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Martin Seven replied to Henry Brown's discussion Bird chaser - DIY Drone? Protect an orchard from birdsMartin Seven replied to Henry Brown's discussion Bird chaser - DIY Drone? Protect an orchard from birds"With this rig you'd have to be afraid of a real predator showing up and towing it away to feed its young :]"
CoenW replied to Henry Brown's discussion Bird chaser - DIY Drone? Protect an orchard from birds"You've got another cool one from the Netherlands here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEw1lwdcL6E&feature=player_embedded
It's called Delfly and has been developed by students Delft University of Technology. You can find more cool…"
Joel Ryan replied to Henry Brown's discussion Bird chaser - DIY Drone? Protect an orchard from birds"That falcon rc ornithopter was unbelievable!
@martin I think you pose a great question about the automated refueling/recharging. In addition to that, the uav would have to be able to land and takeoff without any pilot interaction. This means if you…"
ModeratorMorli replied to Henry Brown's discussion Bird chaser - DIY Drone? Protect an orchard from birds
"CoenW,
Very interesting video , almost made me believe it was real falcon had i not seen real falcon ( one falcon under training attacked my Extra 330 and brought it to crash land last week end). Seems there is lot of potential for this RC falcon or…"
Martin Seven replied to Henry Brown's discussion Bird chaser - DIY Drone? Protect an orchard from birds"Wow, that looks amazing.
Are there any UAV ornithopters out there? I imagine the IMUs would need some kickass filtering to produce any usable output."
CoenW replied to Henry Brown's discussion Bird chaser - DIY Drone? Protect an orchard from birds"This guy: http://www.youtube.com/bluefalconholland
Builds remote controlled falcons, used at for instance airports to scare away birds. I don't know if he's at all developing towards unmanned applications, but you could try contacting…"
Martin Seven replied to Henry Brown's discussion Bird chaser - DIY Drone? Protect an orchard from birds"If you're from the US you'll be safer just camping there with a shotgun and a load of birdshot. Shooting all around is okay, but leaving a drone in the air unattended gives the FAA nightmares.
On a more serious note, the chasing part will…"
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Have kids build a Balloonarium for the Albq. Balloon Museum?
Chris my son is working on designs for a building at the balloon museum to race UAV balloons.
A 300Ft diameter glass silo with geodesic dome on top. How tall?
A balloon building for kids to race UAV blimps? Providing a controlled env.
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DIY cartoons for kids
Posted on May 18, 2009 at 1:09pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
My son has used Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu and Alice http://alice.org to learn animation.
Can DIY create a kid centered 2D cartoon in Scratch?
Can DIY create a kid centered 3D cartoon in Alice?
He has now moved on to Maya, Blender, and Orbiter.
Orbiter is an open source space simulator. http://orbiter.org
He has been using Orbiter to model all the aviation and space vehicles he can find. He is interested in DIY drones but would like DIY designers to… Continue
Can DIY create a kid centered 2D cartoon in Scratch?
Can DIY create a kid centered 3D cartoon in Alice?
He has now moved on to Maya, Blender, and Orbiter.
Orbiter is an open source space simulator. http://orbiter.org
He has been using Orbiter to model all the aviation and space vehicles he can find. He is interested in DIY drones but would like DIY designers to… Continue
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