If I reduce a part to half the original size ,do I want to reduce the thickness of the part also,If I go 50% scale does that mean everything else would be scaled to half also ,like the effective payload or gross weight?I at first thought you just div
Read more…I have noticed lots of emphasis on electronics/autopilots/cameras...etc. and that is great..... But where are all the airframe ideas/designs? What about current airworthy projects? Test flights? Videos? Pictures? Thoughts? There are 465 members (and
Read more…Which is better, a conical tip or chisel tip when soldering components, pins and wires to a prototype board?
Read more…Has anyone looked into using an EYE-Fi SD card in their camera for real-time downloads? I wonder what the effective range would be ?http://www.eye.fi/
Read more…For those of us who lead a professional life devoted to business development after college, could someone run down the steps that are required to apply a Kalman filter to a collection of data? A pbasic example would help.
Read more…I found a great resource for all of us. The link is below:Micro Pilot Resource Links
Read more…Is anyone in the Sacramento area?I just joined up and I'm looking to move in the diretion of UAV's (autonomously of course) and would like to see if anyone else is in the Sacramento area... I'm up here in Folsom.
Read more…I would like to start a conversation to help me understand how digital IO output works, whats with IO pins being high and low (on and off), how to identify the state of a device when certina pins are and high and low, etc....
Read more…I'm just trying to find the best place to use a uav far removed from shared airspace.Does anyone have knowledge of any restrictions for use at sea? I have been looking at the possibility of making a uav 1/2 scale cri-cri aircraft. Maybe I could deliv
Read more…As a current using of PBASIC and about 14 approx other languages as I am a software developer by profession. How difficult is it to pick up the SPIN language? Is it more object oriented based?
Read more…I'm designing a remote controlled helicopter cameraship for commercial work and would like to know if it's possible to extend the range of the camera's remote controls for record/pause, iris and zoom. These are usually infra-red line-of-sight. I wond
Read more…If I network 2 or more basic stamps together, for example to use my old bs2 as a slave with my bs2p as the master. Will this in effect, provide me with more overall processing power if I simply use the slave to process and send the results for a coup
Read more…hello!i am new at this. But found this webpage and got interested right away! I really like the predator plane, but got some questions about it and uav`s.This predator plane is electric, how long is the flighttime on one of theese?How long can this f
Read more…I found this on hackaday.com. It is an open-source autopilot Wiki that looks like it would fit nicely with the community here.
Read more…Hi all, I've been lurking this site for a month or so and I finally decided to register. I just wanted to take the time to introduce myself; hopefully I'll be able to contribute to discussions when I am more experienced.I'm a junior at Roosevelt High
Read more…Has anyone heard of or dealt with the STXe module from GPS FLIGHT? Its a pretty nifty telemetry tracking module that would be pretty handy for just about anything we do here on DIY Drones. Anyways just wondering if anyone has heard of or tinkered wit
Read more…Hi allafter watching the wired science show and noticing the guy(sorry I have forgotten his name) with the r/c helicopter I was wondering if he has had any success in turning it into a UAV.The reason I ask is that I am about to buy an electric helico
Read more…Hi,Currently I'm trying to build one UAV as my freetime project. But I have run into this problem which is blocking me to take the UAV for its maiden.My configuration is as follow:1 * dsPIC30F6014A for ppm decoding, stabilization and navigation contr
Read more…Here is my latest scratch built UAV design, It is based off of Lockheed Martin's Desert Hawk 1 and took approx 3 evenings to build. I have recently learned that dow blu core insulating foam works absolutely great for designing and forming fuselages.
Read more…I understand that, in autonomous mode, the ruder is controlled by the CPU.But in radio mode how the ruder is controlled? Is a 3 pin switch, 2 positions, used with a extra channel (autonomous/radio mode)? or the pilot simply don't have rudder control
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