Proof of concept (Tricopter alternative)

I had a few emails from some people in the past who had tried my yaw vane idea and were not having too much success with it. Here is the reason why it may not have worked for you. 

The yaw vane should be considered as a motor torque amplifier rather t

New developments

The new kid on the block to take up a serious challenge to the sales dominance of DJI is Align.

We know they have some years of experience and also serious resources in Taiwan and their entry with the M480 and the M690 is more than just another copy o

A commercial opportunity for sophisticated stand alone Drone RF/GPS analysis unit.

I have been seeing a lot of radio interference recently on my spectrum analyser. Operating in and around a commercial port with a highly sensitive military base close by is probably asking for trouble. I was operating in the Limassol Marina and Comme

What camera

Hi Guys

Most of us who are creating or using drone technology are into photography. Some of us make a living from it and lets face it we are all fairly passionate about our preferred brand of equipment. It does not take a great deal of expertise to re

Walkera Gimbals

Hi Guys anyone else playing with these gimbals. My first impression is that they are quite an advanced design, along the same lines as DJI in that they use a clutch drive with position encoded motors. 

Getting any response out of Walkera through their

Problem with Mavlink on Pixhawk/Copter firmware

Hi guys I have just started using Pixhawk and I find that I can load Plane or Rover and then it will connect to Mavlink without any problem. However, with any of the copter versions, connection never happens. No mandatory panels etc. And no response.

OSRC

Finally got my hands on this nice piece of kit and flew my f1 with APM-2 stabilising the camera.https://www.youtube.com/user/OpenSourceRemote

This is the ROWLAND F1-535 White Knight

Hi guys after some considerable time in dev. the production molds are now up and running here are some construction shots of what is coming. This is a flying camera mount. You steer the camera and the model follows. It will have a modified APM-2 to s

Love this guys creative style and very funny

http://www.flixxy.com/rc-plane-with-camera-flies-around-scenic-germany.htm

This is the ROWLAND F1-535 White Knight

Hi guys after some considerable time in dev. the production molds are now up and running here are some construction shots of what is coming. This is a flying camera mount. You steer the camera and the model follows. It will have a modified APM-2 to s

The way to go?

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Stability comes from the FC computer not from the size of the model.

Having been one of many who had the idea that bigger was more stable and prop. lift efficiency was the key factor, The penny finally dropped and I realised that the FC computer determines the level of stability and all of the other factors just cloud

Some Fun Stuff

http://vimeo.com/30987761

How about a similar contest on this site.

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New kid on the block

The much talker about DJI Wookong-M multirotor stabilizer has started to set standards of stabilization that go way beyond what MK have done. Check out this video. Interestingly it seems that the system is caged to operate within 150 deg/sec. I think

Could this be the end of servos as we know them

http://pcbmotor.com/pcbmotors-17/In the never ending quest for smaller and more accurate ways to control my camera mounts I stumbled across this device. With a possible resolution of 50,000 steps per rev. It's thin profile would fit very nicely insid

Setting-up a new APM

Having decided to give APM a try as opposed to my usual MK or KK Fight control system. I thought it would be a good idea to purchase a ready made code loaded and tested APM from udrones. OK, so when I had it nicely installed in one of my quad models,