Hello everyone, I have just found this site and looked at a few of the pages. I have wanted to get into the small uav type aircraft so this site is just what I have been looking for. I have just purchased a Hobbico NexStar but have not yet made the first flight, except on the simulator. This is the gas powered version and is slightly larger the the ElectriStar being used here. I have looked at the huge open bay where the RC system is and I know there is a lot of room to install more stuff.…
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From the MAKE blog:
Here is a link to pictures of an attempt by a group of Calpoly engineers to have a UAV glider bring back pictures from 100,000 feet. After some sleepless nights and an overwhelming amount of work on hardware and software we launched a glider in California Valley. The…Continue
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From Wired's Danger Room blog:
"The number of flying robots in the American armed forces' arsenal has gone up by nearly 1400% in four years, military documents show. A relatively-modest unmanned fleet of 217 machines has grown into a 3211-drone…
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Description: This UAV is intended mostly as an education platform to teach you the basics of microprocessors, embedded system programming and autopilot design. It will fly, but it's not designed to be a real production UAV. That said, it demonstrates the…
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Description: This platform was inspired by the realization that almost all the hardware you need for a functioning UAV is contained in the high-end cellphone in your pocket: GPS, camera, two-way long-distance wireless data communications, onboard computing and…
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Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The fourth round is an accuracy round for multicopters, which requires contestants to fly a cube. The deadline is April 14th.
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