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Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion

Started this discussion. Last reply by Barry Walter Mar 8, 2012. 12 Replies

Hello,  I came across diydrones.com when looking into modifying our recently-purchased Parrot AR.Drone into an actual UAV. I am with a company called Primordial out of Saint Paul, Minnesota. We are…Continue

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Barry Walter replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"Thank You Nikolas, this information is a great help to me!  Thank you for your time."
Mar 8, 2012
Nikolas Giakoumidis replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"Dear Barry  To start your project as Gary wrote you,  you will need to a GPS like this one  https://store.diydrones.com/MediaTek_MT3329_GPS_10Hz_Adapter_Basic_p/mt3329-02.htm 2 xbee one for the drone and one for you computer like…"
Mar 5, 2012
Barry Walter replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"I thought of that and would like to try it but I have no idea on how to "hook it up". I don't mind spending the money for the equipment but I would like it to work.  I have no idea what programs to use to gather the data once it…"
Mar 3, 2012

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Gary Mortimer replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"Why not just add an Xbee and GPS? Simples or even fly a smart phone. The version 2 AR.drone coming soon looks like it is a little bit more capable."
Mar 3, 2012
Barry Walter replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"I have just purchased my AR Drone, my first R/C device, and would like to be able to send back GPS points and plot them. Any other information gathered would be welcome but mainly the GPS points along with of course the video. What you are working…"
Mar 2, 2012
firesq38 replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"Hey Nikolas, Can't wait for your release. I will be buying an AR.Drone soon and have been checking out your work."
May 15, 2011
Nikolas Giakoumidis replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"Dear sirs if you steel interesting to upgrade the Ar.drone into UAV , I have almost finish that project ,  i will start publish image and videos soon .   Tha software is written on labview ,   I have full control of Ar.drone…"
Apr 14, 2011
Christopher Leveck replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"I would be interested in a project like this. I build a lot of one of projects for people i can't talk about and would like the opportunity to work with someone i could use as a reference. Chris 971-239-7361"
Apr 5, 2011
John Johnson replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"Kyle,   I called and left you a voice mail.  Email also sent.   -John Johnson"
Mar 25, 2011

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Gary Mortimer replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"Well with the multitude of controllers out there these days two sticks and four motors will cut it. You would get better performance out of the box from an Arducopter. I'm sure there are many people here that could build you a system and live…"
Mar 24, 2011
Kyle Estes replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"Hi Gary, We are looking at the AR.Drone because it is inexpensive and we only need it for a basic demonstration of the software we are building. We are certainly open to alternative platforms. Could you recommend one? Thanks, Kyle"
Mar 24, 2011

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Gary Mortimer replied to Kyle Estes's discussion Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion
"Why bother converting an ARdrone?? Its not a platform that will ever be capable enough."
Mar 22, 2011
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Company willing to pay for AR.Drone to UAV conversion

Hello,  I came across diydrones.com when looking into modifying our recently-purchased Parrot AR.Drone into an actual UAV. I am with a company called Primordial out of Saint Paul, Minnesota. We are working on a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project for the United States Army (topic A10-091) that deals with creating algorithms that allow teams of UAVs and UGVs to collaborate and track an adversarial ground target. These algorithms predict the future movement of the ground target…See More
Mar 22, 2011

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