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Projet Nitro-003 RQ-11 Raven - Structural Reinforcements
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ModeratorBrian commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Eyes in the sky for EMS
"I don't know how many times I've heard the same kind of argument FOR uavs illustrating their potential during individual emergent situations such as lost hiker or missing child. It's obvious to us that use of uavs to…"
ModeratorBrian commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Dehogiflier, pig hunting drone
"They dog the roots up of grapevines in northern California too. Having been the guy on the ground trying to hunt them I know how hard it is, I often wished I had an RC plane set up for air support!
Great work guys!"
ModeratorBrian commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Model aircraft owners drawn into privacy debate on drones
"Not a thing, other than the article states it is common for RC fliers to put cameras onboard "such as a go pro"."
ModeratorBrian commented on Chris Anderson's blog post California city votes on banning drones in residential areas
"Yet you can tether a balloon and have pretty much have an eye in the sky for days and people have no problem... Oh don't forget about kites and camera's on really long sticks... "
ModeratorBrian commented on Carl Campbell's blog post Marilyn Monroe built drones....
"I too think it is cool how this always comes back. It is a near story. I wonder how long before Mr. Maynard Hill is re-posted?"
ModeratorBrian commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post First hand look at unmanned aircraft for wildlife management
"Sadly I recently stick mine in the mud and even with my reinforcements the light fiberglass fuse is shot. Fortunately I pulled a mold and am working on a kevlar replacement."
ModeratorBrian commented on Vince Hogg's blog post MK II H frame quad now flying
"Cool, looks like you could put a wing and canard and fly it as a plane!"
ModeratorBrian commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Hampshire considering aerial photography ban
"How can all the full scale pilots/outfits not be all in an uproar? This ban does not just apply to unmanned aircraft, it's all aerial photos...
This is all just Fear mongering."
ModeratorBrian commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Let's design a new DIY Drones header! (prize to the winner)
"It still should say drone just by seeing the picture, otherwise it could be a regular rc. BTW a few years ago if you said drone, people thought Bee., as in male honeybee with biger eyes and no stinger. Sounds like our kind of drone!"
ModeratorBrian replied to Ioan Ghip's discussion Good cheap LCD screen for FPV?
"you can look into the dual screen video players, the are portable, run on batteries and the second screen is either RGB or composite plus cheap."
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Skylark 1 details: (Details used to scale my Meadowlark platform)
Meadowlark UAV will be a 1/2 scale rendition of the Skylark 1 UAV platform. Mission endurance and speed capabilities will be as close to the Skylark 1 platform as possible.
Skylark 1 Meadowlark
Wing Span: 2.5m (98.5 in) 55 in
Length: 2.2m (86.5 in) 44 in
Flying Weight: 5.5kg (12.1 lbs) 3-4 lbs (target)
Mission Radius: 5-10km (3-6 mi) .5-1 mi (keeping it within the RC bounds)
Endurance: 2 hours 1 + hours
Speed 20-40kts (23-46 mph)
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Raven FPV Crash
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BFRO Gets UAS Support for Squatchin
Posted on November 11, 2012 at 11:00pm 9 Comments 1 Like
Ok, so Big Footing is not exactly "Main Stream", but IMO, this is a great example of how we can enjoy our hobby while helping others explore theirs. Unfortunately, there's not a lot of details on the drone or UAS Operations but it's a positive example none the less. I live in Northern California, and want to take my drones on a BFRO…
Continue3.3v Power Supply Options - What's recommended?
Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:00am 14 Comments 0 Likes
The items shown above are part of a 5.8GHz video transmitter (#5) setup offered by Range Video. All items are sold as individual items and like a big dummy I forgot to get Santa Clause order their powersupply (#4) when she placed her order for the transmitter.
So the luck of the Irish kicks in and Mr. Murphy ordered their last Filtered Linear Power Supply and there's no telling when they…
ContinueSanta's Sleigh Wake nearly takes down sUAV
Posted on December 24, 2011 at 11:00am 0 Comments 3 Likes
My friends Raven was nearly taken out by Santa!
In Flight Motor Failure
Posted on May 1, 2011 at 10:14pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
So I finally got to do some testing without crazy winds, then THIS happens!
Oh well, it could have been very bad, but I was lucky and did not have any major issues.
I have some repairs to do, but in reality I was thinking of doing the mod I NEED to do now anyway, so... NBD!
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ContinueWireless RF Transceiver 431-470MHz - Good Enough for Learning?
Posted on April 7, 2011 at 10:56pm 17 Comments 2 Likes
Other than "you get what you paid for" Anyone have a reason Not to buy this pair?
My personal goal would be to use it as a learning tool, prepairing for adding telemetry to my projects. But it should be usefull too. Secondary use in some project around the house, ie halloween automation, laser guided water splasher (anti-cat crap in the yard device currently in planning…
ContinueComment Wall (8 comments)
- At 8:44pm on September 15, 2008,
ModeratorBrian said… - I am really enjoying learning about electronics and applying that stuff to something I really love to do, fly my planes. I need to learn more!
But if Necessity is the mother of invention...
I NEED something that will help keep the neighborhood cats from crapping in my yard. Anyone out there worked with the ardino/boardinos on projects that involve ir sensors and watervalves?
- At 10:10pm on May 10, 2010,
ModeratorBrian said… - Just uploaded some fun pics for my Tandem Wing project. Was hamming it up a little but was surprised to see how well it glided. After tweaking some I got it to not pitch up at landing but that's a fine line and is easy to add too much weight to the nose. I'll get some of the foam box flight tests pics posted as soon as my photographer starts working with nerds again... :/
- At 10:01am on May 28, 2010,
Lew Payne said… - Brian, when you come out to Boise, give me a shout ahead of time!
- At 3:44pm on August 13, 2010,
Dave Buckley said… - " I NEED something that will help keep the neighborhood cats from crapping in my yard. Anyone out there worked with the ardino/boardinos on projects that involve ir sensors and watervalves?"
I use a german shepherd and a labrador/coolie cross. They are low maintenance and good with children. Not good with cats!
- At 11:33am on September 5, 2010,
Brad Powers said… - Ummm, not really. Sorry.
- At 10:01pm on March 13, 2011,
ModeratorBrian said… Just because it's cool!
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- At 4:30am on June 24, 2011,
dj duff said… - wow, no i haven't modified the plane at all. in fact, it flies very well for me as is and i've seemed to only screw things up when i try to modify anything :). i'm concerned when you said that you had to cut away some foam to fit electronics. if i get the APM, will i need to modify a lot of the fuse? Also, i noticed you mentioned in a forum that you were having some control issues w your version of ardupilot bc the program was designed around the easystar and not the sf max. have you worked the bugs out? i'm waiting to make the investment into the ardupilot, but when i do, i plan to get the APM w IMU and telemetry (the whole 9). I already have a basic fpv system for the plane, but have yet to test it (really excited to try that too).
Let me know if you have any thoughts. It's great to hear about someone enjoying their SF max. I really love the plane.
- At 11:32am on June 24, 2011, dj duff said…
yeah i'll have to take some shots of my plane too. i'm thinking that i'll have to remove that top canopy/windscreen piece too and possibly move some things around to make space. i will be testing this fpv system this weekend (hopefully, if the weather cooperates) and i'll probably order the ardupilot mega fully soldered w the software uploaded soon. My only decision left is whether or not to add the $199 telemetry hardware with it. i look fwd to seeing ur pics.
Thanks!
dj
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