Alternate stabilization to IR
The IR stabilizer is cool, but seems limited to daytime only flying. Would this work instead?http://www.chrobotics.com/CHR6d.phpThanks,Tim
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UAV object tracking
Hey everyone! I'm pretty new here so I'm not sure if this is feasible, but I'm just toying around with the idea, and I really want to hear what other people think.Is it possible to have some sort of beacon that I can set down, say 1/2 km from the lau
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