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+2 axis SPI output gyro
Hello,Does anyone know of any gyro that has output on 2 or more axis - and has SPI output? I dediced to design a sensor board that will work with gumstix verdex, but I dont want to make analog measurements, so I like all sensors to talk over SPI or I
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Android Droid
Hey Guys,Anyone considered using Google's open-source phone Android for a DIY drone?I've been trolling the Android dev. boards lately trying to find someone to team up with, but after seeing the piece on Boing I've realized this is the place to talk.
Read more…sensor package
Hello,I am looking at building or buying a sensor package. Mainly I need 3 axis accelerotometers, 3 axis gyros, magnetic sensors (3 axis would be best) and an altimeter. I want to read all the data into a gumstix or similar board and then downlink th
Read more…The Lawn Chair Pilot
In the course of browsing for more information on the FAA certification, particularly for airships, I ran across this old story on an unusual FAA violation -http://www.markbarry.com/lawnchairman.html
Gyro stabilized camera platform
I have a GY401 gyro and want to make a camera mount that is stabilized on the roll axis only, such as the one on Chris' Predator.What I would like to do is to make this a 'stand-alone' system (with its own battery) that has no connection to the airpl
Read more…UAV convertable model aircraft
Hello,I like to get into hobby UAVs and I wanted to buy an electric park flyer or something bigger that I can convert into an UAV.What are the considerations when selecting an aircraft. Obviously lift capacity is important, but I also want something
Read more…Help! Can't display NMEA strings with BS2Px properly
Hi Guys,I am starting small by first trying to display live data to a 2 X 16 Serial LCD and the debug window. I am copying, pasting and editing code to try and achieve this. So far I have learnt a lot! I am using a BS2Px and a EB-85A GPS receiver.Bel
Read more…Start up Problem?
When I power up the quadcopter I notice one of the motors will turn very slowly in reverse until I flick it in the right direction when it seems to work OK. I have found the quadcopter very difficult to control. The motors do not seem to spin all fre
Read more…FAA vs UAV's; Impact on DIY'ers ?
I have only casually been following the discussions about recent FAA advisories regarding use of UAV's, capped most recently with Patrick Egan's report from the March 4th UAS Airspace Panel.If I understand correctly, non-commercial users can fly unma
Read more…ir remote capable cameras/ question on FMA FS8 co-pilot
Hi I was wondering what some good relitively inexpensive digital cameras that can work with the prism camera chip. Also, the co-pilot is a receiver that can replace the receiver in your kit plane? And can you define what of the eight servos in the co
Read more…The Hyperblimp
I do not know if any of you have seen this UAV yet. It is called the hyper blimp. It is an outdoor blimp that is being marketed as a camera platform. There is also footage on the site that shows one that stopped responding to controls, drifted into d
Read more…Data modems
Im trying to decide on a cheap, relaible data modem that has atleast 10 miles of range. i would like to adapt it to work with my standard tx and fly my fpv plane, and later with the paparazzi im going to build.
Read more…Arduino programming
Hi I have no idea of how to program in open source code I have some html web programming experience that is very basic is there a website or book that I could buy that could help this?
Read more…Receiver channel doesn't work?
Not surprisingly, something goes horribly wrong when I haven't changed anything.After finally getting R/C integration with my basic stamp to work, four days later when I haven't touched anything, both my continuous rotation servo and one of my receiv
Read more…blimp recommendation ?
I've been thinking about a blimp experiment and wondered whether anyone could make a recommendation ?The Plantraco Micro Blimp is reported to be neutrally bouyant with 188gm load - see http://www.coe.drexel.edu/ret/personalsites/2004/roodojalvos/web/
Read more…Optical hover control
http://www.centeye.com/Guys, check out this site, they are doing some very interesting things. They have a chip that mimics the vision of insects using optical flow. This is mounted in a free flight model plane and keeps it from flying into obstacles
Read more…my twin boom
heres my twin boom pusher i have been working on. its almost done im just waiting on a crystal and new motor mount. in the first version it had a 3s 4200mah lipo and flew 30+ min flights with plenty of power.this is allot more streamline and lighter
Read more…Building a more durable UAV
As part of my PhD, I'm trying to design and build a UAV. But the UAV needs to a bit durable than your average RC aircraft. Therefore I was thinking about building one from composite materials, Fibreglass, Carbon Fibre, etc. Does anyone have any exper
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