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I need a history lesson. How did we get here?

Posted by flyinghiho on April 12, 2012 at 9:07pm

Hey all.  I'd like to know the history of how we arrived where we are today with these Drones.  What were the key moments in hobby Drone history.

Like...who and when did they make:

-The FIRST Multi-Rotor

-The FIRST GPS enabled unit.

-The FIRST Arduino board for a drone

-And any other firsts you can think of.

Thanks

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  • Randolph Testa November 10, 2022 at 11:03am
    The story is rather primitive for me. People have been going to this for a long time. But at one point there was a breakthrough. Now if you look into technology, you can see incredible changes. I even wrote an academic paper about it, had to really buy college essays, used https://paperell.net/buy-college-essay for that. I myself would definitely not be able to write anything, since I did not know the scheme of drones and much more. There was not enough information about them on the Internet then. And as a student, it was very hard, you know. Moreover, I'm not the only one, all my friends came to this way of survive.
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  • David Conger August 17, 2012 at 12:58pm

    "What were the key moments in hobby Drone history." Let's see how long this post lasts. It is 100% fact so follow the links if you doubt any of it. 

     

    I'd say Paparazzi was definitely the World First Open Source and Hobby autopilot in any measure. First to fly fixed and multirotor (Lisa/L). First to fly self navigated using IMU attitude sensing. First open source. FWIW: They still are the only ones that publish not just the designs, the complete source code, but also the Bill of Materials Parts list with part numbers. Building your own is still encouraged and 100% supported.

     

    Paparazzi Project Started in early 2000s (2002/2003). Their orig. website is still online (see below).

     

    More Facts/Firsts: 

    First Arduino Based Autopilot: Paparazzi Arduino based (yes, first Paparazzi controller was Arduino) was circa 2003. Website from that era is still online here: http://www.nongnu.org/paparazzi/gallery_v0.html 

     

    First dual processor hobby autopilot (Classix had dual LPC2148, an Overo Gumstix headers and is still supported). 

     

    First to support multi-uav (TCAS logic).

     

    First Quadrotor: Paparazzi Quadrotor (Antoine Druin/ENAC) was circa 2005. 

    That first autopilot had GPS, IR attitude sensing, and autonomous self-navigation. From the orig. site: "The aircraft is able to perform autonomous takeoff ( hand-launch or bungee ), accurately follow a flight plan and even do some sort of rough landing. At any time it is switchable to manual or assisted control, for example to increase landing precision"

     

    Just in case people are wondering Paparazzi is still very much alive and well. The ENAC team won the IMAV2012 (again) with their latest multirotor controller what has the processor, IMU on the same board 35mm x 35mm. More on NavGo here: http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/NavGo_v3

     

    More info here: http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/Wall_of_Record

    and here: http://www.nongnu.org/paparazzi/overall.html

    Take note "DIY" play on wording in the title of the page above. Making the term Do It Yourself UAV up back in 2003.

    Anyone who speaks for the whole hobby UAV community must mention Paparazzi. It's like talking relativity without mentioning Einstein. 

    Paparazzi: Gallery V0
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    Gary Mortimer April 12, 2012 at 11:06pm
    Heres the first quad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bothezat_helicopter

    Will follow this thread with interest as I would like to fill the sUAS News FB timeline with more info.

    http://www.facebook.com/suasnews

    The Paparazzi project would have to sit high in your list along with RCAP they both happened pre Arduino.

    Also you must add Jack Crossfires work, to my mind several high profile projects have leant heavily on his work.

    Oh the list is endless I will let others carry on.
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