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Sky Monkey commented on Emile L.'s blog post Quading Vacation (no wheels included)
"Emile, thank you for taking the time to collect, edit and upload your video.  I enjoyed it immensely! I especially liked the long continual flight sequences - choppy vids to rawkous muzik does nothing for me. Keep up the great work!!!!!"
Sep 24, 2012
Sky Monkey commented on trappy's blog post Unedited FPV Proximity
"The thing I like most on this video is the long duration clips.  Chopping and mixing camera angles to the beat of the music is "edgy" but this shows me what the view the pilot sees.  And for me, FPV is all about the virtual…"
Jun 9, 2012
Monroe Lee King Jr. replied to Sky Monkey's discussion Rounding up the cows with a cat-copter
"LOL Good one Chris H. hahahahahaha. Rotf-Lmao"
Jun 6, 2012
Chris Huitema replied to Sky Monkey's discussion Rounding up the cows with a cat-copter
"i put up another link to that yesterday! i was thinking i might have to get a dead pig and do it ~ when pigs fly"
Jun 6, 2012
Brett Glossop replied to Sky Monkey's discussion Rounding up the cows with a cat-copter
"that's a great laugh sky here in aus cats have a very split views - pet for some, destroyer of all wild life ofr others Brett"
Jun 6, 2012
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Jun 3, 2012
Sky Monkey commented on trappy's blog post San Francisco [TBS@USA Grand Finale]
"Trappy - you have out done yourself!  Stunning!"
May 6, 2012
Sky Monkey commented on Saulius L.'s blog post Open-source embedable low-cost wifi board used for arducopter telemetry.
"Nice!  Have you performed any range checks?  What do you think the maximum link distance might be?"
May 6, 2012
Sky Monkey commented on trappy's blog post California Coast (TBS @ USA Riad Trip 9/13)
"The grand finale?  My guess based on past efforts: The Golden Gate Bridge."
Mar 14, 2012
Sky Monkey commented on trappy's blog post Death Valley (TBS @ USA Road Trip Chapter 3)
"Thanks for clearing that up.  So what's next? The Vegas Strip? Boulder dam? Grand Canyon? Monument Valley? Mesa Verde? Carlsbad Cavern?  Underground UAV flying - cool! "
Feb 15, 2012
Sky Monkey commented on trappy's blog post Death Valley (TBS @ USA Road Trip Chapter 3)
"Is your RC aircraft controlled via 2.4GHz as well?"
Feb 15, 2012
Sky Monkey commented on Shannon Morrisey's blog post Congress Passes UAV Bill
"What? Government agencies supporting UAVs?  It could happen... NOT!  Check the following Dvorak posted this without really providing any provenance: http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2012/02/05/the-fbis-see-somethingsay-something-posters/ Lots…"
Feb 6, 2012
Sky Monkey commented on Andre S's blog post web censorship, SOPA/PIPA blackout, open-source and diydrones
Jan 18, 2012
Sky Monkey commented on Andre S's blog post web censorship, SOPA/PIPA blackout, open-source and diydrones
"Censorship is the least of the problems with SOPA. If you post here with a link to a site and someone claims that site has unauthorized IP, they can have DIY-Drones taken off the air, immediately, with no recourse for the owners of…"
Jan 18, 2012
Sky Monkey commented on Jani Hirvinen's blog post ArduCopter Factory update: December 2011
"The enthusiasm is very evident - this is the sort of company that enjoys their work.  As you mentioned above, Sparkfun and of course, DIYDrones shop are also doing what they love best.  This is a winning combination - do a good job of…"
Dec 9, 2011
Travis commented on Sky Monkey's blog post Quad art...
"@Simone:  You can actually buy a decent motion tracking system (eg. Natural Point's OptiTrack) for under $10k these days. "
Nov 26, 2011

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Quad art...

Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:41pm 4 Comments

A very interesting architecture web site has a short blurb on a sculpture that will be assembled by quad copters.

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Relax, don't worry, watch this video...

Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:30pm 4 Comments

This week I worked with a consultant from out of town and he asked where there might be a good place to fly an RC plane with a camera. "Wow, that's just what *I* do!" I said. (Along with a lot of people here at DIY Drones). Yesterday just before sunset, I sent him off to the beach and he recorded this video. He flies a plane called a "Slow Stick" manually, no autopilot and with a Contour HD helmet cam attached. If possible, watch this at the hi-res setting; it's just simply… Continue

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