Comment by Scott Plunkett on September 14, 2009 at 12:34pm

@Rahul..Wireless control via the internet is just another type of RC...RC is remote control...so the wireless control via internet is just another transmission means - regardless, somewhere along the path you are going to have to transmit data to the aircraft, whether you use an Iridium uplink via satellite and an IP communication channel, or simple 900MHz hobby shop gear. The real point of this site is autonomous flight - and the capability to take the pilot (obviously within the regulations - grins in Chris' direction) out of the loop for the majority of a mission profile.

Comment by James Harwood on October 14, 2009 at 6:48am

Ah....the proper place for a noob like me to start. :)

Comment by Matias Arenas on February 12, 2010 at 1:52pm

Some of the links in the flowchart are outdated (the 3 from NASA's beginers guide to aeronautics). Apparently they have changed to

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/bga.html
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/forces.html and
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/rotations.html (from http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/* ).

Great wab page with a lot of usefull info !

Comment by Paul Marsh on February 12, 2010 at 4:24pm

@Matias,

Thanks for the updated links. The chart itself has now been updated.

Paul

Comment by Utsav Drolia on February 15, 2010 at 10:01pm

Hi,
I am completely new to UAVs. I want to know where should I start gathering knowledge.My final aim is to build an autopilot, most probably IMU based. So I want to learn about IMUs, and how to handle them in code, but I cant really find one good source of knowledge for it. It would be great if someone could just point me in the right direction.
Thanks
Utsav

Moderator Comment by Morli on February 21, 2010 at 3:13am

Hi Utsav,
You are in right place , like you many of us started the same way( NOOB) and we discovered this site, started reading back and forth a dozen times and asked lot of questions, start in the first page here and read through every blog ( take your time ) , follow up every new info with wiki or google, you will soon assume you in small community college library dedicated to home made ( DIY) UAV , and there are many professionals who would be happy to share their wisdom.
Cheers

Comment by Jiri Pistek on March 1, 2010 at 7:08am

We sell an easy to afford autopilot here:
http://www.leteckafotografie.com/aerialvideo/index.htm
A specially designed plane for it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snwp6onsyIg

Comment by Christopher Rhodes on March 7, 2010 at 7:26pm

Hi, I' m new to this, and have no experience with building aircraft. I am hoping to build a UAV to send around my town for laughs. I am wondering where should I start to get experience with this.

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on March 7, 2010 at 7:29pm

Christopher, that's illegal. You won't get help here doing that.

Comment by Christopher Rhodes on March 7, 2010 at 7:40pm

Okay that's for letting me know that, where's a good legal place to start with air drones?

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