Gender
Male
About
Location
Geneva
About Me:
Radio/Telecoms/Satellite Engineer
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Developing and testing Open-Source UAV software and hardware. In particular, the Paparazzi and ArduPilot Mega projects.
Hometown:
Canberra, Australia
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"A380 crashed in auto mode after takeoff; it's now in a thousand pieces."
"In order to allay Gary Evans concerns, how about doing the contest it in a different city, such as Sydney?"
"Did you read the manual?
You can find it here: http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot/wiki/ArduIMU"
You can find it here: http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot/wiki/ArduIMU"
"A380 !!!
Still under construction. I'll start with the default settings. Fingers crossed."
Still under construction. I'll start with the default settings. Fingers crossed."
"Hi Martin, that's a very impressive demonstration of the robustness of Paparazzi. Great photography."
"Hey great idea, Melih.
The RFM22B modules are ideal for this purpose. I like the fact that they can be programmed to operate in either the 400 MHz band or the 900 MHz band. +20 dBm is sufficient tx power for this purpose."
The RFM22B modules are ideal for this purpose. I like the fact that they can be programmed to operate in either the 400 MHz band or the 900 MHz band. +20 dBm is sufficient tx power for this purpose."
"There is nothing new with this senseFly. The Paparazzi open-source system can do this quite easily. Just need to program the flight plan appropriately."
"Hi Krzysztof. Yes, they were rather harsh with us. It seems that they needed to cull the large number of entries in order to fit in with their time schedule and we were one of the unfortunate victims of this.
It related to the actions to be taken in…"
It related to the actions to be taken in…"
"Looking forward to the coverage of the event. Great to see that Max will be broadcasting live!
Our team,Y-UAV, met all requirements for Deliverable 2 and we demonstrated them in the videos. However, we were disqualified because we didn't clearly…"
Our team,Y-UAV, met all requirements for Deliverable 2 and we demonstrated them in the videos. However, we were disqualified because we didn't clearly…"
"Hi Gary,
According to the rules: "Scoring will be as follows: competitors will be ranked in closeness of egg to home. You get a 10m bonus for an unbroken egg."
As I achieved the closest distance (1m), this means that I get the highest ranking.…"
According to the rules: "Scoring will be as follows: competitors will be ranked in closeness of egg to home. You get a 10m bonus for an unbroken egg."
As I achieved the closest distance (1m), this means that I get the highest ranking.…"
"Hi Brian. Good effort despite all the problems.
I had to include a ~1 second delay to allow for the release mechanism to react and actually release the egg. Did you include any delay for this?"
I had to include a ~1 second delay to allow for the release mechanism to react and actually release the egg. Did you include any delay for this?"
"Hi Michael,
What will the UAV OBC Committee do with it?"
What will the UAV OBC Committee do with it?"
"Hi Krzysztof,
I was not expecting such accuracy so a bit suprised too. As you see from the video, the egg almost hit me! (one hit the car). The launch/home position was on the grass directly in front on the other side of the concrete pavement.
In…"
I was not expecting such accuracy so a bit suprised too. As you see from the video, the egg almost hit me! (one hit the car). The launch/home position was on the grass directly in front on the other side of the concrete pavement.
In…"
"Hi Chris,
Yes, it's not working here. Only "Add Hyperlink" and "Add an Image" are available."
Yes, it's not working here. Only "Add Hyperlink" and "Add an Image" are available."
"Hi Jonathon, weight not so important (feather/lead weight argument). But if you think about it a bit more, it is a factor.
Thanks, Chris. I can only post a file in my own blog, not yours. So see my blog.
Thanks, Gary. I'll post a photo soon.
Cheers,…"
Thanks, Chris. I can only post a file in my own blog, not yours. So see my blog.
Thanks, Gary. I'll post a photo soon.
Cheers,…"
Here is my successful entry to the competition.The aircraft I used was an Multiplex Funjet with the Paparazziautopilot guiding the aircraft autonomously and calculating the droplocation. The algorithm took into account egg weight, windspeed,…
