"What is that grey heli in the background of the final clip ?
Peter"
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Octocopter height gain when yawing
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Assembling an APM2.0
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Peter Seddon replied to Kevin Hester's discussion Andropilot - discussion for Android ground controller users/developers"I have a Nexus 7 and can get Andropilot to connect using 3DR radios but not with Xbee or direct from the APM. I am running a an APM 2.0 Quad with 2.9.1.The serial settings are at the correct rate.
Anything I can try to get the Xbee working.…"
Peter Seddon replied to Simon's discussion Is there a trick to leveling these days?"I had the same problem on two 'copters. The one would not respond to leveling using CH7 or redoing the accel calibration and I finally reloaded the firmware, erased the EEPROM and started again - success. The other required just very careful…"
Peter Seddon replied to Tom's discussion ArduCopter KIT ordering (from EU)"Lipoly.de does stock APM and all sorts of bits and pieces for Arducopters etc. Try a search on Arducopter or Ardupilot. Also try http://www.unmannedtechshop.co.uk/ or http://www.buildyourowndrone.co.uk/
Peter"
Peter Seddon commented on Josh Potter's blog post FPV antennas: Building True R/C style circular polarized antennas."For 5.8Ghz, tolerances are such that your finished antenna will need tuning which requires extra equipment, the skill to know how to use it and patience to achieve a good result.
Good luck, Peter "
Peter Seddon commented on Chris Anderson's blog post My new book, "Makers" (including lots on DIY Drones and 3D Robotics), is out today!"£12 hardcover £10.80 Kindle in the UK so that puts the VAT theory out the window.
Peter"
Peter Seddon commented on Chris Anderson's blog post My new book, "Makers" (including lots on DIY Drones and 3D Robotics), is out today!"I know this is completely OT by why does it cost $3 extra for the Kindle version compared with hard back. Here in the UK we have VAT on the Kindle versions but not on paper versions so that automatically gives a price hike of 20%.
Peter
ps Good…"
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"Things are looking up for eyes in the skies"
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:00am 5 Comments 3 Likes
This headline appears in The Times newspaper, published in London, on Friday 23 March in a feature about the growth of US police forces using unmanned aircraft. (Although the article is behind a paywall, it is reprinted in the Australian …
Continue HexRotor
Posted on November 24, 2010 at 9:12am 10 Comments 0 Likes
Came across this in the Science Museum London as a development by Manchester University. It looked like the motors are fixed at this angle - Why? Anyone suggest any benefits for this arrangement - faster yaw control? greater stability? more controllable?…
ArduOktoKopter Flies
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:00am 26 Comments 0 Likes
I have just tried my Oktokopter on its second flight (despite the wind and light rain that made it a very short flight) and it seems flyable. When the… Continue Panther UAV
Posted on October 22, 2010 at 8:00am 10 Comments 0 Likes
This is a recent video of the IAI Panther UAV
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that combines vertical take off with conventional fixed wing flight. This video is apparently of the miniPanther weighing 12kg and with 2hour…
The Rise of The Geek Dad
Posted on May 8, 2010 at 5:22am 9 Comments 0 Likes
Under this title there is an article in the Weekend section of The Times (UK) newspaper today with a quarter page picture of Chris Anderson and Daniel.
Well done Chris!
Peter
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 12:59pm on August 20, 2010,
Norbert Machinek said… - Hi Peter,
thx for your message. I'd only use his vid as an interim.
I'll make my own as soon as I got time. But time is very rare atm. ;-)
Norbert
- At 4:27pm on March 15, 2011,
d-creator said… - HI Peter, can you give me an information about I2C convertion that you done on early arducopter code. I wanna give it a try with the Arducopter NG version. Best regards.
- At 9:44am on March 16, 2011, Peter Seddon said…
- You will find the info in here http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/arduoktokopter-flies everything including the code and ESC conversion.
Good luck, Peter
- At 11:23am on April 4, 2011,
healthyfatboy said… - I have some questions regarding the TLD algorithm. Thanks!
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