"Hi Matt,
Great work. this will help to make glider-flights longer and more efficiënt. Very nice.
I would like to see a branch on UavDevBoard devoted to (e)-gliders and glider missions, so that more people could use that "on the…"
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A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
Started this discussion. Last reply by GliderUAV Feb 15, 2012. 34 Replies 8 Likes
"Cruise control" for an e-glider.I am building an e-glider that is controlled normally until you release the sticks. Then the autopilot kicks in and keeps the model around and starts looking for…Continue
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GliderUAV commented on Chris Anderson's blog post The Economist on thermal-seeking drones"Great stuff,
Watch the UAVDevBoards in gliders, they are catching up, too
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GliderUAV commented on William Premerlani's blog post global waypoint range for MatrixPilot"Nice job."
GliderUAV commented on Cliff-E's blog post Speaking about drones: MSL lands successfully."Yes, it is a bit difficult for us to see a Skycrane being tossed away like that, but it makes sense. Keeping electronics working on Mars require heaters, and energy. Adding that would have ment adding solarpanels, adding weight. Even landing it…"
GliderUAV commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post Full autonomous Cross Country Soaring flights with the ThermoPilot v6.x"Jean-Louis,
Nice going, keep it up!
Regards,
GliderUav
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GliderUAV commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Drones and 3D Robotics in great Dutch TV documentary on drones"Hi Chris,
Its fun to find a tv program made in my counrty, in my native language. It is indeed well made. The makers are worried about the
Dutch airfoces preference for the Reaper. Also there is the threat of the armsrace and the inpersonal nature…"
GliderUAV commented on Riccardo Kuebler's blog post Proxima II ! My most complex UDB4 plane. A tribute to Bill Premerlani"Riccardo,
Congratulations. A very nice setup. Full-house controlled by AutoPilot. Do you have plans for autonomous thermalling? That shouldn't be too hard now. Good luck.
GliderUAV."
GliderUAV left a comment for danstrider"Hi Dan,
Love what jou did with Aloft, is your record still standing?
Seems like http://soaring.goosetechnologies.com is dead. What url should I use to reference to Aloft, maybe…"
GliderUAV replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Hi Dan,
Love what jou did with Aloft, is your record still standing?
Seems like http://soaring.goosetechnologies.com is dead. What url should I use to reference to Aloft, maybe…"
danstrider replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Nice auto-soaring results. Great to see others are interested and having success.
Dan"
GliderUAV commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Details on how Iran may have used a GPS override spoof to capture US drone"I bet heavy encryption in GPS signal will be used the future, but it will take many years before all Gps sats will be replaced. I wonder what Galileo can do to help."
John Campen replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Something to keep an eye on is Sliver solar technology where the solar cell can be made into a very thin flexible film which would be ideal for aircraft wing skins. The cells also have nearly double the power capacity and can still generate power in…"
John Campen replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Yes its certainly a challenge and Ill do some more researcher on it. I'm also thinking about how we fly looking for thermals by identifying terrain type. For example open fields generate more heat than forests. So perhaps the thermal camera…"
GliderUAV replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"John,
Detecting the temperature of thermals would be challenging as thermals are only tenths of a degrees warmer then the surrounding air. Also some sort of depth percepion would be required, to know how far away the updrafts are. Maybe advanced…"
John Campen replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Have you though about adding hot air sensors somehow like thermal cameras can pick up? I'm also building a UAV but not for thermaling. My other hobby is paragliding and Ive always wondered about experimenting with using thermal goggles to…"
GliderUAV replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Adam,
I'm sorry I was a little vague there. I like how you interpreted that, good idea really!
I ment to say this: I use a MicroController (some say uC), a pic18F2550 and program it with JAL v2.4O. It would be fun to take one…"
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