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Julien Huot commented on Garry Qualls's blog post New $500,000 UAS Competition Announced by NASA
"Did the competition is closed also for foreign student university team ?"
Dec 11, 2012
Dinesh commented on Garry Qualls's blog post Collision of RC Plane and plane with with people in it...
"Was there any problem in RC Planes schedule of running?"
Dec 6, 2012
Philip Asante commented on Garry Qualls's blog post New $500,000 UAS Competition Announced by NASA
"It looks like there is a company that's already made quite a bit of headway already in this arena: http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/R³-Engineering-Tests-ADS-B-Functionality-on-UAS_77591.html#.UIhf66U9l0t"
Oct 24, 2012

3D Robotics
Joshua Ott commented on Garry Qualls's blog post New $500,000 UAS Competition Announced by NASA
"Bill, You read the instructions better than I did : / Maybe, if link is lost, then craft has a snap shot of last "image" of the airspace and does some behavior accordingly, meanwhile ground station broadcasts an alert to the ADS-B network…"
Oct 22, 2012
William Premerlani commented on Garry Qualls's blog post New $500,000 UAS Competition Announced by NASA
"@Gary and @Joshua, I like the idea of having the ADS-B transponder at the ground station, but it is not entirely clear to me whether that is going to be allowed and/or how it would be scored. The draft contest rules refers to "lost link",…"
Oct 22, 2012

3D Robotics
Joshua Ott commented on Garry Qualls's blog post New $500,000 UAS Competition Announced by NASA
"ADS-B by proxy. In other words, keep the ADS-B transponder on the ground station. This enables high power and proper antennae with no worries about weight, power use, aero drag, and more rf on the craft.  The UAS sends its position and vector…"
Oct 22, 2012

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Pete Hollands commented on Garry Qualls's blog post New $500,000 UAS Competition Announced by NASA
"One  point to clarify: GPS positions usually have a latency of about 1.25 to 1.5 seconds. That is, if the plane recieves a new GPS position at say time 30 seconds from takeoff, that position will be from time 28.5 seconds. If all planes and GPS…"
Oct 22, 2012
William Premerlani commented on Garry Qualls's blog post New $500,000 UAS Competition Announced by NASA
"Hey Chris and Jordi, Here is an opportunity for another new product for 3D Robotics to sell: a small ADS-B receiver. If you hurry, you could probably get one out in time for ArduPlane users to buy for this competition. Best regards, Bill"
Oct 22, 2012

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New $500,000 UAS Competition Announced by NASA

Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:52am 23 Comments

NASA has announced a new UAS contest that I think might interest people here. It is called the UAS Airspace Operations Challenge and it's being developed as part of NASA's…

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Collision of RC Plane and plane with with people in it...

Posted on August 21, 2010 at 1:30am 23 Comments





Last week in Colorado a 46% scale RC plane flying a demo at a charity event at a private airfield got clipped by a full scale biplane with two people in it. Apparently, the video has been taken down from Youtube but there is a short article and a copy of the video over on Jalopnik (I have attempted to embed the video above). You should probably watch the… Continue

Commercial Quadrotor Recommendations?

Posted on March 21, 2010 at 9:24am 10 Comments

I am setting up a lab this summer for some student research that will be similar in most ways to this one at MIT: http://vertol.mit.edu/



I would like to buy 6-8 commercially available trirotor or quadrotor helicopters in the $1000 - $1500 price range that would be similar in capabilities to the old Draganflyer V Ti. I've looked around and I would be very happy using Parrot AR Drones, but they have not set a date for releasing them or published a… Continue

Groundstation Display Suggestions?

Posted on May 21, 2009 at 11:20pm 11 Comments

Tablet PC Does anyone have a computer display that they are happy with when they are outdoors? I am looking for a laptop, tablet, netbook, or stand-alone monitor that has even barely acceptable contrast and readability outside in the sun.



The iPhone and iPod Touch have transflective screens (320x480 px resolution) that work pretty well in direct sunlight, so I was hoping someone had put a similar display into a larger system. There are VNC clients around for the iPhone, but that's… Continue

Two questions about getting started (FMA sensor, IMU)

Posted on April 21, 2009 at 11:55pm 5 Comments

Now that the Ardupilots are back in stock, I am ordering what I need to get one up in the air. The FMA IR sensor is out of stock at FMA Direct until May 15, so does anyone know of another vendor that may have them or if there is an easy replacement I could order or build? It's just three weeks, but I am anxious to get started ;)



Question 2, I would like to put a decent IMU onboard to document the vehicle attitude in flight. The three options I've found at SparkFun are the… Continue

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