Comment by Martin Seven on May 3, 2010 at 4:54am

What's military-style about our foamies again?

Comment by Aaron Buckner on May 3, 2010 at 7:32am

Wow that is a VERY common misconception... I would have thought at least adafruit would make a better distinction... Chris maybe you need to get up on your soapbox and tell people ;) Its good to see all these OSH platforms and vendors getting paid for the work they do its just sad that UAVs are always being misclassified.

Comment by bGatti on May 3, 2010 at 8:10am

Maybe its the predator drone logo on the home page?

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on May 3, 2010 at 8:15am

As you know, we've changed the logo so it's a NASA Ikeana, not a Predator. All of our PCBs have been etched with the new logo. I'm not changing it again. Let's move on.

Comment by Martin Seven on May 3, 2010 at 8:19am

It's sexy and has a prop in the back, therefore it's a military drone. They won't stop calling us military unless we put up a Hello Kitty logo instead.

Comment by Bob Hvarven on May 3, 2010 at 8:35am

I think you should use my Prairie Dog AVATAR and remove all doubt..... :) Kidding......

Comment by Ron Jacobs on May 3, 2010 at 8:38am

Although that article on Insitu points to the fact that even those well intentioned individuals can be swayed to the military side. We just need to keep pushing use of UAVs for recreational and non-military uses. Its really just that the military use gets most publicity. Drones are not inherently evil or anything, just depends what those using them install for payloads.

All those Reapers and Global Hawks , etc., could just as easily be used for non-combat humanitarian purposes as military.

The logo is fine. The Predator outline is likely the most recognizable UAV aircraft out there and that works for us too.

Maybe we can make an effort to dig up material on other uses of UAVs and showcase that...if we haven't already.

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