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ronald mallett commented on Andreas's blog post Drone shot down by police
"look at its little heart slowly beating.......... its a good idea though, our word against theirs and who did what"
Friday
Ellison Chan commented on ronald mallett's blog post UAV for inside Nuclear Power Stations
"Doesn't sound like that power plant is in meltdown.  I suspect that the drone will survive.  There's a big difference between ionizing radiation, and contamination. ;-)"
Aug 8, 2012
Squalish commented on ronald mallett's blog post UAV for inside Nuclear Power Stations
"They determined that they would use 'Robots' to clean it up, but the radiation destroyed their electronic circuits.  The robot team didn't want to admit failure.  So the project used what are euphemistically termed 'Bio…"
Aug 7, 2012
Dorulet commented on ronald mallett's blog post UAV for inside Nuclear Power Stations
"Actually they tried using robots to clean up the Chernobyl disaster, but like Jack said, their electronics got fried. Fast. Several were used and if i remember correctly the one that work the longest was for 15 minutes before…"
Aug 6, 2012
Carl La France commented on ronald mallett's blog post UAV for inside Nuclear Power Stations
"Thanks for the clarification Jack."
Aug 6, 2012
Jack Crossfire commented on ronald mallett's blog post UAV for inside Nuclear Power Stations
"Radiation destroying electronics is the mane problem."
Aug 6, 2012
Maxime Carrier commented on ronald mallett's blog post UAV for inside Nuclear Power Stations
"Yes so they all die in horrible pain."
Aug 6, 2012
Martin commented on ronald mallett's blog post UAV for inside Nuclear Power Stations
"There's a reason why the Russians used men instead of robots to remove radioactive debris in Chernobyl."
Aug 6, 2012
ronald mallett posted a blog post

UAV for inside Nuclear Power Stations

A report on a project to inspect a contaminated nuclear power station, from the Guardian. Excerpt:The university has built a "hexacopter", which has six separate rotary engines. It is also equipped with lidar…See More
Aug 6, 2012
ronald mallett commented on Rigel's blog post Another GoPro competitor
"Ive a Geonaute 720p which is the same as the AEE, the only thing I find when using a Vid TX is the amount of icons on the screen, they are out of the way of the picture which is excellant"
Jul 15, 2012
ronald mallett commented on CrashingDutchman's blog post Hobbyking i86 and i86L (Lite Edition) Multi-Rotor Control Board
"This is the same as the Eagle N6 V2, the earlier one is a clone of the Eagle N6 I have this one but not fitted it yet"
Jun 27, 2012
ronald mallett commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot home page
"Ive had similar problems and put my finding on the LED page http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/correct-ardupilot-led-behavior The problem I have is that although its a SIRF3 gps, it isnt an EM-406, which might explain why the leds arnt doing the…"
Apr 23, 2009
ronald mallett commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Correct ArduPilot LED behavior
"Current taken by ArduPilot and GPS shown The voltage reg gets very hot and it seems to trip out, notice the power led going out? The battery is a 900mah 7.4v Lipo IMGP0004.AVI IMGP0005.AVI It seems there is a problem 1. I cannot get my leds to…"
Apr 19, 2009
ronald mallett commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Correct ArduPilot LED behavior
"Here we go ArduPilot 2.0 program loaded nothing else IMGP0001.AVI GPS now connected IMGP0002.AVI Now switched channel connected and toggled 2 times IMGP0003.AVI Ronnie"
Apr 19, 2009
ronald mallett commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Correct ArduPilot LED behavior
"Here we go ArduPilot 1.0 program loaded nothing else IMGP0001.AVI GPS now connected IMGP0002.AVI Now switched channel connected and toggled 2 times IMGP0003.AVI Ronnie"
Apr 19, 2009
ronald mallett commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Correct ArduPilot LED behavior
"A bit like this IMGP0001.AVI Hope that works"
Apr 9, 2009

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UAV for inside Nuclear Power Stations

Posted on August 6, 2012 at 7:00am 7 Comments

A report on a project to inspect a contaminated nuclear power station, from the Guardian. Excerpt:

The university has built a "hexacopter", which has six separate rotary…

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