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IEEE Spectrum on laser-guided aggressive maneuvering research

This is just a good journalistic summary by …

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 16, 2012 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Possible R/C or UAV in the news again.....

Hope one didn't get away from Sparkfun HQ!…

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Added by Petroni on May 16, 2012 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

FreeIMU 4.0 and MultiWii - Is your copter trusted enough to fly above your car in a confined space?

As a huge follower of Fabio and his excellent FreeIMU I thought it time to post an update. I am looking forward to playing with the final release. For those who don't already know Fabio, he is a pioneer and well worth following.

 

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Added by Fab - Arduino for Visual Studio on May 16, 2012 at 9:00am — 11 Comments

State Estimation For Aggressive Flight Using Onboard Sensing

The video from our recent experiments with state estimation in GPS-Denied environments. 

The vehicle is localizing against a known map using a MEMs IMU and a 2D lidar scanner.

There are more details in our paper:…

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Added by Abe on May 16, 2012 at 7:32am — 4 Comments


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Want to know more about the Sea Shepherd drone?



Getting ready for the start of our next live podcast in a couple of hours time (you can download it later) 10:00 PST about 17:00 GMT I think (could very well be wrong)

The show link here…

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Added by Gary Mortimer on May 16, 2012 at 7:22am — 2 Comments

A Walk in the Mojave: NASA Tests Mars Rover on Desert Dunes

Whilst not a aerial drone.. it still must be one of the coolest!

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The links are below:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1205/10rovertest/…

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Added by Alex Muir on May 16, 2012 at 12:58am — 2 Comments


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ArduCopter Loiter Tuner / SIM

This is a simulation I'm working on to improve the Loiter control laws and discover optimal gains. I have identical code from Arducopter running in Flash as OO Javascript so I can ensure the behavior is the same as the real thing. I tested the MTEK GPS to find the actual latency and accuracy and then modeled it in code.…

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Added by jasonshort on May 15, 2012 at 10:30pm — 16 Comments


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Amazing Feat with Latest AeroQuad 2.1 Flight Code.

Ok, I can honestly say, that I would never even attempt this with Arducopter.

Check out the AeroQuad website, if you're interested in learning more.

Added by Ellison Chan on May 15, 2012 at 9:00pm — 30 Comments

Radian rebuild wing root diagram and wing parts

I finally got all the parts together and I am ready to  assemble the one piece wing  the aluminum piece in the center of the photo  Joins both wings together ,reinforces the leading and trailing edge of the wing, is a servo tray for the ailerons and flaps . sets the dihedral angle of the wings and a means of attaching the wing to the plane…

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Added by Carl La France on May 15, 2012 at 6:00pm — 6 Comments


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Just one month to go before the Sparkfun AVC (and the DIY Drones multicopter rodeo!)

The Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition is on June 16th, just a month away! Once again the DIY Drones teams will be well represented, with at least 15 people from the APM team alone coming and competing. There will be the usual barbecue at Doug…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 15, 2012 at 2:22pm — 11 Comments

DroneMapper Aerial Mapping Service Update

Hello everyone:

I don't know where to begin! This last 4 months has been amazing and very challenging. :) I couldn't have made it this far without the help the beta testers, Pteryx UAV (Krzysztof Bosak), Jeff Taylor, Irvin Stafford, Michael Oborne, Martin R and others. Thank you guys. As of now, we have a full feature set for the launch of the site around June 1st (maybe sooner). I don't have GCP support yet, but that is coming when I can get some additional…

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Added by JP on May 15, 2012 at 1:30pm — 5 Comments

RTH and "stabilized mode" with the arduimuv3

This is a schematic of my wiring of the ArduIMU v3. I hope to be able to use this soon as my own personal and custom RTH and 'stabilized mode' solution with some extra benefits highlighted below. One extra analog pin will be used in the future to read out the RSSI level from the attached RC receiver.

This setup demonstrates how far you can push this remarkable board. The W5100 chip provides 30Hz telemetry over wifi to the ground (just make sure to use the sparkfun…

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Added by Gerard Toonstra on May 15, 2012 at 9:00am — 15 Comments

HUGE NEWS FOR US!!! Drones (up to 25 pounds) Legal for U.S. Safety Agencies...as of today.

I don't know how many of you guys have seen this yet, but this is HUGE NEWS for us. No COA needed for drones up to 25 pounds, as long as it's being operated by a U.S. safety agency.

Check out the article that came out 2 hours ago on Bloomberg. …

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Added by Jacob Thomas on May 14, 2012 at 6:30pm — 12 Comments


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Using long-exposure photography to study helicopter physics

From Hackaday:

Check out this video footage of this LED-adorned RC helicopter flying on a dark night. But this isn’t an art project. Analyzing the long-exposure photography…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 14, 2012 at 12:35pm — 11 Comments


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Congrats to Jordi: One of MIT Technology Review's top entrepreneurs under 35 !

Jordi is one of MIT Tech Review's top ten innovators under 35 in Mexico! From the award annoucement

A 21-year old Mexican immigrant faces another day of tedious confinement in his apartment in…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 14, 2012 at 10:30am — 21 Comments


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Updated ArduCopter and ArduPlane code: APM2 users please upgrade!

The Dev Team has now pushed a maintenance update to both ArduCopter (2.5.5) and ArduPlane (2.34) that all APM 2 users should upgrade to (it also includes some nice improvements for APM 1).  It fixes both the APM 2 reset issue (you sometimes need to press the reset button to start the board under battery power) and an issue…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 14, 2012 at 9:30am — 15 Comments

Video: Beautiful Day

Spent some time in the Alps with a friend. Lots of hiking and lots of flying.

Added by trappy on May 13, 2012 at 10:42pm — 21 Comments


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3D printable motor mounts for your quad/hexa

Nice design by hardik allows you to use regular aluminum or carbon fiber tubes. Just 3D print the motor mounts and center plate clamps. All files on Thingiverse …

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 13, 2012 at 9:48pm — 2 Comments

Skywalker Flight #4 - Resounding success...mostly

So my buddy Shad and I headed out to my flying spot to fly the Skywalker.

This time around I used my new roof-top antenna mount, with VTR and Planner PC mounted inside the SUV in the back seat.  I found a mount designed for an iPad which worked to hold the ASUS tablet behind the passenger seat headrest. …

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Added by Mike Thorlin on May 13, 2012 at 5:36pm — 21 Comments

My new Y6 camera platform



My new camera platform, Y6 with 3 coaxial counter rotating motor/prop setup.  Great flier if you are willing to deal with mounting the motors and props.  The DJI Wookong is supurb.

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Added by Ed Kirk on May 13, 2012 at 1:00pm — 11 Comments

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Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The third round was a reliablilty/aerial photography round for both planes and copters, which is now closed. Stay tuned for the next round, beginning soon.

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