Can anyone tell me why this quad-rotor needs to have 3 gyroscopes?Conventional helicopters (main rotor and tail) need only 1.Why this needs three?All quadrotors need 3 gyros?
Read more…(Hi all! This is my first post..:)http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/eMMuRj_N6vntHPDycCJAKWhEO9zBvyPHhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Remote#Wii_MotionPlusThe rumor is that this new attachment for Wiimote has IvenSense IDG-600 2-axis gyro in it
Read more…Hello everyone. It's been a month or more since my last post. Rather than modifying an off the shelf airframe for my dissertation aerial photography work, I decided to scratch build an airframe. RP Flight Systems was kind enough to let me visit their
Read more…not quit that bad but of course R&D is always the first on the chopping block . personally I've been temporarily laid of from peak aviation . luckily with Boeing in my back yard i will be going back to making parts for airliners I'm sure . still cool
Read more…In the GCS GUI post someone mentioned the idea of having google maps as the mapping engine. I though that was a good idea so I did it. This works with Raw NMEA strings but if you have a telemetry stream you wan to integrate into this, let me know and
Read more…Hey guys, my name's Julian and im kinda new here, and i was just seeking some advice on the design of a control system for my recent UAV. I designed it with fast response in mind, hence the rocket engine to take it up to altitude, where then a pair o
Read more…http://www.fuji-imvac.com/engines/fjig0047.htmlThe above link is to the engine for which will work with the UAV I am currently working on. I chose this engine due to it's power to weight ratio and optional in flight electric start. In flight restart
Read more…Hi everyoneI am trying to create a RC Helicopter able to work as a monitoring tool to look for invasive plants in remote areas of the Galapagos Islands. Ideally the helicopter will be able to fly a least for 30 minutes and be controlled at the distan
Read more…could someone tell me the working of a propeller in a plane.is there a fixed direction in which it rotates (such as clockwise or anti-clockwise)?could we use a propellar to create power and then save it in a battery of a plane?am also looking at alte
Read more…I want to put my gps module inside my foam-uav.I plan to have one sheet of 6mm depron/foam between the sky and the module.How can i find out, how much signal will worsen?thxme
Read more…Hello allI need a hobby and as a young guy intersted in combat & geeky stuff fresh out of school robotics and electronics just ticks all my boxes.I'm very interested in making robots and UAV's (for a weapons system concept i had) so i was wondering i
Read more…Hello!can you recomend auto-pilot for electro outdoor blimp?can it work only with GPS, or i need additional sensors?blimp will fly "circles" at 10-20-30 meters high and it can returns to start point icase of failure.and i need to control blimp from i
Read more…I was looking at the GCS that Jordi did and was wondering if there is any code or if someone has done one that might not be a HUGE task. I would like to have a display on the GCS that tells me the stuff that on OSD does, but in an interface that is e
Read more…hi everyone i am a newbie out here pls help me outi am designing a control system for a quad rotori have not studied any basics about control systems can ne 1 guide me how to go bout itthanks in advance
Read more…I am looking for a good location for flight testing in Southern California. Has anybody got any suggestions? My local RC field is in a tight valley and there are just too many interested folks.Ideally a farm with a 50 to 100 acres of empty fields wou
Read more…I have heard a lot of different versions of what a PID loop is. I am going to post my version as taught to me by my PID coach when learning to tune and autopilot on a UAV. Also i am going to throw some tuning tips in as well.P term -The P term is lik
Read more…I have been thinking of ways to increase the range of the data modem or video feed from a UAV. And it always comes back to having better directional antenna on the ground that has to be pointing at the UAV. My problem is I don’t know too many people
Read more…Hi guys, I was wondering if there was a way to increase the range of my airplane's rx/tx, without going to drastic measures?TK Chris
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