Chris Anderson's Blog – May 2010 Archive (28)
A safety reminder: girl badly injured by irresponsible flying
This is just a reminder that you can badly injure or even kill people with model aircraft. Don't let this be… Continue
Added by Chris Anderson on May 29, 2010 at 11:16pm — 27 Comments
Build log for the Skywalker
I'm still travelling and haven't finished mine, but here are some build log photos.
Also, the good EPO…
ContinueAdded by Chris Anderson on May 27, 2010 at 4:23pm — 44 Comments
Futaba and Spektrum RC clones coming?
Some interesting reports from RCG that the Futaba FASST and Spektrum DSM/DSM2 2.4 Ghz RC standards have been reverse engineered and cheaper clones with more features are going to be coming out of China soon.…
ContinueAdded by Chris Anderson on May 27, 2010 at 3:11pm — 15 Comments
Grounded! Model airplane flights halted while President Obama visits San Francisco
The FAA routinely issues "NOTAMs" restricting aviation where top government officials are. This week it was San Francisco, where President Obama is visiting today and tomorrow. From the AMA alert:…
ContinueAdded by Chris Anderson on May 25, 2010 at 6:00pm — 21 Comments
Paparazzi co-founder Pascal Brisset, RIP
Anton Kochevar reports sad news over on RCG: "An unfortunate accident claimed the life of Pascal Brisset on Saturday. Pascal died while climbing a glacier in the… Continue
Added by Chris Anderson on May 24, 2010 at 9:00pm — 13 Comments
Announcing ArduCopter, the merger of the ArduPilot and AeroQuad projects!
Added by Chris Anderson on May 24, 2010 at 10:30am — 1316 Comments
Stunning work from our ground-based brethren
Nothing to do with UAVs, but we're all roboticists, so I thought you'd enjoy this. Simply amazing… Continue
Added by Chris Anderson on May 23, 2010 at 10:18pm — 9 Comments
Hang out with the DIY Drones crew at Maker Faire this weekend
A bunch of the DIY Drones crew are going to be at Maker Faire this weekend, which promises to be completely mindblowing. Expect 100,000 people over Sat and Sun, and the lineup of projects on…
ContinueAdded by Chris Anderson on May 20, 2010 at 7:50pm — 6 Comments
Raven plans
Added by Chris Anderson on May 19, 2010 at 10:10am — 5 Comments
Best BlimpDuino mod ever. iPad control!
Added by Chris Anderson on May 19, 2010 at 5:30am — 5 Comments
Tip for ArduPilot 2.6 users: disable the Z sensor for now
Added by Chris Anderson on May 16, 2010 at 10:05pm — 10 Comments
Another use for UAVs: generating power
There's a good profile of Saul Griffith in last week's New Yorker. One of the companies he started, Makani Power,…
ContinueAdded by Chris Anderson on May 16, 2010 at 9:30pm — 15 Comments
A very creative use of an IMU
The Balancing Cube is a lovely exercise in balance, dynamic control and tight gearing.
[via… Continue
Added by Chris Anderson on May 14, 2010 at 8:40pm — 4 Comments
Monocopters on the move
I'm still a little fuzzy on the advantage of the "maple-seed" style monocopters, but BotJunkie has an update on Lockheed Martin's Samurai UAV:
"We heard some rumors back in 2009 that Lockheed Martin’s SAMARAI UAV project had been killed off. In fact, Lockheed Martin themselves… Continue
Added by Chris Anderson on May 13, 2010 at 9:58pm — 4 Comments
One way to win the T3-Round 6 competition ;-)
If your UAV has wheels and you're landing on tarmac, how to stop at exactly the right spot to win the T3-6 competition? Powerslide!
From… Continue
Added by Chris Anderson on May 11, 2010 at 9:10am — 4 Comments
Researcher: Future of UAVs includes personal flying droids
Some interesting thinking in this week's Robots Podcast, on the past 50 years and next 50 years of robotics. One of those interviewed is Jean-Christophe Zufferey, who focuses on UAVs. Along with discussing the past two decades' advances in UAVs very well, he speculates on what's next, including the idea of… Continue
Added by Chris Anderson on May 10, 2010 at 9:00am — 24 Comments
New Arduino datalogging shield
Adafruit has a released a very handy new datalogging shield ($19). You can attach any sensor and it saves the data to a SD card. Use it with the standard Arduino dev board.…
Added by Chris Anderson on May 10, 2010 at 8:09am — No Comments
T3--Round 7: Autonomous takeoff and landing!
Inspired by the Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition, where massive points were given for autonomous takeoff and landing, we're going to do something like that here for round 7. So here's the DIY Drones T3 Total…
ContinueAdded by Chris Anderson on May 9, 2010 at 10:00pm — 85 Comments
Predator plans (make one out of bluecore foam)
Very nice plans to make a smallish Predator out of bluecore foam. Too small for a decent UAV (and as we've said here many times, Predators are not the best flyers, being both short-coupled and prone…
Added by Chris Anderson on May 8, 2010 at 12:30pm — 18 Comments
New sensors in the DIY Drones store
Over the past few months, Jordi has added a bunch of new sensors in the DIY Drones store, which can be used with ArduIMU+ or ArduPilotMega. Here are the latest ones:…Added by Chris Anderson on May 6, 2010 at 7:00am — 6 Comments
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