Hello everyone. I am a new member to your group and I love what you have done here. I am hoping to build a Drone that can go out and provide some fishing assistance to my fishing charter buddies. They want a birds eye view of the waters to look for t
Read more…I am looking for information on a turnkey medium sized UAV system. I need to carry about 30 pounds for about 14 hours on a single load of fuel. Payload size is somewhat awkward, about 20"x14"x8" with separate batteries. Ideally the system would have
Read more…I am an amateur with building planes. But i want to make a jet that can fly at a fair speed and doesnt have to be quite extreme in aerodynamics. I just want to know what kind of motors to get or whatever it is inside an Rc. because i have outlaid a d
Read more…I'm new to the UAV community but I have an interest in meeting the power needs of lightweight UAV tools, hobby items, toys etc.Would some of you mind exposing me to what you like and dislike about your options currently available? Or, perhaps your th
Read more…Hi friends,I am Sai,student of Moscow aviation institute,Moscow,Russia.I am doing last year of bachelors degree in aerospace engineering(Flight Dynamics and Controls) department.My medium of instruction is russian.Currently i am doing my project on D
Read more…This is the spec of my new electric UAV.All developed in house including the autopilot.1. Wing Span 9ft2. Brushless motor3. Gps Autopilot control4. Mini camera with video TX5. Radio Modem6. 5-10km radius operationAutopilotHas gps navigation with prog
Read more…Just like to start by saying hi to all, I found this site this morning and although i've read what i can i'm still uncertain on a few things.I started my working life by turning my electronics hobby into a job and left shortly after i'd served my app
Read more…Hi Every bodyI am a rookie for build UAV and Idon't know how to startand please help meThankyou
Read more…hello everybody, i"m coming to new york ans San Francisco between december 20,2008 and January are you familiar with any uav shows or exabitions plan to be in this dates?
Read more…Hello all,We are working hard on our OpenVulture software that is to be released at the Shmoocon 2009 conference in Washington DC. Our goal is to give a live demo of the software.The software is Linux based and is designed to be easily extendable to
Read more…i am trying to built a Quad Rotor UAV. I need some help regarding the interfacing of microcontroller and ESC to control the various speed settings of brushless motors.
Read more…I'm totally new to all of this, just bought a PDC10 and need some help getting it running. I was going to attach to a model car for starters and then progress to aircraft.Has anyone got a copy of a manual they can send to me? or help on what i need t
Read more…I wanted to share this NMEA parser code, according to the DIYDrones "should I write a blog post" guide it is best to open a discussion topic about this. You will find the code in attachment.I have no idea if this is anywhere near efficient, but it wo
Read more…We don't know much about the range of the smaller UAV's out there but we just got our first range numbers back. We are looking at a 150 miles combat radius with 20% fuel reserve. What has been the combat range of other UAV's with the capability of ca
Read more…i need to know about transmiiter to control my rc plane upto a distance og 40 miles.futaba , spectrum etc range is max upto 5 miles !please suggest long range tx or how can we modify futaba etc for this long range??
Read more…I’m using a BP brushless motor and BP ESC with a 3S Lipo battery, and I use a microprocessor to generate a PWM signal (1ms – 2ms rate) for the ESC(with a BEC). The PWM generates 100% duty for the ESC, but the motor sometimes spins, and sometimese doe
Read more…what all do i need with the IMU 5-DoF board to use it as an autopilot system for a uav ? I want to develop an autopilot system for my quadrotor UAV. What all should i combine with this to make a rtf (ready to fly) autopilot system?Thanks.LINK- http:/
Read more…Hello Community. We are proceeding with the project outlined in this post:http://diydrones.com/forum/topic/show?id=705844%3ATopic%3A45450I need to make a test in our installation space with a commercially available RC Blimp to gauge air currents, vis
Read more…i m totaly new to this n have no idea where to start from.i've always wanted to make a micro drone to spy on others. if anyone of u can tell me what to do first n where to start from, i would be very thankful.
Read more…Its a good piece about the Marines at 29 Palmshttp://wcs_bbs.tripod.com/NewReporter/site/TheWatchdogs.pdf
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