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3 Axis Brushless GIMBAL system & Steadicam for Pro Users ARDUCOPTER, Hoverfly, CINESTAR,

Hello,

I like to announce THE NEW  3 Axis, brushless Gimbal, 4mm thick plates, 25mm tube, 3k Carbon fiber, & steadycam all in one, to the market. Before the well known established companies like Hoverfly &…

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Added by OG on June 5, 2013 at 10:30am — 179 Comments

Hybrid Penta Copter

This is a very interesting Hindered multi copter. I was thinking of this same concept using a weed waker motor on a large quad & kk board. But the guys in south Asia have beaten me to it. well it a nice job in any…

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Added by OG on May 19, 2013 at 6:15am — 15 Comments

NOVA RISE OF THE DRONES & WHAT NEXT?

What ever your political ideology this new tool RPA is being misused as a too of war. How can we as a community stop this from happening? Local Masculinity's have no jurisdictions over it's airspace only FAA has that authority. local legislated restrictions on air space is not enforceable.

http://offthegridwater.ca

Added by OG on March 24, 2013 at 6:29am — 3 Comments

Robot Boats Rescue Mission Univ Pennsylvania

This is a simulation, showing possible uses for these robotic boats. The first question is, why not have the quadrotor lift the patient over the water? In the real world, that's probably the easiest solution, but here we wanted to demo the boats. Which got us thinking, would there be any real-world situation using all three robots the way we do in the video?…

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Added by OG on March 21, 2013 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Quadshot paparazzi board

 Paparazzi designed the Quadshot’s airframe to be lightweight, yet durable. It consists of a one-meter (39 inch) wing, four pylons with…

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Added by OG on January 25, 2013 at 5:58am — 2 Comments

MegapirateNG (MPNG) port of Ardupilot Mega onto a Crius All in One Pro RC TIMER BOARD

This is a video tutorial for loading the MegapirateNG (MPNG) port of Ardupilot Mega onto a Crius All in One Pro v1.1 flight controller board.



The v2.0 board setup is not that much different and if you take the time to read the new parameters in APM_Config.h - you can pretty much figure out which parameters need to be…

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Added by OG on January 21, 2013 at 8:19am — 2 Comments

Fully protected propellers on a multirotor - Quad/Tri/Hex

I found this looks interesting safeflightcopters.com Lightweight, strong monocoque ring design of a special proprietary plastic meant to absorb energy on impact without permanently deforming, significantly upping craft survivability. Prop screens are non-metallic, lightweight and nearly…

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Added by OG on December 20, 2012 at 5:55am — 28 Comments

LEGO Bike & KK2.0 LCD Board Gyro PI gain adjustment

Balancing act this is the coolest thing I have seen in a while.

Added by OG on October 29, 2012 at 8:51am — 8 Comments

NEW 4-in-1 Speed Control Quad HOBBYWING Skywalker Quattro

Like to know your feelings on this new product for multi rotor craft?

Have you ever had your quad fall out the sky seemingly for no reason. Is low voltage cut off enabled on one or more of your ESC's? This can cause crashes! If you quad is low on power, voltage is cut from one or more ESC's …
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Added by OG on July 25, 2012 at 5:00am — 29 Comments

Build you own Ground station GCS server Wifi enabled



To cool to buy a Quad frame build your own! Build you own Ground station. GCS server Wifi enabled Xbee with bluetooth modules. The Idea is to be able to connect to your multi copter no weirs from a mobile phone or PC, tablet no matter what Operating system is being used. I have been working on this for some time. I have this running on a UNO with a double xbee shield,… Continue

Added by OG on July 11, 2012 at 6:58am — 4 Comments

DM9 spectrum JR compatible module has a problem with 9X & failsafe

 

New DM9 spectrum JR compatible module has a problem failsafe will not work when using a JR radio with the throttle channel on port 3.  Failsafe is handled by the receiver & it only handles throttle drop on port 1 of the DSM2 DSMX Rx. In…
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Added by OG on June 18, 2012 at 8:37am — No Comments

Cars in the sky. The Dutch are amazing.

 

 

Added by OG on April 5, 2012 at 6:00am — 3 Comments

Robot Grass hoper on steroids by Boston Dynamics

I did not even imagine this was possible still can't after watching the video

 

Added by OG on March 29, 2012 at 4:43am — 11 Comments

Have you got a 9x or JR Tx want to upgrde to DSM2 AIRMOD with AR7010 JR-Compatible

I am sick of wifi interference in fact i want to fly with a wifi module for telemetry RN-XV WiFly Module - SMA Connector . Spectrum will be building this upgrade to JR radios for May release $100 . The only radio I have owned that I have never had wifi issues with is spectrum. But i think there radios are way over priced. I think most radios are overpriced considering the 30 year old technology the are using. Pre order yours today from your local…

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Added by OG on March 22, 2012 at 6:00am — 8 Comments

Camera control with the Android ADK

 I am known for thinking out the box this proposed project (camera gimbal stabilizer) is similar to something I have been playing around with for a couple of months. it is the serenity gun project simply replacing the gun with a camera & putting gyros between the Pan, tilt servos there is one minor issue this requires a PC to do the image…

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Added by OG on March 7, 2012 at 7:30am — 3 Comments

12 engine beast from the East

Another OEM as stepped up to the plate New in 2012 "rotor concept" taking the Lotus RC products to the net level.
This is good thing if "rotor concept" can offer you  warrantee on the electronics for this line of RC aircraft .  You will pay a premium for it. HOQ-1  currently $900 USD almost 5 times the price t530 .  This is the same product except there is no warrantee with the T530. The HOQ-2 $3000 USD almost 5 times the price…
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Added by OG on October 31, 2011 at 7:37am — 8 Comments

Poor man's Laser radar

Poor man's Laser radar

like to build a better sensor from what is already commercially available.

 In reference to the sensors measuring distance and movement providing accuracy, redundancy when multiple sensors are in use for autonomous navigation in confined spaces & autonomous navigation when GPS lock is not possible. combination of any tow sensors working to gather to provide accurate 3d positioning.…

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Added by OG on September 22, 2011 at 8:35am — 2 Comments

Phantom Sentinel UAV

I found this craft rather interesting same concept as the leaf thing by Raytheon, simple osculating pleasure .
This not new device saw it for sale so I did some research.  …

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Added by OG on September 15, 2011 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

like to introduce the new Quad copter GPS P4 for UAV.

like to introduce the new Quad copter GPS P4 for UAV.
any one that knows me knows I am not a fan of cheep things but this model I take it without the electronics. had bad experience with Q's the electronics. But I will sell it to you with a grain of salt. the new GPS…
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Added by OG on August 25, 2011 at 6:57pm — 8 Comments

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