"The shield we made consists of simply a copper PC board. I've found similar material in a variety of places, here's an example on Amazon:
Amazon Circuit Board Link
The size of the shield was based on what the wavelength of the GPS…"
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Reloading the APM after X hours of operation?
Started this discussion. Last reply by R J Hamlett Mar 29. 3 Replies 0 Likes
We've put a lot of hours on our quad and hex vehicles. We've reloaded the APMs as the software has been updated, but I'm wondering if reloading should be done with some frequency? What happens when…Continue
Help with Hex Crash
Started this discussion. Last reply by Garrick Merrill Feb 27. 6 Replies 0 Likes
We we're doing an auto flight this past Friday with our 3DR Hex. We noticed the altitude started climbing (all waypoints were set to 50ft) and transitioned to loiter to bring it back down slowly. …Continue
Orientation Problems and Possible Solution
Started Jan 23 0 Replies 0 Likes
I've been using ArduCopter since late 2011 and am amazed at how far it has come. I look forward to every release and am very pleased with the level of testing. There is an ongoing issue for all of…Continue
Throttle Failsafe in Action
Started this discussion. Last reply by Garrick Merrill Mar 7. 7 Replies 2 Likes
We tested the throttle failsafe and RTL function in 2.8.1 and posted this video of it for anyone curious as to how it works. We were quite nervous about recovering the vehicle if it didn't work, and…Continue
Tags: RTL, ArduCopter, APM, Failsafe, Throttle
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Garrick Merrill replied to Randy's discussion AC 2.9.1 vs 2.8.1 GPS accuracy"Craig, we ran all our tests with the vehicle stationary (except for our final tests with the 2 changes). We did simulate flight by throttling the motors (vehicle tied down). I agree that setting the dynamic mode to Pedestrian does put…"
Garrick Merrill replied to Randy's discussion AC 2.9.1 vs 2.8.1 GPS accuracy"It's been a while since I've posted updates, but we think we've solved our GPS problems. First as a clarification we determined through testing that the GPS jumps we were experiencing were coming from the GPS modules themselves,…"
Sebastian Wallman commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter"Thanks for sharing!Really inspiring video, and the music was good too! Will follow this more!"
LTMNO commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter"Amazing post! And they say UAV is bad... pffst!"
alanthecampingboy commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter"
What's that UFO ?I'vent got such a thing in my camping site.
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3D RoboticsJustin Cunningham commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter
"very very VERY cool video. The lunar lander is pretty sweet! thanks for sharing!!!!"
Adam Kimberlin commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter"Garrick and I are both civil servants with NASA. He works in the avionics group and I work in our propulsion group. We were given a little bit of play money to go work on UAV's and we do this stuff on the side. We have other people involved…"
AKcopter commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter"Just incredible.....WOW...Just short of words....how did you get access to do that..are you with the NASA people ??...its just incredible to see how compressed gas can actually propel something that heavy so easily..... "
Jiro Hattori commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter""This video was captured rather dramatically by the company's hexacopter."
http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/23/spacexs-grasshopper-vtol-rocket-hops-to-840-feet/
Anyway, I love this music:p
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JDronesJani Hirvinen commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter
"Garrick, you gotta contact Garry Q. They have been using jDrones ArduCopter since we made it's first batch many years ago. Since that many things has changed on it and it has been getting better and better. It is great to see that also…"
Garrick Merrill commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter"The music is We Can Make the World Stop by The Glitch Mob"
Hugues commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter"What is the music of this vid ?"
Dave C commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter"Put me down for several... I'll let you know when my numbers come in.
Thanks for sharing this, keep the test vids coming!"
Jiro Hattori commented on Garrick Merrill's blog post NASA using ArduCopter"It is really huge robotics lander:-)
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/lunarquest/robotic/mightyeagle1.html"
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- About Me:
- Always been interested in RC airplanes, but now shifting to UAV quadcopters
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- At home I have a 3DR Quad with a 2 axis stabilized mount for my GoPro HD Hero 2 as well as a AR.Drone 2.0. I also am developing a Search-and-Rescue UAV at work that is based off a 3DR Hex.
- Hometown:
- Deerfield, IL
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NASA using ArduCopter
Posted on April 21, 2013 at 9:00am 27 Comments 19 Likes
We've been using the ArduCopter platform at Marshall Space Flight Center for almost a year now. We started with a 3DR Quad and have several 3DR Hex vehicles. We're using them to test their capabilities for aerial reconnaissance as well as search and rescue. This past week we used our Quad with a GoPro Hero3 to film a test flight of…
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