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super cheap DIY GPS-tracker?

Just an idea - nowadays 3G modems cost nearly nothing with their free plans for few months. So I guess it has main chip which can accept AT-Commands like:

AT
OK
AT+CMGF=1
OK
AT+CMGW="+85291234567"
> A simple demo of SMS text messaging.
+CMGW: 1

OK
AT+CMSS=1
+C

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ArduIMU not getting a fix

Hi all,

After spending more than 2 days trying to get my EM406A work with my ArduIMU (v1) in binary a finally gave up.

I reset it all as an NMEA gps at 38400 baud and made sure I had a working GPS that got a fix using a terminal prograjm. 

I ran the IMU

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QuadCopter motor choices

i am building my first QuadCopter and i am having a hard time picking the motor to use either the Turnigy 4240 Brushless Motor 1300kv or the Turnigy 4250 Brushless Motor 1000kv i know both have a max thrust of about 2400g. Can any one tell me wish wo

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long range waypoint mission

Hello, i am in need of a hexacopter that can do some heavy lifting and have a very long range of flight using ardupilot or waypoint. im new to this and do not wish to wasts my time learning  for too long and getting noweere. I would like a hexacopter

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Drift in APM

I've been having a problem here and there and not able to pin it down. I've included a log of the last flight. What is happening is the horizon in MP shows that I'm not level and I have to use more stick to the opposite direction to keep it level. It

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xbee need help

all of a sudden my xbee wont connect in the mission planner it was working fine yesterday  .can someone steer me in the right direction i am sure i have the right com port and baud rate already how do i figure out the problem ??

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Telemetry on Aurora9 Transmitter

I have built two Telemetry sensor stations base on Arduino Pro Mini board that gives me one RPM, one Temp, all gps data, and voltage and current on the transmitter display.

I also added total current used (displayed in RPM 2 field on the transmitter).

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Censorship?!

I noticed that Gary just deleted his blog entitled, "20 million pounds for pocket sized UAS".

Sure hope that he was not forced to do that. I can understand that DIYDrones promotes non-military use of UAVs, but that shouldn't mean we need to ban discus

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