Hi all,
In South Africa for commercial operation you are required to be listening and announce your flights on the relevant frequencies.
Wondering if anyone recommends any particular hand radio? - Other than battery life and portability (and cost) I'm
Read more…Hey guys,
I was pretty interested by the Ehang184 & Airbus concepts.
I'm doing a little research project into the future of city wide air transportation and I was curious as to how the guys over at Ehang generate so much thrust?
What type of motors do
I have an Arducopter v2.6 on my quadcopter and am just starting to get it flying. Yesterday I took it to the park for the second time for some test flights. The flight went as follows:
are there some inherent differences between quad copters and hexacopters. What would make a designer choose 4 or 6 propellers? Is there a sweet spot for lift capacity with a quad vs the sweet spot for lift capacity of a hex? What is that sweet spot?
Read more…Drones seem to be used in two primary ways. 1) Flying and 2) imaging while flying
Within the area of creating images while flying, this can be further broken down into two primary subgroups. A) Videography B) Still photography
When the commercial mak
Read more…Plane 3.7 Steer2Serv Fails to Steer w/ any parameter while moving faster than 1m/s.
Tested all paramaters high/low while running the airframe on the runway @ 1m/s & turning L & R.
Tested all paramaters high/low while in Shop @ Bench. Steer2Serv will no
Hello,
I've been trying to connect a servo motor to the ardupilot for my project.
However, i'm having some issues, as seen in the picture, I've connected the signal wire from the servo to A11 and the other 2 wires to a battery pack (2X AA 1.5V)- is tha
Read more…Hi everyone,
We have tested our new product 18X EO/IR dual sensor zoom camera Eagle Eye-IV for a month and come up with this video demonstration.
It is proved that this EO/IR camera is able to deliver high-definition daylight and thermal imagery in a w
What's up guys/gals,
I've decided to get out of custom making drones and just buy a Mavic. I am more into planes.
Anyways,
I am selling my "Pixhawk Phantom" if anybody is interested. Below is the parts I have into it:
3DR Pixhawk Mini $200
9450 Propellers
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Increasing adoption of unmanned solutions by different military and defense forces is leading to the rise in demand for security robots worldwide.
The military and defense forces worldwide are increasingly using unmanned solutions due to the advantage
Read more…So, I have a 9xr Pro with a Dsss transmitter module and I'm trying to pair it with a Turnigy 9x version 2 8ch receiver, but they just don't seem to want to bind properly. When I plug the battery into the receiver, the red flashing light comes on and
Read more…I've always been huge into building robots and drones, since I was a little kid (maybe like 8). My Dad always built his own RC airplanes and gas-powered cars, and it always interested me. Recently, with the advancement of Arduino, micro-controllers a
Read more…What's up guys/gals,
I have decided to get out of the custom making drone hobby and focus more on planes. Below is what I have invested into this project. I am willing to sell for way less than what I have into it.
I am asking $500
Thanks for looking!
Q6
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Hi all,
I have a F450 sized quad powered by a Pixhawk v1. I am using a 5000Mah 3s battery.
When I arm the quad and start flying it always goes into battery failsafe mode at approx 1 minute of flying.
It was suggested to me to try and diagnose the
I'm a little bummed that newcomers are getting more capable drones for even less than I shelled out to get my "cutting-edge" FreeX Skyview. :^\
I don't have a lot of experience--although I'd have had a LOT more if it had offered the modes I wanted to
Read more…I am currently running a GoPro 3 on 2 Axis Gimbal with a RunCam Owl + handling FPV Chores,I want to remove ,actually I am going to remove the GoPro Gimbal and I am going to Mount a CG02+ I picked up on a deal. The cam has 5.8 TX inside as well as a m
Read more…Hello,
My name is Joe Ernster and I am an aviation insurance broker that specializes in commercial UAV insurance. After insuring manned aircraft for years, I began targeting commercial UAV operations in 2015. Since then, I have added over 150 commerci
Read more…Hi everyone! I need help coding my hexacopter so that it will automatically fly and maintain an altitude of 4 ft while holding a payload of 5 lbs. It should be able to stay stable and balanced no matter where the payload is placed.
Here's the kicker..
Read more…the thermal video is captured by a flir IR camera, and mount on a quadcopter uav, its doesnt means the thermal Uav must fly during neight, but also white days, because the camera can capture many interest things during the white days fly. its same wo
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