail.  Email also sent.

 

-John Johnson

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Leveck on April 5, 2011 at 8:26pm

I would be interested in a project like this. I build a lot of one of projects for people i can't talk about and would like the opportunity to work with someone i could use as a reference.

Chris

971-239-7361

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Permalink Reply by Nikolas Giakoumidis on April 14, 2011 at 1:24pm

Dear sirs if you still interesting to upgrade the Ar.drone into UAV , I have almost finish that project ,  i will start publish image and videos soon .

 

The software is written on labview ,

 

I have full control of Ar.drone from 

 

1. joystick

2 Kinect 

3 sport watch

 

and i have feedback from GPS position ,Altitute ,Attitude ,heading , etc....

 

for any information or demonstration please contact:

giakoumidis@hotmail.com

 

Nikolas Giakoumidis

Automation Engineer 

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by firesq38 on May 15, 2011 at 11:34am

Hey Nikolas, Can't wait for your release. I will be buying an AR.Drone soon and have been checking out your work.

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Permalink Reply by Barry Walter on March 2, 2012 at 9:15pm

I have just purchased my AR Drone, my first R/C device, and would like to be able to send back GPS points and plot them. Any other information gathered would be welcome but mainly the GPS points along with of course the video. What you are working on sounds very interesting.

Regards,

Barry

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Gary Mortimer on March 3, 2012 at 2:38am

Why not just add an Xbee and GPS? Simples or even fly a smart phone. The version 2 AR.drone coming soon looks like it is a little bit more capable.

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Permalink Reply by Barry Walter on March 3, 2012 at 1:23pm

I thought of that and would like to try it but I have no idea on how to "hook it up". I don't mind spending the money for the equipment but I would like it to work.  I have no idea what programs to use to gather the data once it is sent back to my  computer. 

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Permalink Reply by Nikolas Giakoumidis on March 5, 2012 at 12:48am

Dear Barry 

To start your project as Gary wrote you,  you will need to a GPS like this one 

https://store.diydrones.com/MediaTek_MT3329_GPS_10Hz_Adapter_Basic_...

2 xbee one for the drone and one for you computer like this one :

https://store.diydrones.com/product_p/br-0015-01-xbeewire.htm

and this one :

https://store.diydrones.com/XBee_PRO_900_extended_range_module_w_RP...

maybe you can buy a cheaper one depends the range that you want to work

and also the boards for the xbees

one of this https://store.diydrones.com/product_p/br-0015-01.htm for the drone 

and one for your pc : https://store.diydrones.com/product_p/br-0015-02.htm

and with this material and with a simple application you will be able to receive a feedback from the drone with the GPS data.

Best regards

Nikolas Giakoumidis

 

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Permalink Reply by Barry Walter on March 8, 2012 at 4:22pm

Thank You Nikolas, this information is a great help to me!  Thank you for your time.

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