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Brandon Hurd replied to Bertrand Duchiron's discussion Error compiling code with arduino IDE 1.00
Jun 5

Developer
Randy replied to Bertrand Duchiron's discussion Error compiling code with arduino IDE 1.00
"If you use this arduino and follow the instructions on this page including setting the board type and sketch book locatoin it should definitely work."
Jun 4
Brandon Hurd replied to Bertrand Duchiron's discussion Error compiling code with arduino IDE 1.00
"I'm having trouble with this too. I have tried Arduino0100-relax, arduino-1.0.1-windows, and arduino-1.0.3. With all three of these I get a lot of errors! Any help?"
Jun 4
Bertrand Duchiron replied to iskess's discussion Looking for best laptop screen to see in the sun in the group ArduPlane User Group
"for the second hand laptop , usually the battery life is really short so try buy a new one to avoid surprise in the field."
May 20
Bertrand Duchiron replied to iskess's discussion Looking for best laptop screen to see in the sun in the group ArduPlane User Group
"This is the one I use for my CGS with 2 batteries  http://us.getac.com/products/notebook/b300/features maybe too expensive (around 4K$) for you but so far its the best rugged laptop I ever own."
May 20

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Gary Mortimer commented on Bertrand Duchiron's blog post Eurocopter OPV Optionaly Piloted Vehicle
"That the X3 the very fast job http://www.eurocopter.com/site/en/ref/X3-Demonstrator_1099.html ; Just got to love Eurocopter when I grow up I want an EC 130"
Apr 26
Michael Johnston commented on Bertrand Duchiron's blog post Eurocopter OPV Optionaly Piloted Vehicle
"I interpreted the statement "the best is yet to come" as referring to the grey machine.  MJ"
Apr 26
Peter Seddon commented on Bertrand Duchiron's blog post Eurocopter OPV Optionaly Piloted Vehicle
"What is that grey heli in the background of the final clip ?  Peter"
Apr 26
Jack Crossfire commented on Bertrand Duchiron's blog post Eurocopter OPV Optionaly Piloted Vehicle
"They certainly marketed it like it could be a commercial product for people who don't know how to fly.  The FAA would just say a pilot with over 1000 hours needs to be in command anyways. "
Apr 26

Developer
Pete Hollands commented on Bertrand Duchiron's blog post Eurocopter OPV Optionaly Piloted Vehicle
"Video of the Autonomous Flights here"
Apr 25
Bertrand Duchiron posted a blog post

Eurocopter OPV Optionaly Piloted Vehicle

Eurocopter launched in early April a series of flights for a new rotary-wing solution that will expand the mission capabilities of Eurocopter helicopters.This unmanned demonstration -- similar to the previous flights-- used a four-dimensional flight plan that was uploaded to the helicopter. After an automatic takeoff, the EC145 flew the circuit via multiple pre-programmed waypoints, during which the helicopter performed a mid-route hover to deploy a load from the external sling. The EC145…See More
Apr 25
Bertrand Duchiron commented on wayne garris's group techpod users
"a stupid question about the servos . Do we need 4x hitec HS-65 (ailerons,flaps) and 2x hitech hs-82 (elevator, rudder) or 6 x Micro Servo HS-81? Depending the page I read on hobbyuav there is 2 different config for the…"
Apr 2

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R_Lefebvre replied to Bertrand Duchiron's discussion SFOC for Dummies in the group Canada
"If our operations would be covered by MAAC insurance (non-commercial, in agreement with the MAAC safety code, etc) will they accept that?  I'm thinking about applying for SFOC while conducting test flight operations which are otherwise in…"
Mar 30
Bertrand Duchiron posted a blog post

A new publication : Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems

The Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems (JUVS) is a new quarterly, electronic-only publication that is now accepting papers; the inaugural issue is scheduled for release in the Fall of 2013. Developed in partnership with Unmanned Systems Canada (USC-STC) and with support from the Kenneth M Molson Foundation, JUVS is an exciting addition to the NRC Research Press…See More
Mar 29
Andrew Chapman replied to Bertrand Duchiron's discussion SFOC for Dummies in the group Canada
"Happy to have a read over it too, I'm in the process of working up my template SFOC application at the moment, so it's good timing."
Mar 14
pattersonimages replied to Bertrand Duchiron's discussion SFOC for Dummies in the group Canada
"I'll give it a read over if you need! Thanks Jeff "
Mar 14

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About Me:
Old guy lost in Alta , I work in Northern B.C. Got a PhD in Geography in 2002. Studied, teaching and worked at Paris VI, Paris VII and Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau) before moving to Canada in 2009.

my RC Club http://www.srcfa.ca/
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Interested in UAV for a upcoming project including the use of a SAR Radar on a UAV in boreal tundra.

Use a Maja, a RQ-11 clone a X8 wing and other RC planes to test my autopilots (3 APM1, 4 APM2, 1 APM 2.5 and 3 Attopilot, ....) and Fred's micropilots.

Got a XQuad but just for fun until I mount a camera to take Aerial Photo on it.
Help my friend Fred witch have 2 Penguin B, 2 Micropilot 2128 and 2 Real Time Kinetic GPS and a lot of other Mini UAV.

Member of the PennyBelle UAV team.
Hometown:
Paris, France

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Eurocopter OPV Optionaly Piloted Vehicle

Posted on April 25, 2013 at 4:33pm 5 Comments

Eurocopter launched in early April a series of flights for a new rotary-wing solution that will expand the mission capabilities of Eurocopter helicopters.

This unmanned demonstration -- similar to the previous flights-- used a four-dimensional flight plan that was uploaded to the helicopter. After an automatic takeoff, the EC145 flew the…

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A new publication : Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems

Posted on March 29, 2013 at 2:53am 0 Comments

The Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems (JUVS) is a new quarterly, electronic-only publication that is now accepting papers; the inaugural issue is scheduled for release in the Fall of 2013. Developed in partnership with Unmanned Systems Canada (USC-STC) and with support from the Kenneth M Molson Foundation, JUVS is an exciting…

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Parachute rescue sytem for quad

Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:04pm 7 Comments

A video of a rescue system for quad from Kopterworx

There is 4 size of parachute 2.5m2 to 15m2 http://www.kopterworx.com/Rescue/View-all-products

Antenna analyzer

Posted on September 21, 2012 at 10:24am 5 Comments

The SARK-110 Antenna Analyser is a pocket size instrument providing fast and accurate measurement of the vector impedance, VSWR, vector reflection coefficient, return loss, and R-L-C (as series or parallel equivalent…

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RF Coverage Prediction (Worldwide)

Posted on August 13, 2012 at 3:30pm 8 Comments

The communication Research Center of Canada maintains a website where we can predict the coverage of our emitter (RX, video, telemetry, ....) in Canada (it may work for the rest of the world but I didn't test it).

you need to create a login/password, it's free then fill the characteristics of your emitter…

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