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LOw speed UAV

Hi..Wanna ask something.. What kind of airfoil that is good for low speed UAV. I wanna design light UAV (not exceed than 150 gr) that bring a micro camera.THank you previously

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Legal in Norway/Europe?

I'm interested in trying out this, but I'm unsure whether it's legal to do this in my home country, Norway.I suspect that our legal rules are the same as for the EU, but I'm not sure. Does anyone here know what the rules are?What authority should I c

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Solar UAV

Hi Everyone,I am planning to begin making a solar powered UAV and have spent some time researching Solar Panels , MPPT’s, Airframes and Autopilots. I think the best way to go is to run the Motor / speed controller directly from the Solar panels / MMP

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silly question

ok, so i got one of the memsic dual-axis accelerometers. the picture that comes with it shows the chip with the x and y axes, as well as tilt about those axes. there is a pin for Xout and Yout. what exactly are the values that it is outputting? does

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Trackir head tracking on a UAV

HowdyI used to play a combat flight simulater a lot and have this Trackir head tracking unit laying around unused.Now I have no experiance with uavs but would love to fly my rc heli with it.Where would I even start?The manufacturer makes available a

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Starting off

Entering UAV's was never a preference of mine, since i'm more of a land lover. In fact, as a personal project I have an autonomous robot based on an RC Kyosho. Took everything off but the chassis, servo and the wheels. Recently, this guy that dedicat

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Lipoly batteries (problem)

recently my chargers that i charge lipolys off of, are telling me that the battery volts are low. ive been using a brushless esc with a lipoly low voltage cutoff (electrifly 25 Amp)and thunder power lipolys. ive been using all the proper equipment (i

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Search and rescue??

Repost (in proper place?):Just wondering:How close is the technology getting to realistically get set up with a couple of RC planes with programmable (with lat/long coordinates) that will transmit video back to the ground?I'm a non-technical adult in

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first round of questions

After my intro yesterday I spent a few hours cruising the past posts. As mentioned I am interested in getting some high resolution photography of archeological sites from the air. I would need to carry a camera such as the Pentax A30 mentioned on thi

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introduction...

Hello everyone,I can't express how excited I am about finding this site! I am working on a PhD in geography/remote sensing and have been exploring some potential projects in using remote sensing in archeology. Available satellite and aerial imagery w

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