April 2012 Blog Posts (150)


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New Model for DIY UAV project.

Hi all

I have my hands on this UAV model. The model just need the winglets before it's flyable.

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Added by Hooks on April 2, 2012 at 4:29am — 33 Comments


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Citizen drone spots missing Texas boys body

A very sad story, 

http://www.suasnews.com/2012/04/14210/uas-operator-finds-body-of-missing-texas-boy/

Well done to Gene Robinson (a member here) and the team from RP Search Services. A heartbreaking task.…

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Added by Gary Mortimer on April 2, 2012 at 12:01am — 9 Comments


3D Robotics
3D print a mount to attach an iPod Touch to your plane

eric_hcr80 writes: "Mount a 4th-gen iPod onto your RC airplane, provided the bottom of the fuselage is cylindrical". Easily modifiable for an iPhone, too. Design file, ready for printing on your Makerbot or other 3D printer, is …

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 1, 2012 at 8:15pm — 2 Comments


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Software-in-the-loop Architecture

I'm experimenting with SITL, for the purpose of routing MAVLink and prototyping IP Telemetry. Anyhow, after reading the documentation here...:…

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Added by Andreas M. Antonopoulos on April 1, 2012 at 3:00pm — 10 Comments


3D Robotics
How can the Syma toy copters be so stable with just one gyro??

My kids love the Syma S107 toy helicopters, which cost just $20 and are amazingly stable. The big breakthrough for this generation of toy helicopters was the introduction of…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 1, 2012 at 1:53pm — 15 Comments


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RETRO BOARD VR1000 my first Advanced electronic design .

Today I found in a drawer of my old lab this board, and memory began…

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Added by Roberto Navoni on April 1, 2012 at 12:48pm — 1 Comment

Associated Press Article on Hobby Drones

Two AP reporters interviewed me and Mark (and Chris ) last Wednesday about out RC / FPV / Drone hobby. The article was published by AP today and was picked up by many news outlets.

To the full Article

All planes and copters are APM or APM2…

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Added by Andreas on April 1, 2012 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments


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The History Channel

Ferreting around sUAS News for something else I am working on I stumbled on this video, 2009 no less! How things have changed. Hope folks don't mind me posting it here…

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Added by Gary Mortimer on April 1, 2012 at 6:30am — 1 Comment


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9x radio 'mod' list

That my list of 9x radio mods, Keeping it DIY, and under $200 :) 

First one is 'er9x' firmware super easy:

Here is wiki page and good 'How to wire' videos: Part 1 Part 2 …

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Added by Max Levine on April 1, 2012 at 6:00am — 30 Comments

Tacocopter opens a subsidiary in France to Deliver Croissants

Drones are everywhere, and drones enthusiasts too.

Today we're happy to announce the launch of CroissantCopter, the first franchise to the already world-knownTacocopter but this time delivering croissants in Paris ! 

If you're in Paris, we're recruiting cooks and pilots :)…

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Added by Alexander Casassovici on April 1, 2012 at 1:12am — 8 Comments

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