Hey everyone,Next semester, a friend and I will be working on an autonomous helicopter for a research project at school. We're both undergrads at Olin College.We're most worried about setting up a good simulation of our aircraft before we test our au
Read more…Hi, I've been lurking long enough and want to build myself one of these blimps. First step is buying the envelope and gondola. I saw that earlier versions used the Plantraco but the newer version uses the Tri-Turbo model off the shark.The shark seems
Read more…Does anyone know of a little piece of software that will record the NMEA strings from my GPS receiver (GPS connected directly to a laptop while driving around in the car). So that I can later play it back (from the laptop) into the Basic stamp (and G
Read more…I have been monitoring this site daily for some time.Tonight I saw this item on the 'Make' site and thought it might be useful to people here...http://www.opengpstracker.org/
Read more…Hello all!I've got a project I'm working on and was wondering if there are forums (as good as this one) for ground vehicles (tele-operated / remote controlled).I cannot say much about the project, but I think it will make the forums / blogosphere whe
Read more…Hey everyone ,im looking for someone interested in working with me on an auto pilot program . I have an ap working in sim and will be live testing next week as soon as the gps modual comes . I am good with small embeded apps , motion control , serial
Read more…Sir,We are a group of students from IIT Madras we are working on a UAV project for which we feel to have your opinion regarding certain aerodynamics of the aircraft to be used:The UAV is guided a base after take off and its position is given by GPS i
Read more…I have bought a few of these accelerometers and they work really well. They are a lot cheaper that the Analog Devices ones that are available. See the SureElectronics store at Ebay.http://cgi.ebay.com.au/3-Axis-low-g-Accelerometer-MMA7260-prototype-P
Read more…Hi allI thought I would post a pick of my new aircraft. It is a pheonix models rainbow artf with a 63" wingspan. I had previously built a black horse liberty 182 but since that decide to roll on takeoff at about 5ft there wasn't much left after the c
Read more…Hi all,I'm somewhat new to building UAVs. I've done some research at school on methods of control applied to UAVs so I'm not completely new however I've never actually tried to make one fly. I was just wondering why everyone uses BASIC Stamp processo
Read more…I am trying to build a UAV that can travel for long distances and i have been looking into using a satellite phone connected to a gps so i can track the location in real time, but i cant find anything that will work for me. if anyone has any suggesti
Read more…As I was cruising through the MAKE: blog, I stumbled across this project. It is not a true UAV, but it seems to be pretty interesting as a platform. If I remember correctly, paraplanes have a really low stall speed, making this a decent platform for
Read more…I have been tinkering with the idea of creating a air speed sensor using a differential pressure sensor such as the Motorola MXP5100DP series with a dual two port case which can easily be connected to silicon tubing and then to an external air input
Read more…I have a helicopter and an IMU (a device that shows altitude [namely Roll Pitch Yaw], XYZ angular velocities and XYZ linear accelerations), and a GPS.And now is trying to hover the helicopter with these sensor by using PID.The problem is that I don't
Read more…I'm thinking of constructing an AUV as an engineering project. I will be interning with an underwater robotics lab at a local university that designs their own AUVs so I want to be able to apply what I learn from that experience. I know this communit
Read more…Just a heads up that a friend and myself (I had the ideas, he is laying down code rapidly) are working on an open source UAV platform for fixed wing aircraft.The details:- Written in C, compiles under Linux and will most likely be tested under NetBSD
Read more…Does anyone know how I can increase the range on my RC helo. Its a very basic 3 channel helo that I want to use as a video platform while I am here in Argentina to take video footage of the scenery, ETC. They don't really regulate too much here so I
Read more…Hi,Does anybody know of or have some metrics or list of specifications of assorted RC Helicopters that would help in descriding platforms to use as a UAV? Some of the metrics I would consider useful would be flight time (typical, maximum, etc), paylo
Read more…Hello I am a robotics student who is considering building an autonomous drone for my final year project. This might seem strange but I have no experience with drones but am very egger to learn as I have developed a sudden interest in flying objects.
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