Summer 2011,
I Have A Dream: See flying my Drone from it Antarctica.
Dream of the meeting of timeless nature and technology.
I designed for that a Drone, equipped with a APM1 (Thank you DIYDrones).
March 2012,
I was on the Antarctica Peninsula,
As in my dream, my Drone fly….
Feature:
Engine and ESC: HobbyKing
Electronic: APM1 + Original Motherboard (Alim and Elec distribution)
Frame: Original Design, All with carbon fiber.
RC : WBCommander = Original Design, Action Direct by Telemetry ( XBee-Pro 2.4GHz).
Comment by Alonso Rodriguez on April 26, 2012 at 6:35am @Wilfrid,
Do you notice any advantages/disadvantage in having a frame that is not exactly a (+) shape?
Certainly it's easier to tell where the front is.
Love your video.
@Alonso:
Yes, The First Advantages is The Front,
The 2nd Advantages is The elegance, as a bird :)
Wow! Impressive!!!
How did you manage to get to Antarctica? How was the flightime?
@YureZzZ
Go to Antarctica with a sailboat (16m), has to leave Ushuaya,
Go Into the Wild for 5 Weeks...
The Flight Time is around 17,5mn with Slow travelling and Power Batt = 5A 3S
Comment by Ellison Chan on April 26, 2012 at 7:53am Hey, did you have to do any code changes to support the swept back motor configuration? Nice custom controller too. Are you using the Joystick over telemetry link?
@Ellison
No Code change to control Drone (APM1+Arducopter v210)
All code is in WBCommander (UC Arduino Mega + Soft Arduino V1)
Yes, all is controlled by Joystick over telemetry link (MAVLink 0.9)
It Work Great, and i can add many specifique control function !!!
Comment by Evie Alani on April 26, 2012 at 9:04am Simply awesome dream! Where can I checkout the go pro footage!?
*Best Evie
@Evie
The little video of GoPro,
soon....:)
@javio
The Joysticks com from a cheaper TX of HobbyKing (~25$)
Comment by Dave Wicks on April 26, 2012 at 8:19pm Comment
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