"Hi Joshua,
Here's Minnesota's version of the legislation: http://legiscan.com/MN/bill/HF1620
I emailed my local rep and she said the bill was introduced late in the session and never made it to any committees. It would likely need to…"
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Animating a flight track in google earth
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Autonomous Senior Telemaster
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Curt Olson commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Model aircraft owners drawn into privacy debate on dronesCurt Olson commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Model aircraft owners drawn into privacy debate on drones"Ok, I did try flying a drone with a camera one time, but I didn't actually press record ..."
Curt Olson commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Model aircraft owners drawn into privacy debate on drones"And now Florida just voted unanimously on their own similar legislation (so if it's unanimous, maybe I'm misreading the political breezes):
http://rt.com/usa/florida-senate-bans-drones-648/
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Curt Olson commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Model aircraft owners drawn into privacy debate on drones"Chris: I'm not "talking" politics here, I'm "observing" politics that directly relate to this thread and making comments. :-) Please, I'm not taking a side here or trying to slant one way or another.…"
Curt Olson commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Model aircraft owners drawn into privacy debate on drones"I read through the Minnesota anti-drone bill (about 3 pages.) For what it's worth, this bill was introduced too late in the session to get hearings.
The stated intent of the bill is to preserve personal privacy. The primary intent…"
Curt Olson left a comment for Curt Olson"Hi John,
I am mostly a worker bee on this project, so I'd recommend you call up ATI (phone # at www.atiak.com), ask for Tim and discuss details directly with him.
The design is currently scaled for aircraft up to maybe 12-15 lbs, but could be…"
John M. Smith left a comment for Curt Olson"Hey Thanks Curt. Good info.
So I am really keen on getting one of these launchers or making one. I really like the sounds of the one you areworking with now. 6' WOW !! Pretty short !! I have some larger UAV's that I am working with and…"
Curt Olson commented on Chris Anderson's group ArduPlane User Group"This isn't ready for prime time yet, but it already might do some elements of what some builders might want to do ... but at the moment you need to be able to fiddle (just a tiny bit) with python to use it.…"
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Senior Telemaster Autonomous Take Off
Posted on October 3, 2012 at 1:26pm 2 Comments 1 Like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fejOaW2k7Mc
This is probably basic/simple stuff, but here's a quick (raw) video of a fully autonomous wheeled take off in a Senior Telemaster. The basic strategy used so far is to steer with the rudder to hold heading error to zero. Then when airborne, use a small amount…
Continue UAS Search and Rescue Demo (Simulation)
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 9:59am 9 Comments 2 Likes
Simulators can be powerful tools for developing and testing UAS flight control systems as well as prototyping new ideas. Here is an interactive FlightGear based demonstration showing:
- Auto-launch from a carrier.
- Circle holds.
- Route following.
- Gyro stabilized…
Add an inexpensive oscilloscope to your DIY tool box.
Posted on August 5, 2011 at 9:21am 4 Comments 5 Likes
Recently I purchased an inexpensive usb based oscilloscope to help me do some low level electronics debugging. Owning an oscilloscope is so cool I just had to tell everyone about it! And the price of these USB-based oscilloscopes are in range of many hobbiests. Now I'm kicking myself for…
Continue Tracking Ocean Debris in the North Pacific
Posted on April 14, 2011 at 2:00pm 4 Comments 3 Likes
This is a movie showing the drift pattern of some ocean debris (a large houser line.) We were out 1000nm north of Hawaii on a NOAA research ship. This cruise was part of a project that has also provided a small amount of funding to develop a "marinized" small UAV that could be deployed from a variety of ship sizes with minimal infrastructure requirements.
We found… Continue
Shadow Cam
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 5:49am 5 Comments 0 Likes
This is a little proof of concept video I just put together. The goal is to always keep my aircraft's shadow in the field of view.
Equipment: Senior Telemaster. Fly-Cam-One-3 with built in pan/tilt. Sparkfun 6DOFv4 IMU (it was laying around so I used it.) Gumstix flight computer. Ardupilot used for controlling pan/tilt servos on the camera.
The flight is 100% manually piloted. Camera is 100% automatically… Continue
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- At 1:08pm on November 23, 2008,
lightweight said… - thank you curt ... this was the first useful feedback that i received so i decided i must be in the wrong discussion group and closed it.
i'll work my side and see what we might be able to do. ...
note: we will seek out a few to test the prototypes once we are ready.
regards,
robert
- At 10:40pm on December 1, 2008,
Jason Frisbie said… - Thats awesome. I will find time to sit down with you if your coming out here. I would love to learn more about some of this stuff. Let me know when your going to be here.
Jason
- At 8:25pm on December 5, 2008,
corey said… - do you teach at the u of m?
- At 9:42pm on December 6, 2008, corey said…
- oh okay, i thought i saw something about the u on your website and i guess i misinterpreted it.
thats interesting though, are you involved with the uav research group there? i'm going to be transferring to a university next fall and am curious how the u of m's aerospace engineering program compares with other public universities. have any thoughts on that one?
- At 7:37pm on December 9, 2008, corey said…
- yeah that would be great, the malolo looks impressive especially with water landing capability!
- At 7:41am on December 28, 2008,
Paul Marsh said… - Hi Curt,
I'd love to see your set up. When you're ready, just give me a shout. My home number is (952)445-0498.
Thanks,
Paul
- At 2:49pm on January 22, 2009, corey said…
- how did the ocean demos go?
- At 10:31pm on January 22, 2009, corey said…
- its too bad about the receiver. i work for tsa and can tell you that it's not likely that someone deliberately took it, but there may be a chance they had to search your property and they mistakenly didn't replace it. was there an inspection notice anywhere inside when you got to hawaii? generally luggage rolls through xray machines without any human interaction, unless it detects something suspect, at which point a person would put their hands on it.
i can provide you with the number to call where they maintain lost property. the guy has been there forever and logs everything that comes and goes, so if they have it he'd know. you wouldn't believe all weird crap they have have down there. but they do only retain it for a period of time before it's given to charity, so let me know soon if you want the number!
i guess on the lighter side, you got 1 successful flight and maybe even a tan!
- At 12:03am on December 23, 2009,
automatik said… - Hi Curt,
due to your familiarity with FlightGear I figured to ask you: what is GPS resolution as reported by FlightGear? I think that for x-plane sim it's about 165 meters ( 0.1 miles) for longitude and 107m ( 0.07 miles) for lat - can FlightGear's GPS provide GPS data with better resolution?
Thanks
- At 1:53am on December 23, 2009, automatik said…
- Hi Curt,
I had an 'oops' moment with my earlier comment to you - x-planes GPS resolution is much better then what I mentioned - I had a bug in the code where I am decoding the data....I would still be interested in FlightGear's GPS data resolution..
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